The Blue Quandong is a fast growing rainforest tree. The species is well regarded for its timber and as a key element in regenerating rainforest. The fruit of this species is round and blue, between 20 and 30 mm across, and has a seed with deep convolutions in its shell.
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Golden Emperor - Custard Apple
The Golden Emperor is a self fertile Custard Apple with a dwarfing habit, making it ideal for backyards in warmer climates. The fruits have a lower seed count than some varieties. This is a new release custard apple that will produce good crops of tangy sweet fruit for you! #daleysfruit #daleysnursery #custardapple #goldenemperor
The Florigon Mango ๐ฅญ
The Florigon Mango is definitely the winner in the taste department. The soft, sweet flesh melts in your mouth. The fruit has a small seed, great flavour, and virtually no fibre. Considered by some to be too small for the market, it certainly makes up for its lack of size with taste. Yellow skinned, excellent quality fruits. Sets well in subtropics ๐ฅญ๐ฅญ #daleysfruit #daleysnursery #mango #florigonmango #backyardgarden #subtropicalfruit
The much loved Cacao ๐ค
The cacao is a tropical tree native to the Amazon region of South America. It grows well in tropical Australia. Cacao is the source of chocolate, cocoa and cocoa butter. The fermented seeds are roasted, cracked and ground into a powder. Benefits from hand pollination. #daleysfruit #daleysnursery #cacao #cacaobean
The Choquette Avocado ๐ฅ
The Choquette Avocado is a giant fruit weighting over 1kg. Good eating variety with smooth flesh and a creamy, rich flavour. The trees have good disease resistance, and the fruit is a cross between a Guatemalan and a West Indian type avocado. It has smooth green skin when ripe. Perfect for making big bowls of guacamole! #daleysfruit #daleysnursery #avocado #choquetteavocado
Canistel/Egg fruit ๐
The Canistel fruit is round to oval and matures to a yellow-orange colour, hence its other common name of 'egg fruit' and yellow sapote. The yellow flesh has a sweet earthy flavour and a texture similar to a boiled egg yolk. The fruit is delicious eaten fresh out of hand with a little salt and lemon juice added. Canistels are often added to sweet custards or made into delicious eggnog-like milk shakes by blending with milk. The fruits are very rich, the flesh can be dried and ground into a powder which is then used as a flavouring for sweet desserts #daleysfruit #daleysnursery #canistel #eggfruit
Black Sapote - a chocoholics dream
Not surprisingly, this is one of our most popular fruits, and if you like Chocolate Pudding you'll love the Black Sapote! Commonly known as Chocolate Pudding Fruit, this amazing fruit is an excellent source of Vitamin C, containing about 4 times as much as an orange.
Yuzu ๐
Native to China, the Yuzu has been used and cultivated in this region for thousands of years. The fruit is tart, resembling a grapefruit with mandarin overtones. It is rarely eaten as a fresh fruit, but is used to makes sauces, preserves and a popular yuzu vinegar. In Korea, thinly sliced fruits are combined with sugar and honey to make a thick marmalade like syrup. Yuzu kosho is a spicy Japanese sauce made from green or ripe yellow yuzu zest, chillis and salt. The yuzu is more cold tolerant than most other citrus, being able to tolerate to -5 degrees ❄