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Pollination - Some fruit trees require cross Jonathan: A fine textured, sweet, red skinned Super Dwarf Granny Smith: Ever-popular, pollination with another variety to ensure apple. Originated on the east coast of the U.S rich green skinned apple. A vigorous grower. adequate pollination and fruit set. Where around the 1860’s or earlier. Matures late February Matures early April. Pollinates with Gala, Golden fruit trees require cross-pollination, specific -early March. Pollinates with Gala, Granny Smith Delicious, Jonathan, Lady Williams, Pinkabelle, Golden Delicious, Lady Williams and Pink Lady. information about suitable pollinating varieties Pink Lady, Red Fuji and Sundowner. is provided along with the description. Lady Williams: A chance seedling found during Super Dwarf Monty’s Surprise: Large, crisp, the 1930’s on the farm of Mr and Mrs Williams, good eating apple. Scientific testing has Fruit Tree Heights - Where possible, we near Donnybrook. A red skinned apple maturing proven this variety to have some of the highest have tried to give an indication of mature June-July with excellent keeping qualities. flavonoids and antioxidant levels in the skin tree size. This is however just a guide as plant Pollinates with Gala, Golden Delicious, Granny and flesh of any variety found in the world. performance will depend on many factors such Smith or Jonathan. Attractive red blushed skin over a green ground as soil, aspect, climate, water supply and so Pink Lady: One of W.A’s great exports! colour. Originated in New Zealand from a on. The term “Traditional” refers to regular Pink-skinned with juicy flesh and has a complex, chance seedling. Pollinates with Pinkabelle, size growing fruit trees. These trees are grown tangy flavour. It has good keeping qualities Leprechaun, Golden Delicious and Gala. on regular rootstocks (not dwarfing rootstock) and is a vigorous grower. Bred by John Cripps Super Dwarf Red Fuji: Also known as Naga and grow larger than their dwarf counterparts. in Manjimup, W.A, 1973. It matures in May and FU 2. Medium to large sized fruit with red skin * = Denotes limited availability, seasonally pollinates with Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, and crisp, sweet, white flesh. Matures mid- Gala, Lady Williams, Red Fuji and Sundowner. available. April. Pollinates with Gala, Pinkabelle, Golden Red Fuji: Also known as Naga FU 2. Medium Delicious, Granny Smith and Sundowner. Availability - Fruit trees are available to to large sized fruit with red skin and crisp, sweet, Super Dwarf Sundowner: Red skin with a low coincide with their optimum planting times. white flesh. Matures mid-April. Bred in Japan, chill requirement. Matures late May. Sundowner For example, deciduous fruit trees are mostly 1939. Pollinates with Gala, Pinkabelle, Pink Lady, is a sister apple to Pink Lady, also bred by John available from mid-autumn to mid-spring. Golden Delicious, Granny Smith and Sundowner. Cripps, in W.A, 1973. Pollinates with all other Tropical fruits like Mangoes and Avocados Sundowner: Red skin with a low chill varieties except Anna and Dorsett Golden. are mostly available late spring and summer. requirement. Matures late May. Sundowner is For current availability of specific fruits a sister apple to Pink Lady, also bred by John Dwarf Apples check with your local Dawson’s store. Cripps, in W.A, 1973. Pollinates with all other varieties except Anna and Dorsett Golden. These dwarf Apples make use of dwarfing Our Guarantee - We confidently o‚er an rootstocks to produce Apples that will unconditional 12 months guarantee. If, for any generally grow to around 2.5m high and reason any Dawson’s plant fails to perform, Dwarf/Compact Apples wide. Suggested spacing is 2.5 metres apart. Pinkabelle and Leprechaun are genetic dwarfs we will happily give you a free replacement Dwarf Gala: Pinkish-red skin colour. Matures also growing to around 2m. Super Dwarf plant. Just bring in the plant and the sales late February. Pollinators are Granny Smith, Apples are gra”ed using special dwarfing receipt as proof of purchase. Golden Delicious, Pinkabelle, Pink Lady, Red inter-stocks to produce compact trees, which Fuji and Sundowner. will grow to mature heights of around 1.8 to 2m. You’ll find Dwarf Apples ideal space savers Dwarf Golden Delicious: Pale yellow skin Traditional Apples for smaller gardens and they’re great in pots. with sweet low acid fruit. Matures mid-March. These traditional varieties grow to around Pollinates with Gala, Granny Smith, Jonathan, Leprechaun-Dwarf Granny Smith Apple: Lady Williams and Pink Lady. 4m in height and width when mature. A compact tree with an attractive pyramid shaped Dwarf Granny Smith: Pale yellow skin with Anna: A low chill variety with red blush canopy. Produces full-sized, greenskinned, Granny Smith apples and is ideal for growing in sweet low acid fruit. Matures mid-March. over yellow skin and white flesh. Matures tubs. Matures in April. Its growth habit is identical Pollinates with Gala, Granny Smith, Jonathan, February. Bred in Israel, 1959. Pollinates to Pinkabelle and therefore that is its perfect Lady Williams, Pink Lady and Red Fuji. with Dorsett Golden. planting partner. Pollinates with Pinkabelle Dwarf Pink Lady: One of W.A’s great exports! It’s Dorsett Golden: A low chill variety with yellow (recommended) or any standard Granny Smith pink-skinned with juicy flesh and has a complex, skin. Matures mid-January. A chance seedling pollinator like Gala, Golden Delicious, Jonathan, tangy flavour. It has good keeping qualities selected by Mrs Dorsett, in the Bahamas, 1954. Lady Williams, Pink Lady, Red Fuji or Sundowner. and is a vigorous grower. It matures in May and Grows to 2m high and 1m wide. pollinates with Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Thought to be a seedling of Golden Delicious. Gala, Lady Williams, Red Fuji and Sundowner. Pollinates with Anna. Pinkabelle: A compact apple, bearing pinkskinned apples. Ideal for growing in Dwarf Red Fuji: Also known as Naga FU 2. Gala: Pinkish-red skin colour. Matures late containers. Matures late April-early May. Partially Medium to large sized fruit with red skin and February. Bred by J. Kidd, New Zealand, 1934. self-fertile, but crops best when planted with crisp, sweet, white flesh. Matures mid-April. Pollinators are Granny Smith, Golden Delicious, another pollinator such as Gala, Granny Smith, Pollinates with Gala, Pinkabelle, Pink Lady, Lady Williams, Pinkabelle, Pink Lady and Golden Delicious, Leprechaun, Red Fuji or Golden Delicious, Granny Smith and Sundowner. Sundowner. Sundowner. Grows to 2m high and 1m wide. Golden Delicious: Pale yellow skin with sweet Super Dwarf Anna: A low chill variety with red Traditional Apricots low acid fruit. Matures mid- March. A chance blushed over yellow skin and white flesh. Matures Traditional varieties grow to around 4m high and February. Pollinates with Dorsett Golden. seedling discovered in Clay County, West wide. Apricots are self-fertile. Apricots are best Virginia. Pollinates with Gala, Granny Smith, Super Dwarf Dorsett Golden: A low chill pruned during several days of dry (and ideally Jonathan, Lady Williams and Pink Lady. variety with yellow skin. Matures mid-January. windy weather) early in the dormant season (as Pollinates with Anna. soon as the leaves have turned yellow.) Granny Smith: Ever-popular, rich green skinned Super Dwarf Gala: Pinkish-red skin colour. Newcastle (also known as Newcastle Early): apple. A vigorous grower. Matures early April. Matures late February. Pollinators are Granny A heavy bearer of small orange-skinned, An Australian heritage variety from a chance Smith, Golden Delicious, Lady Williams, Jonathan, freestone fruit. It produces wonderful fruit full seedling, selected by Maria Ann “Granny” Pinkabelle, Pink Lady and Sundowner. of flavour and well-suited to the metro area. Smith of Eastwood, N.SW, in 1868. Pollinates Super Dwarf Golden Delicious: Pale yellow skin Matures late November to early December. with Gala, Golden Delicious, Jonathan, Lady with sweet low acid fruit. Matures mid-March. Moorpark: An extremely popular variety Williams, Pinkabelle, Pink Lady, Red Fuji Pollinates with Gala, Granny Smith, Jonathan, producing large, yellow, red blush freestone and Sundowner. Lady Williams, Leprechaun and Pink Lady. fruit with an excellent flavour. Matures January.

