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Heirloom Stone Fruit

Modern breeders have sacrificed flavour for a long shelf life, that’s why we offer heirloom varieties. You simply cannot beat the flavour experience of eating your own fruit straight from your tree, still warm from the golden summer sun.

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 ‘Dean of the Show’ or ‘Best in Town’. A greenish-yellow skinned pear, the exquisite creamy flesh melts in your mouth with a flavour reminiscent of cinnamon. A late variety that grows well in both cool and warm climates. Pollinated by...

Member $29.95
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ALMOND SELF-POLLINATING

PLANTS: WALM

The most popular variety of almond for home gardeners, this self-pollinating nut tree bears high yields of sweet nuts in an easy to crack shell. A beautiful winter flowering tree suitable for gardens of all sizes, just 50g of nuts can supply 10% of your daily calcium needs.

Member $34.95

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APRICOT 'MOORPARK'

PLANTS: WAPMO

A UK heirloom from 1668, Moorpark is the most famous of apricots, and was even mentioned in Jane Austen's Mansfield Park as being superior to all other varieties. With huge rich juicy sweet fruit to 7cm wide, this is widely recognised as THE best tasting apricot.

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APRICOT 'TREVATT'

PLANTS: WAPTV

An Aussie heirloom from 1900, this commercial variety helps to extend your season, ripening after 'Moorpark'. Popular with orchardists for its large rounded fruit, this mid-season self-pollinating variety bears highly aromatic fruits which are great for dehydrating due to their firm texture. Incredibly flavourful when ripened on the tree.

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BLOOD PLUM 'SATSUMA'

PLANTS: WPLSS

A true blood plum with dark-red, mid-sized, rounded fruits are borne on vigorous upright branches that develop a willowy habit. The fruit is sweet with a hint of tart making it both a fresh eater as well as the perfect plum for jams and preserves. Partially self-pollinating but will improve in the compa...

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CHERRY 'LAPIN'

PLANTS: WCHLA

Sumptuous dark cherries produced 2 weeks after Stella. Delicious fresh off the tree, LAPIN is the ideal companion for anextended harvest. Resistant to cracking, perfect for high summer rainfall areas. ...

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CHERRY 'STELLA'

PLANTS: WCHST

The best flavoured self-fertile cherry bearing extremely sweet juicy fruit. Can be kept to only 3m high with fan training and it will still drip with clusters of almost black fruit with deep red flesh. ...

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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’.

Member $29.95

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ESPALIER APPLE ORCHARD COLLECTION

PLANTS: WCOES

The perfect starter kit for your very own espalier heirloom apple orchard. This collection of Australia's most popular apple varieties includes Cripps Pink, Fuji and Granny Smith, as well as the universal pollinator, and equally popular Jonathon. All you need is 2m per tree along a sunny fence line and a love of structure and fresh fruit, to pla...

Member $99.00

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NECTARINE 'GOLDMINE'

PLANTS: WNEGO

One of the best tasting nectarines with a reliable crop, 'Goldmine' is an old Californian variety that also has good resistance to leaf curl. Fruiting within two years of planting, expect the beautifully flavoured, white-fleshed nectarines from late-February into March. Suitable for fan-training and espalier. Self-pollinating.

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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 and ripened on the tree. A freestone peach that crops very heavily from January. Great for preserving or eating fresh from the tree. Self-fertile.

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PEACH 'CHINA FLAT'

PLANTS: WPECH

The flattest peach available is also one of the most adaptable, growing and fruiting well in humid areas of Australia. Also known as the Donut or Saturn Peach, this freestone variety is as tasty as it is unusual. The highly fragrant fruit features white flesh and a small stone. The perfect lunchbox summer fruit. Self-fertile and low chill (200 h...

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PEAR 'BEURRE BOSC'

PLANTS: WPEBE

An 1807 Belgian heirloom, this is the quintessential fresh eating pear that melts in your mouth like sorbet. The best flavour comes when ripened at room temperature, so supermarket offerings are not a patch on home ripened fruit. Elegant elongated russet-brown pears with rich sweet slightly grainy flesh to enjoy fresh, baked or poached. A late s...

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PLUM 'D'AGEN'

PLANTS: WPLDA

Known as the French Prune, this is the plum you want if you are looking for a sweet drying plum. Very high in sugars making it delicious straight from the tree, but even better for drying and preserving. Introduced to Europe by Benedictine Monks returning from the Crusades, this plum was rapidly adopted as the preferred prune plum. It has a deep...

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PLUM 'GREEN GAGE

PLANTS: WPLGR

A popular mid-season European Plum with a greenish-yellow skin and pale-yellow flesh when fully ripe. A very high-quality sweet plum that produces heavy crops once the tree settles into a good fruiting pattern. Crops best after a cold winter. Some reports suggest that 'Green Gage' is partially self-fertile, but cropping is improved by partnering...

Member $29.95

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RHUBARB CROWN GARDEN COLLECTION

PLANTS: PRHCO

Harvest fresh rhubarb all year with this garden collection of rhubarbs. With summer varieties 'Cherry Red' and 'Big Boy' for the warmer months, then abundant short day cropping from 'Winter Wonder' you can grow all your rhubarb needs for the year in 5m square. Two bare root crowns of each, available winter only (6 crowns).

Member $69.95

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2 year membership + Free Seed Sowing Poster and 2 seed packets

2 year membership + Free Seed Sowing Poster and 2 seed packets

Membership: MNE2SP2

A beautifully illustrated heirloom ‘sow what when’ poster for all areas of Australia so that you'll never have to think about what to sow this month again! You will also receive some free Cauliflower 'Mini' and Kale 'Red Russian' seeds to get your garden started.

Member $79.00
Non-Member $79.00

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