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Discover the flavour and variety of heirloom fruits for all backyard gardeners.

DWARF APPLE 'COX'S ORANGE PIPPIN'

PLANTS: WAPCO

The poster-child of the heritage apple world, this 1825 variety was raised by Richard Cox, a retired brewer, and is considered the heirloom apple for most gardens. With a complex aromatic flavour described as subtly spicy ...

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DWARF APPLE CRIPPS PINK

PLANTS: WAPPI

This popular Australian apple variety from 1973 is a cross between `Golden Delicious' and `Lady Williams'. It combines the sweet juiciness of `Golden Delicious' with the tartness of `Lady Williams' to produce one of the best ...

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DWARF APPLE GRANNY SMITH

PLANTS: WAPGA

Australia's own heirloom apple, this chance seedling in Mrs Anne Smith's garden in Ryde NSW has been winning gardeners over since 1868. Bake, bottle, or wait until it turns dull yellow for maximum sweetness. Long ...

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DWARF APPLE JONATHAN

PLANTS: WAPJO

First described in the US in 1826 and named after Jonathan Hasbrouck, this popular apple is not only crispy and juicy, it is also aÿuniversal pollinator, pollinating all other mid-season apples in the Diggers range. ...

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Fig Blue Provence

PLANTS: WFBP

Decorative and delicious fruit is marked with pronounced blue striped skin, encasing sweet purple flesh within. Once more widely grown, 'Blue Provence' was initially listed in Goodmans Fruit Catalogue in 1911. Figs ...

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NECTARINE GOLDMINE

PLANTS: WNEGO

An old Californian variety that has good resistance to leaf curl. Fruiting within two years of planting, it can be easily fan trained and is suitable for espalier. Produces beautifully flavoured, white-fleshed ...

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PEACH ANZAC

PLANTS: WPEAN

Bred in Australia in 1915, this juicy, red-maroon skin and white-fleshed peach is drippingly delicious. The fruit tastes best when fully soft, so growing your own tree is the best way to sample this fruit when it's ...

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PEACH 'ELBERTA'

PLANTS: WPEAB

An old variety dating back to 1870, it was popular for canning due to its flavour and ease of processing. Bearing large yellow fruit with a crimson blush, this yellow-fleshed freestone peach is a home garden favourite that ...

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ALMOND SELF-POLLINATING

PLANTS: WALM

This variety is the first choice for gardeners as it is both self-pollinating and bears high yields of sweet nuts in an easily cracked shell. Not only is this one of the most beautiful of Winter flowering ...

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APRICOT MOORPARK

PLANTS: WAPMO

The most famous of apricots mentioned in Jane Austen's Mansfield Park as being superior to all other varieties. Huge fruit to 7cm wide that is sweet rich and juicy. Although apricots can be fan trained they ...

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DWARF APPLE BRAMLEY'S SEEDLING

PLANTS: WAPBR

In much the same way that 'Granny Smith' has entered the folklore of Australia, so 'Bramley's Seedling' has a special place in the hearts of English apple devotees.Nurseryman Henry Merryweather admired the orignial ...

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DWARF APPLE EARLY McINTOSH

PLANTS: WAPMA

So good they named a computer after it! McIntosh is one of the most popular apples in America and has been used extensively in apple breeding because of its bright red skin, sweet crisp flesh and its generous size. ...

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DWARF APPLE ROME BEAUTY

PLANTS: WAPRO

A dual purpose, SELF-POLLINATING apple that is well-suited to our long hot summers (the Poms have never had much success with this one as it ripens too late for their short season). A chance seedling arising from an ...

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DWARF APPLE SNOW

PLANTS: WAPSN

This mid-season apple originated in France in the 1600s. Small, sweet and crunchy, the pure white flesh is always popular. Pollinated by Granny Smith, Jonathan, Cripp's Pink and Cox's Orange Pippin.

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DWARF APPLE WILD GRANNY

PLANTS: WAPWO

Our newest heirloom discovery, Wild Granny was found by Kylah Edwards on an Easter camping trip. The knarled tree was smothered in the most beautiful and deliciously sweet apples. Each pink-red fruit is marked with ...

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ESPALIER ORCHARD COLLECTION 5 TREES

PLANTS: WCOES

The perfect starter kit for your very own heirloom mini orchard, this collection of dwarf trees is perfectly suited to espalier training. Planted together, this combination will provide pollination for each ...

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FIG 'ST DOMINIQUE VIOLETTE'

PLANTS: WFSA

Crop Faliure 2019- Reportedly grown at Burnley Horticultural College in Melbourne as early as 1875 and listed in old mail-order catalogues up until the 1930s, this ...

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Lemon Lemonade Citrange

PLANTS: WCITLL3

The low acid levels in the flesh make this the sweetest of lemons that you can eat straight from the tree as refreshing as an ice-tinkling glass of cold lemonade. Tip prune regularly to keep new growth coming and you ...

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LEMON LISBON BERRY SEEDLESS - CITRANGE

PLANTS: WCITLIB

An Australian seedless strain of the Portugese heirloom Lisbon. Lisbon bears a large fruited that is thin-skinned which produces high quality fruit richly endowed with juice. Heaviest crop from June to October, but ...

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LEMON 'PRIOR LISBON' FLYING DRAGON

PLANTS: WCITLIP

A vigourous and dense tree that has far fewer thorns than the original strain of the Portugese heirloom. Lisbon bears large almost SEEDLESS fruit that is thin-skinned which produces high quality fruit richly endowed with ...

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PEAR 'DOYENNE DU COMICE'

PLANTS: WPEDD

Bred in 1849 at Comice Horticole in the Loire Valley in Central France, 'Doyenne du Comice' roughly translates as 'The Dean of the Show' or the 'Best in Town'. A greenish-yellow skinned pear, the exquisite creamy ...

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STRAWBERRY ADINA 10

PLANTS: PSTAD10

Described as the perfect strawberry, 'Adina' combines taste, juciness, aroma, and appearance, producing large bright red tapered fruit. 10 Bare root runners.

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STRAWBERRY ADINA 20

PLANTS: PSTAD20

Described as the perfect strawberry, 'Adina' combines taste, juciness, aroma, and appearance, producing large bright red tapered fruit. 20 Bare root runners.

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STRAWBERRY ADINA 50

PLANTS: PSTAD50

Described as the perfect strawberry, 'Adina' combines taste, juciness, aroma, and appearance, producing large bright red tapered fruit. 50 Bare root runners.

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BABACO - Champagne Fruit

PLANTS: WBAB

A feature plant in our sub-tropical food gardens at Heronswood, this tropical-looking small tree produces lemon sherbet-flavoured melons, also known as 'Champagne Fruit', in its second year. This is the paw-paw for southern gardeners, with the combination of exotic fruit and lush palm- like leaves. No need for a pollinating partner as the Babaco...

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