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How to prune your Grape Vines Cane and Spur Pruning – what does it mean? To prune grapes requiring spur pruning, simply select the most vigorous canes and cut these back to short to back short cut and these canes vigorous most the select simply pruning, spur To requiring grapes prune spurs of two buds in length. In spring each of these buds produces a cane, which will bear a number of fruit of a fruit will bear which number a cane, produces buds ofeach these In spring in length. buds of two spurs bunches. Ideally spurs should be thinned, so that they are spaced about every 15 to 20cm among the main tothe among 15 20cm every about spaced are they that so thinned, be should spurs Ideally bunches. arms (branches). The following winter, cut o‚ the upper cane arising from the two-bud spur and prune the the prune and spur two-bud the from winter, following The arising cane (branches). upper cut o‚arms the lower cane back to two buds to maintain the spur. to the buds maintain to back two cane lower Some grape varieties like Sultana are not fruitful when pruned to spurs, so require cane pruning. cane require so to spurs, pruned when not likeare fruitful Sultana varieties grape Some To cane prune, rather than pruning back to spurs, select a number of the strongest canes arising from the the from arising canes strongest of a the number select to back spurs, pruning than To rather prune, cane main arms (branches) and prune these back to 8 to 15 buds each. Always leave one two bud spur below each each below spur bud leave Always two to one back 8each. tobuds 15 these prune and (branches) main arms selected cane to provide for cane renewal. Then twist or tie the canes onto support wires. onto support canes the or tie twist Then renewal. cane for to provide cane selected : Produces freestone fruitwithpale

DAW000359A December. flesh. Heavy cropper. Matures early-mid large, blackskinnedfruitwithdarkred juicy Stella: Aself-pollinating variety. Produces December early January. with firmred, flesh.Matures juicy late large, darkred to mahogany skinnedfruit Lapins: Aself-pollinating variety. Produces wide. 3m and high 4m around to grow Cherries districts. cooler for Recommended Cherries spring-summer. Height50-100cm. well suited to growing incontainers. Fruits late rich flavour, compact, semi-evergreen shrub mediumsizedAbundant, berrieswithsweet, suited to thePerth metro andcoastal areas. needing onlyaround 150chillhours, sowell SunshineBlue:Alow chillvariety,Blueberry period. Grows to 1mhighand75cmwide. September andcontinues over a3-4month chill, large fruitingvariety. Fruiting starts August- BurstBlueberry Australian: Anew raised, low Perth. to growing to suited well varieties self-pollinating chill, low are Both growing. container to suited well varieties compact are Blue Sunshine and Burst wide. Australia growing fruit home in trends hottest the of one are Blueberries Blueberries tall. 2-3m to grow Bananas Cavendish stem. leader/fruiting new the be to selected then is sucker strongest The place. its take to (suckers) pups leaves it but dies, it fruits, astem Once ideal. are spots sunny Protected soils. moist drained, well rich, require Bananas Perth. in successful quite and Carnarvon in grown widely is which Cavendish William standard Australian the is supply we variety main The months. warmer the over available seasonally are fruits tropical These Bananas *Limited numbers, seasonally available. Pollinate withaBtypeAvocado eg Fuerte. pear shapedwithglossyskinandsmallseeds. suitable for growing inlarge tubs.Mediumsized, December. Ideal for smallergardens and growing to 2.5-3monly. Matures Juneto Wurtz (flowering typeA)*:Adwarf variety

of 8-14budslength. Matures late January. Pruneto longcanes agoldenberries, developing blushwithage. Sultana: Produces classic, green, seedless February. Pruneto canes of8budseach. seeded, red berries.Matures midto late Produces bunchesoflarge, rounded, Red popular table Globe:Very grape. berries. Matures February. Spurprune. round,bunches ofreddish-black, seeded pergolas orhightrellis. Produces large AvigorousRibier: variety, suitable for Spur Prune. A vigorous vine,maturing early January. berries finishedwithamildmuscat flavour. eating Mediumsized green-golden ordrying. Perlette: Seedlessvariety usedfor fresh making. SpurPrune. used for table andwine grapes, drying flavour. Matures February. Aversatile grape crispy, greenish-gold berrieswithmuscat origins. Mediumto large sized, seeded, White Muscat): Afamous variety ofancient Gordo Blanco (aka Muscat ofAlexandria, tomid-February early April.Spurprune. blushed, Muscat flavoured berries.Matures Italia: Produces large, round, seeded,golden Matures early January. Spurprune. Flame Seedless: Matures to February Mid-March. Spurprune. muscat flavoured tightclusters. berriesinshort, Dawn Seedless:Mediumsized, green-gold, of 15budslength. berries. Maturing early March. Pruneto canes Crimson Seedless:Produces seedless,crimson April-May. SpurPrune. sweet, yellow flesh.Matures at endofseason American variety withbluish-blackskinand Autumn Royal: Late maturing, seedless apergola. on planted when shade welcome and fruit bountiful provide vines productive and hardy wonderfully These Grapes Produces red, seedless berries. 3 Fruit Tree Guide 2017-18 continued...

Double Gra”ed Peach/Nectarine – Nectazee/ Figs Mangoes Pixzee: Gra©ed with Trixzie® Nectazee Miniature Figs do wonderfully well in Perth, providing Mangoes are evergreen trees capable of Nectarine, highly coloured fruit with yellow delicious fruit for the table, drying or growing to around 4-8m in Perth and are flesh, maturing mid-January and Pixzee® making fig jam. Main crop in late summer/ available from late spring. Provide shade for Miniature Peach with red blushed, yellow autumn. Figs fruit best on the new wood young trees for their first two summers, as they fleshed fruit, maturing mid-late January. grown a”er winter pruning, so don’t be are prone to sunburn, until they adjust to our Height at maturity around 1.5m. afraid to prune them! climate. Both gra”ed and seedling Mangoes will begin fruiting as little as 3 to 4 years a”er Adam: Large, black skinned fruit with pink planting. Gra”ed trees will sometimes fruit a Triple Graed to red flesh. Large handsome foliage. year earlier than seedling grown trees. Black Genoa: Produces large, green to purple Seedling Mango Kensington Pride*(Bowen): Fruit Trees skinned fruit with red flesh and a sweet, The standard Australian mango, producing Apple Crimson Crisp/Pixie Crunch and rich flavour. large, delicious, highly coloured fruit, which Williams Pride: Gra©ed with three of Flemings Blue Provence: An Australian heirloom variety. matures in February. easy care Apples. Dark red blushed Crimson Crisp Skin colour brownish-green, blue tinged with and red blushed Pixie Crunch, both maturing distinct blue striping. Flesh is sweet, purplish- early March. And William’s Pride, red streaked red coloured. Mulberries and blushed fruit maturing mid-late January. What childhood would be complete without Brown Turkey: Produces large, brown skinned climbing a backyard Mulberry tree and Apple Gala, Pink Lady and Red Fuji: Gra©ed with fruit with pink-amber flesh and a rich flavour. feasting on its delicious fruit? pinkish-red skinned Gala, maturing late February, Deanna: Produces large green figs, which juicy, pink-red skinned Pink Lady, maturing in May ripen to a greenish-yellow skin with strawberry Hick’s Fancy: A vigorous, rapid growing tree and Red Fuji, red skinned maturing mid-April. that produces prolific, delicious red-black to amber, good quality flesh. Developed by Apple Golden Delicious, Granny Smith and berries. Matures late spring. A quick grower the University of California. Jonathan: Gra©ed with golden skinned Golden to 4-6m high, control with regular pruning. Jenny Smith Blue: Medium to large sized Delicious maturing mid-March, red skinned fruit. Bluish-purple skin with pink-red flesh. White Mulberry* (Alba): A rapidly growing Jonathan, maturing late February and green Matures late January-February. tree, producing multitudes of long, greenish-yellow skinned Granny Smith, maturing early April. berries. Matures October-December. Height 4 x 4m. White Genoa: Produces large, green fruit Triple Gra”ed Peach/Nectarine Double Jewel, with red flesh. Queen Giant and Tasty Zee: Gra©ed with Peach Tasty Zee with super sweet, white flesh, maturing Multi-Graed Trees mid-late January and Peach Double Jewel with red Goji Berries Make the most of limited space skin and yellow flesh, maturing late December. Also Produces red, anti-oxidant rich berries and enjoy the fruit of multiple Nectarine Queen Giant with white flesh, crimson- throughout summer and autumn. The Goji red blushed fruit, maturing late December. berry, is a sprawling, long-lived perennial. varieties o the same tree! It develops multiple fruit bearing branches Traditional Nectarines and can grow to 2-3m in height. Plants enjoy a trellis or structure to scramble Double Graed Traditional style trees are self-fertile and over. Prune in early spring and a”er fruiting. grow to around 4m high and wide. Fruit Trees Arctic Rose: A taste sensation. Producing Guavas Double Gra”ed Apple – Gala/Red Fuji: Double freestone, white, sweet-fleshed fruit with red gra©ed with pinkish-red skinned Gala, maturing blushed skin. Best eaten while still firm, like an Guavas Pineapple Guava (Feijoa sellowiana): late February and Red Fuji, red skinned maturing apple. Matures mid-January. An attractive, evergreen shrub producing mid-April. small and oval shaped fruit, great for fruit Fantasia: Produces yellow fleshed, freestone fruit salads, jams and chutney. Group planting Double Gra”ed Apple – Crimson Crisp/Pixie with red blushed skin. Matures mid-late January. recommended for improved pollination and Crunch: Dark red blushed Crimson Crisp and red blushed Pixie Crunch, both maturing early March. Goldmine: Produces medium-sized clingstone fruit set. Matures in winter. fruit with red skin and juicy white flesh. A reliable Strawberry Guava (Psidium Cattleianum): Double Gra”ed Apple – Golden Delicious/ cropper. Matures early February. Granny Smith: Gra©ed with golden skinned Also known as Cherry Guava. Attractive, May Grand: Produces fine flavoured, freestone evergreen shrub to small tree, usually 1-3 Golden Delicious maturing mid-March and green skinned Granny Smith, maturing early April. nectarines, with yellow flesh and highly coloured metres tall. Leathery, glossy green foliage. red blushed skin. Matures mid-December. Masses of small red skinned fruit 2-3.5cm Double Gra”ed Apricot – Moorpark/ Trevatt: across filled with tangy white flesh and many Featuring Moorpark, medium to large orange Queen Giant®: Produces white-fleshed, freestone seeds. Self-fertile. Matures late summer. skinned fruit, maturing late December - early fruit with crimson red blushed skin and full flavour. Fruit matures late December-early February. Suitable for hedging. January and Trevatt, medium to large pale apricot coloured skin maturing mid-December. Spicezee: A nectarine/plum cross. Maroon-red Kiwi Fruit (Chinese Double Gra”ed Peach – Tasty Zee/ Double skinned fruit with pale green to white flesh. Jewel: Gra©ed with two great modern Peaches. Distinctive juicy flavour. Freestone fruit, matures Gooseberries) Tasty Zee with super sweet, white flesh, maturing mid-January. Purplish-pink blossom in spring followed by red spring new foliage which fades Chinese Gooseberries are vigorous deciduous mid-late January and Double Jewel with red skin and yellow flesh, maturing late December. to green over summer. Vigorous, upright tree vines, producing delicious fruit. A strong to 4 x 4m. trellis or support is required to support Double Gra”ed Pear – Packhams/ Williams: the vines. Both female and male plants are Gra©ed with Bartlett, yellow skin, white Sunbob: Medium to large, red blushed skin with required to produce fruit. The male does not flesh, matures mid-January and Packhams Triumph yellow flesh. Semi-clingstone. Well flavoured, sweet produce fruit, but is required to pollinate with pale lemon skin, maturing early-mid February. fruit. Low chill variety well suited to the metro and the fruit bearing female vines. One male coastal districts. Not recommended for frost prone Double Gra”ed Plum – Flavor Supreme/ districts. Matures late November-early December. vine can pollinate up to eight female vines. Mariposa: Gra©ed with Mariposa, blood red They require fertile soil, adequate moisture flesh and dark maroon skin, maturing early to Sunsnow: Medium to large, red blushed skin, and protection from hot drying winds. Fruit mid-January and Flavor Supreme with green- over a light greeny-white ground colour. White, matures Summer-Autumn. maroon blushed skin and pinky red-dark red juicy, clingstone flesh. Low chill variety well flesh, maturing mid-late December. suited to the metro and coastal districts. Not recommended for frost prone districts. Matures early to mid-December.

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Sunwright: Produces good flavoured, Volos: Traditional Greek pickling variety. Large, Okee Dokee™: Produces a flat style, medium-sized, firm, clingstone fruit with red oval shaped fruit makes it an ideal pickler. Has clingstone fruit with yellow flesh and red speckled over yellow skin. Matures December. high oil content. Can be used for either green or blushed skin. Matures February. black pickled Olives. Matures April-June. White Satin: A white fleshed nectarine with Peacharine: A Peach/Nectarine cross bright red blushed skin. Matures December. Oliva di Cerignola: Has the largest fruit of any producing large, freestone fruit with Low chill variety. Olive we sell. Produces Large, elongated, oval smooth red blushed skin and yellow juicy flesh. shaped fruit with a high flesh to seed ratio. Matures mid to late January. A famous pickling variety, originally from the Dwarf/ Compact village of Cerignola, in Puglia, southern Italy. Tasty Zee: Produces very sweet, rounded, Matures April–June. medium-sized, white fleshed, freestone fruit Nectarines with highly coloured, dark red skin. Matures Dwarf Crimson Baby: A dwarf tree growing to mid to late January. 1.5 to 2m in height and width. Produces fruit Passionfruit Tropic Beauty: Produces large red to pink with smooth red skin and yellow flesh. Matures These quick growing vines are a must for the skinned, clingstone fruit with yellow flesh. early November. home gardener. We have moved away from Matures mid-December. Good low chill variety gra”ed passionfruit varieties because of Trixzie® ‘Nectazee’ Miniature Nectarine: well suited to the metro and coastal areas. Another dwarf variety ideal for tubs or small their troublesome suckering root-systems. gardens. Produces pink spring blossom, followed Tropic Snow: Produces large to medium, Edulis Black: Black/purple skinned fruit with firm, white-fleshed, freestone fruit with by highly coloured, full-sized fruit. A freestone sweet, tangy, yellow flesh. Ideal for topping that variety with yellow flesh. Grows to 1.5m in height pale pink blush over green skin. Good pav! Quick grower. Non gra©ed,non suckering. flavour. Matures early-mid December. and width. Matures mid – late January. Matures summer. White Opal: Medium-large, rounded red Dwarf Royal Gem: A dwarf tree growing 1.5 to Sunshine Special: A local variety originating in blushed fruit. Sweet, white fleshed, clingstone 2m in height and width. Produces medium-sized, Mundijong W.A. Large fruit filled with delicious fruit. Matures late December – early January. red-skinned, clingstone fruit with unique pink pulp. Skin colour red/purple over the warmer Good low chill variety, suitable for coastal areas. blushed, white flesh. Matures early December. months and tending to be more purple/ green May require fruit thinning. Dwarf Sunset Nectarine: Produces double, over the cooler months. Non gra©ed, non- pink blossoms in spring followed by full sized, suckering variety. freestone, red skinned fruit with delicious Dwarf Peaches yellow flesh. It has attractive red foliage Paw Paw/Papayas Dwarf Golden Queen: Famous canning and throughout the season. And grows to 80cm in bottling variety. Golden skin and flesh colour. height and width. Matures in late December. These tropical fruits are seasonally available over the warmer months. The Clingstone. Height and width to 1.5-2m. Dwarf Tuscany: A dwarf tree growing 1.5 to 2m Paw Paws we o£er are bisexual and in Late season maturity, March-April. in height and width. Produces medium to theory self-fertile. However as they are Dwarf Sunset Peach: Produces double large, freestone, red-skinned, white fleshed, seed grown, the reality is that the resulting pink flowers in spring followed by full sized, fruit. Matures early February. seedlings are variable. While the majority of white fleshed, freestone fruit. Maturing late seedlings will be bisexual, some will also be November to early December. Grows to 80cm Olives male or female. To overcome this variability in height and width. and to ensure adequate pollination, the best The classic Mediterranean tree! Olives policy is to plant in groups of three or more. Trixzie® ‘Pixzee’ Miniature Peach: A dwarf are extremely hardy and long lived once Paw Paws require frost free conditions and peach producing spring pink flowers followed by established. They prefer relatively frost free do best in improved, well drained soils in full sized delicious, yellow fleshed, freestone, red districts and slightly alkaline (limey) soils. sunny protected positions. Plants can grow blushed fruit. Ideal for tubs. Matures mid to late January. Grows to 1.5m in height and width. Olive trees le” to their own devices will tend to 2-3m tall. Provide shade for young plants to develop a very dense canopy and regular which are very susceptible to sunburn. Valley Red Dwarf: Produces medium-sized, pruning is required to limit height and keep yellow fleshed, freestone fruit with red-blushed the trees fairly open in the centre of the skin. Matures early March. Grows to only 2m high. canopy. Olives are generally considered as self-fertile. They grow to around 4m x 4m Peaches and recommended spacing is 6-8m apart. Pears Garden Harvest: A new, compact growing Traditional Peaches variety, growing to just 2-2.5m high and 2m These traditional varieties are self-fertile and Traditional Pears wide. Great as a hedge or container Olive. grow into attractive rounded trees to 3-4m Suitable for pickling. Matures in autumn. x 3-4m. Spraying to prevent Peach Leaf Curl Pears are tall vigorous trees growing to is essential. Spray in late winter-early spring 4 x 4m. Pears require cross pollination. Kalamata: A sought a©er and famous pickling at the early bud swell stage. Suitable sprays Bartlett (also known as Williams): Produces variety. Grows to a medium sized tree. Leaves include Yates Liquid Copper. are larger than most other olives. Kalamata fruit medium to large, white-fleshed fruit with has a characteristic slight curve near the base. Crimson Rocket: A unique new variety with smooth yellow skin. Good flavour. Matures January. Pollinates with Beurre Bosc and Traditionally pickled when fruit is fully mature a naturally narrow and upright growth habit. 20th Century (Nijisseiki). and purple/black in colour. Matures April-May. Produces medium-sized, yellow fleshed, freestone, juicy, sweet fruit, perfect for dessert. Beurre Bosc: Produces large, brown-skinned Manzanillo: A very good all-round variety. Ideal for growing in pots. Matures mid-January. fruit with an excellent flavour. Matures Tree habit is low and spreading, making it Double Jewel: Produces double pink flowers February. Pollinates with Bartlett and Red easy to harvest. It’s a heavy bearer of medium Sensation and 20th Century. sized olives, suitable for either pickling or oil in spring followed by good flavoured, yellow production. Traditionally used for green pickled fleshed, freestone fruit with red-blushed skin. Josephine De Malines: Produces medium olives. Matures May. Matures late December. sized, roundish, green/yellow skin. A highly flavoured variety, maturing in March. Mission: (aka New Norcia Mission) Good dual- Flordagold: Produces large, clingstone fruit Pollinates with Kosui, Packham’s Triumph purpose olive, producing good oil and can also with light red over yellow skin and juicy and 20th Century. yellow flesh. Matures mid-December. be utilised for pickling. The Mission grows tall, so it requires pruning to keep to an easy picking size. It also does well in colder areas. Matures April-July.

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Packham’s Triumph: A very popular variety with LittleChum (Cherry Plum): Small rounded to Gulosha Rosavaya: A Russian variety with clear yellow skin and a delicious flavour. Matures heart shaped, red skinned fruit. Small, seed very decorative, slightly elongated fruit with February. Pollinates with Josephine De Malines. size and juicy, yellow flesh which has a lovely light, pink-red skin colour. Produces large, red, balance of plum and cherry flavours. Clingstone. juicy grains with an exceptional flavour. Red Sensation: Produces red skinned, medium An upright tree due to its plum and cherry to large fruit. Similar in shape and size to Bartlett. parentage. Pollinates with Primetime, Santa Mollar de Elche: A variety selected from the Creamy white, smooth-textured flesh. Matures Rosa and Louisa. town of Elche, in Valencia, Spain. Produces early February. Pollinates with Beurre Bosc and exotic, pink- blushed fruit, filled with delicious, 20th Century. Lusia: A self-pollinating variety producing jewel-like juice sacks surrounding edible seeds. distinctive heart-shaped, large fruit with red blushed skin and yellow, sweet, juicy flesh. Wonderful: Produces showy double red flowers in late spring to early summer, followed by large Dwarf Pears Freestone. Matures late January to early February. orange-red blushed fruit, which matures mid- Dwarf Pears grow 2-2.5m high and 1.5-2m wide. Mariposa: Produces large, heart-shaped fruit May – early June. Produces a high quality juice. Dwarf Bartlett (also known as Williams): with red flesh and a good flavour. It has a good The Californian Pomegranate juice industry is Produces medium to large, white-fleshed fruit keeping quality. Semi freestone. Matures mid- based on this variety. Attractive, yellow autumn with smooth yellow skin. Good flavour. Matures January. Pollinates with Ruby Blood, Satsuma foliage. Frost hardy. January. Pollinates with Beurre Bosc and 20th or Santa Rosa. Century (Nijisseiki). Primetime: Medium to large, heart shaped Prunes Dwarf Beurre Bosc: Produces large, brown- fruit. Red to purple coloured skin. Flesh is D’Agen: A partially self-fertile variety. One of the yellow with some pinky-red colouration skinned fruit with an excellent flavour. Matures best prunes. Produces medium-sized, rich, sugary di‚used throughout. Pollinates with Santa February. Pollinates with Bartlett and Red fruit. Excellent for drying. Matures February. Rosa. Clingstone variety, maturing late Pollinates with Robe de Sergeant. Grows to 4 x 4m. Sensation and 20th Century. December to early January. Grows to 4 x 4m. Robe de Sergeant: Produces very sweet, medium- Dwarf Bonza (tropical Pear): A self-fertile, low Ruby Blood: Juicy, freestone, blood Plum. chill pear suited to the metro area. Rounded sized, dark blue to purple fruit. Matures early to late Dark red to purple tinged skin, dark red flesh. January. Pollinate with D’Agen. Grows to 4 x 4m. fruit with sweet, white flesh. Similar to a Nashi in Matures mid-late February. Pollinate with appearance. Can be harvested when skin is still Mariposa, Santa Rosa or Satsuma. green and will ripen to yellow. Matures January Quinces to February. Can also pollinate with Sunshine. Santa Rosa: Produces excellent, tasty, yellow fleshed fruit with crimson skin. Clingstone. Quinces are hardy fruits noted for their Dwarf Josephine De Malines: Produces Matures late December. Pollinates with Ruby showy display of white spring blossom and medium sized, roundish, green/yellow skin. Blood, Satsuma or Mariposa. late season, golden skinned aromatic fruit. A highly flavoured variety, maturing in March. Quinces are self-fertile and grow into small Pollinates with Kosui, Packham’s Triumph and Satsuma: Produces delicious, juicy blood trees of around 3 x 3m. They are worth 20th Century. coloured fruit with dark red skin and flesh. Freestone. Matures mid-January. Pollinates growing just to make your own home-made Dwarf Packham’s Triumph: A very popular with Santa Rosa or Mariposa. Quince paste! variety with clear yellow skin and a delicious flavour. Matures February. Pollinates with Pineapple: An old American variety bred by Josephine De Malines. Dwarf Plums Luther Burbank in California. More apple than pear shaped with pale golden coloured skin, Dwarf Red Sensation: Produces red skinned, Dwarf Plums grow to 1.5-2.5m tall. Ideal for small garden and large tubs. flesh carries a slight pineapple flavour. Matures medium to large fruit. Similar in shape and size May - early Winter. to Bartlett. Creamy white, smooth-textured Plums require cross pollination. Smyrna: Produces large, roughly pear-shaped flesh. Matures early February. Pollinates with Dwarf Gulf Ruby: Produces large, yellow Beurre Bosc and 20th Century. fruit. A vigorous, productive tree, even at a fleshed fruit, with pink-red skin. Matures early young age. Matures May-early Winter. Dwarf Sunshine (tropical Pear): A self-fertile, to mid-December. Considered self-pollinating low chill variety well suited to the metro area. but will pollinate with Santa Rosa or Sunrise Produces sweet white fleshed fruit with yellow Gulf. A low chill, clingstone variety. Strawberries skin. Can be harvested when skin is still green Dwarf Mariposa: Produces large, heart-shaped Grow your own delicious strawberries. and will ripen to yellow. Matures January to fruit with red flesh and a good flavour. It has a Our container grown plants are ideal for February. Can also pollinate with Bonza. good keeping quality Semi freestone. Matures planting up your pots, hanging baskets mid-January. Pollinates with Ruby Blood, or your own strawberry patch. Satsuma or Santa Rosa. Nashi Pears Chandler: A high yielding, brilliantly coloured Nashi Pear Kosui: Rounded, fruit with Sweet, Dwarf Plumcott Spring Satin: A Plum/Apricot variety with exceptional flavour. Medium to large juicy white flesh with high sugar. Skin colour cross. Produces showy white flowers, followed conical to wedge shaped fruits. Main fruiting is golden-bronze over a green-yellow ground by yellow/red fleshed fruit with rich, dark plum period is Spring through till mid-Summer. colour. Pollinate with 20th Century. Matures coloured skin. Matures late November to early Originally bred for Southern Californian conditions mid-February. December. Partly self-pollinating, but better with and well suited to the Perth metro area. a pollinator like Plum Mariposa. Grows 2m high. Nashi Pear 20th Century (Nijisseiki): Fragoo: This variety is both decorative and Produces round yellowish-green fruit with Dwarf Santa Rosa: Produces excellent, tasty, yellow fleshed fruit with crimson skin. delicious with unique, pink flowers followed creamy-white flesh and a delicious crisp by sweet, red fruit. Extra-long runners are a flavour. Partly self-fertile. Pollinates with Clingstone. Matures late December. Pollinates with Ruby Blood, Satsuma or Mariposa. feature adding to its appeal when grown in Bartlett, Beurre Bosc, Kosui, Josephine and pots and baskets. Red Sensation. Matures mid to late February. Dwarf Satsuma: Produces delicious, juicy blood coloured fruit with dark red skin and flesh. Temptation: A compact growing variety ideal Freestone. Matures mid-January. Pollinates with for container and basket growing. Heart shaped, Persimmon Santa Rosa or Mariposa. deep red, delicious fruit. Fuyu*: Self-fertile, non-astringent variety maturing mid-autumn-early winter. Glossy orange skinned, Dwarf Sunrise Gulf: Produces small, red rounded fruit. Delicious complex, sweet flavour. blushed fruit with yellow flesh. Well suited to Attractive autumn foliage colour is an added the metro area and coastal districts. Matures bonus. Tree size approximately 4 x 4 metres. early December. Pollinates with Gulf Ruby. Citrus customers note: and semi dwarf We also stock a range ofdwarf Pomegranates citrus trees. Plums Pomegranates are an ancient fruit. They’re Semi dwarf citrus grow about two thirds very hardy and one of the easiest fruits to the size of a regular citrus tree. In most cases Traditional Plums grow. They thrive in our Mediterranean depending on the variety, this means trees will Plums are vigorous trees growing to climate. Pomegranates can be maintained grow to between 2 to 3m on maturity. Semi- 4 x 4m. Plums require cross pollination. as a large shrub or small tree growing 3 to dwarf trees can be readily grown in large tubs or 4m high and wide. They flower in spring and in the garden spaced 2m apart. These will begin Amber Jewel: Sweet amber coloured flesh and summer and fruit matures late autumn to fruiting earlier than regular-sized trees. They’re red blushed skin. Pollinate with Santa Rosa. early winter. Pomegranates are self-fertile. highly productive and have high nematode and Matures January. phytophthora (root rot) resistance. Dwarf citrus trees are ideal for container planting as they grow to mature sizes of around 1.75-2m tall. 6 Meyer: A smaller growing tree, ideally suited to Navelina: Produces very sweet, slightly growing in containers or small gardens. Produces oval shaped fruit. A vigorous medium-sized Citrus Fruits rounded, thin-skinned, juicy fruit, maturing mainly tree. Matures May. Citrus fruits are a must for the home garden. during winter. Sweeter in flavour than other lemons. A heavy bearer, even as a young tree. Tarocco Ippolito: A newer blood orange variety Citrus are very tough and rewarding fruit developed in Sicily. Seedless small to medium trees. Traditional citrus trees generally grow sized fruit. Skin colour orange to red blushed. to around 3-4m x 3m. Many varieties are now Limes Will develop some red-maroon pigmentation also available as dwarf or semi dwarf trees, Australian Rainforest Pearl: A native Finger near the coast but local trials have shown these are ideal for large tubs and smaller Lime selection. Finger-like fruit is reddish-brown degree of pigmentation better cooler inland gardens (see text box for more on dwarf in colour and contains red blushed juice sacks sites. Good sugar /acid balance. Becoming and semi dwarf Citrus). with lime flavours. Use in marinades, sauces popular in Europe. Matures August to October. and salads. A hardy, thorny, small to medium Valencia: A popular sweet orange, producing tree best kept to 3-4m. Suitable for large tubs. medium-sized, very juicy fruit. Matures Matures autumn-winter. Cumquats September to December. Calamondin: Prolific producer of small round, Australian Red Centre Lime: A cross between orange skinned fruits. Fruit flavour is acidic, native Finger Lime and a Mandarin. Produces Washington Navel: The most popular home suitable for marmalade making. Matures over small, red-skinned, oval fruit, 3-5cm long. garden variety. Produces large, seedless, juicy winter-late spring, providing wonderful winter Matures winter. Grows to 2m high – ideal for pots. fruit. Matures May to September. colour. Small tree to 3m. Australian Sunrise Lime: A Finger Lime- Tangelo Minneola: Produces highly coloured, Meiwa: Round to nearly round, orange skinned Calamondin cross. Produces small, oval to pear- almost pear-shaped fruit. A very juicy, excellent fruits. Rind is thicker and sweeter than Nagami, shaped, yellow-skinned fruit with a tangy lime eating variety. Matures July to September. bitter-sweet, acid flesh with few seeds. Fruit flavour. Matures winter. It has wiry spiny branches size relatively large for a Cumquat, usually and grows 2 to 4m high, smaller if kept clipped. larger than Nagami. Fruit provide wonderful Ka£ir: A slow growing, thorny small tree of winter colour, maturing over winter-spring. An irregular shape. Leaves are widely used in Nut Trees attractive small tree to 2-3m. Reasonable cold Asian cooking to impart a lime flavour. tolerance. Ideal for jams and marmalades and preserving in alcohol and liqueurs. Tahitian Lime: A larger growing tree, well suited Almonds to Perth. Fruit resembles a lemon. The fruit rind Almonds bloom very early in spring, Nagami: A beautiful fruiting and ornamental varies from green to yellow/orange at maturity small tree, growing 3 to 4m high. Nagami is with seedless, greenish/yellow flesh and an covering themselves in white blossom. the most popular cumquat variety. It produces acidic-lime flavour. Matures June to July. Bird netting is essential to protect developing nuts from feathered thieves! plentiful small, oval, orange fruits. The rind is West Indian: A large shrub or small tree, mildly sweet and the flesh is moderately acidic bearing small, round, green to yellow fruit, All In One: Self-pollinating, producing sweet, in flavour, ideal for marmalade, liqueurs and with green flesh and a true lime flavour. flavourful, so© shelled Almonds on a semi dwarf crystallizing. An attractive container plant. Carries fruit for most of the year. This variety sized tree. Matures mid-February. Grows to 3 x 3m. Matures July to September. is less cold tolerant than Tahitian Lime. Dwarf Self-Pollinating Almond: Ideal for the home garden. A heavy bearer of so©-shelled, Grapefruits Mandarins sweet, flavourful almonds. Dwarf form only Grapefruits perform well in Perth. Fruit Afourer: Deep orange coloured skin which is growing to 1.5 to 2m in height and width. At this matures between July and September. easily peeled. Has a low seed count. Flesh is sweet size it’s so easy to net and protect your crop. and juicy. The tree is of moderate in size and Fits into any garden and ideal for pots and tubs. : A very popular seedless variety. Marsh Seedless vigour. Maturing September to late November. Matures mid-February. Produces large, pale yellow skinned fruit, with Becoming an important commercial variety. white/yellow flesh. Matures June to September. Emperor: A recommended mid-season variety. Chestnuts Rio Red: Rio Red is a medium-sized tree producing Heavy cropping, producing large, easily peeled, large fruit with heavily pigmented pink to red flesh. sweet fruit that contains few seeds. Matures July. Recommended for cooler districts. Chestnuts are substantial trees, growing as large as Star Ruby: A red-fleshed variety usually Honey Murcott: High juice content and high seedless to few seeds. Produces thin-skinned sugar to acid ratio. Yellow-orange, easily peeled 10 x 10m. To ensure pollination, plant with fruit with sweet flesh and a high juice content. skin and sweet flesh. Has some seeds. Matures another Chestnut variety or seedling. Matures June to September. August-October, sometimes later. Flemings Prolific*: A gra©ed variety. Prolific Imperial: An early maturing Australian variety. bearer of medium to large, light brown nuts. Lemons Produces small, pale orange, sweet and tangy Matures late March to mid-April. fruit. Contains few seeds. Matures April to July. The indispensable home fruit. Everyone Seedling Chestnut*: Grown from the seed of needs a lemon! Japanese Seedless: A very early maturing trees specially selected for their fruiting habit variety with sweet, low acid fruit that’s easy to and large-sized nuts. *Very limited numbers Eureka: A very hardy, rewarding variety. A large, peel. Matures April to June. available. roughly rounded tree. Produces and carries some Ortanique: The latest maturing Mandarin fruit all year round. Main crop matures late winter variety, with fruit maturing August to September to early summer. A prolific producer of large, rough and hanging on tree till well into late spring. Hazelnuts skinned fruit. Every garden should have one. Produces fruit with highly coloured skin with Recommended for cooler districts. Lemonade Tree: A compact small tree, bearing sweet, juicy, full-flavoured flesh. Hazelnuts are suckering shrubs forming rounded, lemon-like fruit. The flesh has a sweet, Silverhill: A seedless variety, producing fruit a thicket. They can grow to 3-4m high. low acid flavour that can be eaten fresh or squeezed with smooth, thin skin and sweet, juicy flesh. American White*: Produces large mahogany to make lemonade. A heavy cropper, ideal for pots. Matures April to July. to brown nuts. Pollinates with Cosford. Lisbon: A heavy cropping variety, similar to Produces medium-sized nuts with a light Eureka, however the fruit is smaller and the Oranges Cosford*: skin is smoother and thinner. High quality, Juicy, brown thin shell. A reliable cropper. Pollinates with high acid fruit. Tends to have a heavy, main crop Arnold Blood: An Australian blood orange American White. *Very limited stocks available. selection originally from South Australia. Produces ripening over winter-spring and carries some seedless, sweet fleshed fruit. Skin colour is orange fruit for much of the year. Good cold tolerance. with some red-maroon blushing, flesh colour is Macadamia Nuts Becoming very popular with commercial growers. orange with some red-maroon pigment patches. Macadamias are self-fertile and are fairly Lemonicious: A dwarf “patio” lemon, similar Requires long hot summers and cold, nippy nights large trees growing 5 to 8m high. to Lots of lemons. This is a dwarf form of Meyer to produce best flesh pigmentation. Degree of Lemon, recommended for container planting colour pigmentation displayed in low chill, coastal Gra”ed Macadamia: Trees gra©ed with where it excels, producing bountiful, full sized areas is limited. Matures July-September. reliable Macadamia selections. Gra©ed trees fruit. Main crop winter, spring, but tend to spot Cara Cara: Produces a low acid and virtually start producing nuts a©er about 5 years. flower and fruit at other times. seedless navel Orange. Cara Cara’s pink Mature nuts fall from February to September. Limited seasonal availability. Lots of Lemons: A dwarf form of the popular coloured flesh is sweet to taste, with Meyer Lemon. Produces an abundance of full- subtle cherry undertones and is sized, smooth skinned fruit. Ideal for growing extremely juicy. Matures winter. in containers. Grows 1-1.5m high on average.

7 Fruit Tree Establishment and Care

Planting Fruit Trees Pruning The main aim of fruit tree pruning is to Home-Made Fruit Fly Traps: Try making your own out of Position: Generally all fruit trees do best in full sun establish a framework of productive fruit bearing branches, used plastic so€ drink or milk bottles*. Melt or drill 1-2 holes positions. remove dead or diseased wood, inter-twined branches, thin about 10mm wide). Above and below the holes, stick on a over crowded branches and to control height. Fruit trees are band of bright yellow duct or masking tape. Fill bottles to at Container Grown Trees: When planting any fruit tree, generally maintained to a height of about 2.5-3m, this allows least one third with a mixture of protein and a sugar source give it a good soak before removing it from the container. for easy harvest and maintenance. Generally deciduous such, as beer and Vegemite. A popular recipe is 1 litre of water, Soil improvement at planting time is vital! Dig a hole at fruit trees are pruned in winter and it’s a good idea to seal ½ tbs of cloudy ammonia, ½ teaspoon of vanilla essence least 60cm wide by 60cm deep. Blend one part Dawson’s pruning cuts with a pruning paint. and 100g of white sugar. Hang baits at about 1.5m above the Organic Soil Improver with two parts soil removed from ground. Remember to replace bait liquid every few weeks. the hole. Return some of this mix to the bottom of the If you are unsure of where flower buds are, wait till flowering Ideally hang two home-made traps per tree. Also place hole. Remember to set the plant in the hole no deeper time and prune then. Always make angled cuts, just above traps in a few non-fruiting trees and in plants close to the than the soil level in the container and then backfill soil an outward facing bud. An excellent illustrated introduction neighbour’s fence as decoys to keep Medfly away from your mix around the roots. Use any le€-over soil to make a to pruning fruit trees can be viewed online courtesy of fruiting plants. *As a precaution it’s a good idea to soak labels shallow well around the plant. This will help retain water Flemings Nurseries at www.wistaging.com/wp-content/ o† any old bottles or containers you use. and direct it to the root system. Newly planted fruit uploads/2015/08/pruning_multi_page.pdf trees are very vulnerable to drying out. To avoid this, Cera Trap®: Is a ready to use, organic, pesticide free fruit fly Summer Pruning: Pruning deciduous fruit trees to restrict trap. Cera Trap contains a unique protein based liquid solution ensure adequate watering is provided during the critical height is best done in summer as summer pruning has a establishment period. that is very attractive to fruit flies. Continues to work for 3-4 growth supressing e†ect as opposed to winter pruning which months. Recommended backyard application rate is 1 Cera Bare Root Trees: These are dormant trees sold during has a strong stimulating e†ect. Summer pruning is easy, just Trap per fruit tree. Refill packs of the bait solution are available. winter. When taken out of the pots the soil will usually fall o† go through once or twice during the growing season and the roots. Use soil improver to get them o† to a flying start cut back growth that’s too tall, too long, or sticking out to Bait Spraying: Eco-Naturalure® is an organic certified product for fruit fly control. The product is a mix of a protein attractant (see planting container trees). Make a mound of soil in the far. This will o€en be long, whippy, new growth branches and the chemical Spinosad (based on a naturally occurring bottom of the hole. Take your bare root tree and position extending beyond the desired canopy height. bacteria).The attracted Medfly are poisoned by ingesting the the roots so that they fan out over the mound. Before back bait mixture. It can be applied with a sprayer or hand sprayer filling the rest of the soil mix, check the tree is planted to Bird Control with nozzle set to produce coarse droplets. Spray is directed the right level. O€en the soil stain on the stem will indicate Bird attack on fruit crops can be devastating and to the underside of foliage through the middle portion of the the correct level to plant the tree. The bud union should be disheartening. Simple frames can be made out of stakes tree. It can also be applied to small, preferably yellow boards, above the soil level. It’s a good time to add a stake now, as and flexible poly/pvc pipe to drape bird net over. made from any suitable non porous material and hung in the you can see where the roots are. Then backfill the rest of the mid-section of the canopy. Only small amounts of bait solution soil mix and water in well. Pest and Disease Control are needed (see product packaging for further information). Again it is best to commence bait spraying when fruit is at a Watering Our sta† are ready to help you with practical advice about very immature stage, preferably immediately a€er flower drop. When establishing trees extra hand watering for the first pest and disease control. It’s always helpful if you can Winter is another key time for bait spraying as Medfly will target summer will be essential. Water young trees every second bring in a sample of diseased foliage or damaged fruit, as citrus during winter. Eco- Naturalure® must be re-applied at it makes diagnosis much easier. Environmentally friendly day for their first season, in their second year in the garden, weekly intervals. controls and chemicals are now available for many of the 2 deep soaks twice a week will do. Soil wetting agents like common pests and diseases a†ecting fruiting plants. Magnet Med (MagMed) Trial: MagMed is a new “attract Eco Wet allow water to penetrate into water repellent, and kill” device for the control of Medfly. The external surfaces sandy soils. Apply at planting time and re-apply six months Preventative Spraying is o€en a good idea to protect fruit of the device are impregnated with an insecticide and an later. Or, for a more permanent fix, try the kaolinite clay trees, some recommended treatments are: attractant lure is contained inside the device. A hook secures based, soil builder Soil Solver. When watering established the device to the fruit tree and the trap remains viable for fruit trees, 2-3 deep waterings a week is the minimum. For Citrus Leaf Miner: Spray trees fortnightly during six months. The Medfly attracted by the lure land on the peak growth periods when citrus “flush” with new growth. device and are killed through contact with the impregnated Staking The light film of oil will protect developing foliage as it chemical. The lure will attract both male and female flies. matures. Spray with Eco-Oil. A trap is also available, the At time of writing MagMed is still a trial product. Dawson’s Many fruit trees, particularly those planted as bare rooted eco-CLM trap. The trap uses pheromones to attract and plants, will require staking for the initial establishment are selling MagMed as part of a trial to assess the product’s trap male citrus leaf miner wasps and prevents them from e†ectiveness and suitability for residential garden use. period. Plants should be loosely tied to stakes and mating with females. Fewer females reduces the overall generally stakes can be removed about three to five population giving better protection for your citrus trees. Fruit Fly Exclusion Netting: Provides a physical barrier months a€er planting. to fruit fly, so if you net fruit, as soon as possible, you end up To prevent various fungal diseases on deciduous fruit with perfect fruit. Remember that the netting must not touch Mulching trees: Spray trees twice a year, once in autumn at leaf fall the fruit, otherwise the fly will still sting the fruit. Fruit must All fruit trees will benefit from maintaining a weed/ grass and in spring at early budswell stage. Spray with Yates be completely protected by netting and securely tied o† to free area around them. You can further benefit your trees Liquid Copper. e†ectively exclude Medfly. Exclusion while e†ective doesn’t by applying a mulch around them (but remember not to reduce Medfly numbers, so it should always be used in To prevent Powdery Mildew on Grape Vines:Spraying conjunction with other techniques. mulch right up to the trunk of the tree as this can cause should take place at intervals of 2, 4 and 6 weeks a€er budburst collar rot). Suitable mulching materials include garden and again just before flowering. Foliage must be monitored for Good Hygiene: Remove and dispose of Medfly infested and compost, wood chips, coarse grade bark and straw. the rest of the season and extra sprays carried out if required. excess fruit before it falls to the ground. Also remove any fallen Mulch to a depth of at least 5-10cm thick. Spray with Eco-Fungicide (used in conjunction with Eco-Oil). fruit as soon as possible. Then kill Medfly larvae in damaged fruit by putting in tightly sealed plastic bags and leaving out in Fertilising To prevent Leaf Curl in Peaches and Nectarines: the sun for a few days, or by freezing, boiling or soaking. This is Spraying to prevent Peach Leaf Curl is essential. Spray one of the most e†ective ways to break the Medfly life-cycle, For The First Season: No fertilising is required until in late winter-early spring, at the early bud swell stage. growth commences. Then feed the young tree by as the larvae pupate in the ground before they emerge as a sprinkling 50gms of a balanced all purpose fertiliser, Suitable sprays include Yates Liquid Copper. flying adults. If disposing of treated fruit through the rubbish, such as Dawson’s All Purpose Fertiliser every 5 weeks place in tightly sealed bags before putting in the bin. For for the first growing season (spring through till early Fruit Fly Control more ways of treating and disposing of a†ected fruit see medflychallenge.com autumn). Remember to water in well. Mediterranean Fruit Fly(Medfly) is the number one pest This is a No Fly Zone is an action package supported For Established Trees: The most important fertilising of fruit trees in W.A. To control Medfly, we need a community by The University of Western Australia and Plant times are late winter-early spring and again in early approach. The e†orts you make will not only help reduce Biosecurity CRC. Dawson’s acknowledge the assistance autumn. Spring is by far the most important feeding time Medfly in your garden but the whole fruit growing community. of Isabel Arevalo-Vigne and Rachel Davison in as trees do the bulk of their growing over the spring to The best approach is to control Medfly year-round, using compiling the Medfly control section. early summer period. Always feed with quality all purpose a combination of techniques including trapping, bait spraying, or specialist fruit fertilisers like Eco Growth Prime Garden, exclusion and good hygiene practices. Remember together Dawson’s All Purpose Fertiliser or Searles Fruit and Citrus we can beat Medfly! For more see medflychallenge.com Need To Know More? Food. Apply fertiliser at recommended rates, evenly below Fruit Fly Trapping: Is easy to do. It works by attracting fruit www.dawsonsgardenworld.com.au and out some distance from the canopy (tree roots actually flies with bait mixtures. The smell of the liquid bait mixture extend much further than the area below the canopy). attracts fruit flies onto the trap. Unable to escape they drown Our friendly sta£ will be happy to advise you about Whenever adding fertiliser, don’t apply to dry soil and in the liquid. Remember for best Medfly control you need to selecting and growing fruiting plants - just ask! Or email make sure fertiliser is watered in well. be using trapping year round. [email protected]

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