Apples 🍎🍏🍎🍏

 These delicious and crunchy apples are available in varieties suited to a range of climates, from cool temperate, to sub-tropical.

Higher chill apples may sometimes be worth trying in marginal climates - for example Granny Smith, Red Fuji, Pinkabelle and Redlove. A shady winter site can be helpful if drainage is good, but apples can be tolerant of damp conditions.

You may take it another step and simulate chill with misters and even fans as the temperature at the bud site is where chill is registered. This may help stimulate flower bud development.

The tropical range can be tolerant of as little as 100 hours of chill, and are suitable for warm temperate to subtropical climates. If you wish to try these early harvest apples in more temperate areas, protect flowering trees from frost. Full size apple trees can reach up to 8m in the ideal conditions, if left to their own defenses. However they are better managed to a height (approx 3-4m) and shape to encourage best fruiting performance and easy harvest and maintenance.

Dwarfing rootstock can produce a more manageable 3m or so tree, depending on your growing conditions. Apple trees require even moisture to ensure essential nutrients like calcium are available. This is important for the normal development of fruit. Feed with a a good quality general fertiliser before flowering and during fruit development. Provide calcium in the form of dolomite if soil is low in this nutrient. Keep the feeder root zone mulched for healthy trees 🍎🍏🍎🍏 #daleysfruit #daleysnursery #apples #appletree #crunchy

Cherry Trees 🍒

 Cherry Trees are large and long lived. The juicy, succulent fruits are loved by many, but they can only be grown in areas that receive a cool to cold winter as they will need 300 - 1400 hours of chill depending on the variety. Many species break bud and flower in early spring, so they can be susceptible to late frosts and are best not planted in frosty pockets. Some varieties will require cross pollination, but our varieties here at Daley's are all self fertile

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Persimmons - Non-astringent and astringent

 Persimmons are a very attractive, deciduous tree with spectacular dark-orange autumn foliage. The latin name Diospyros translates as " Food of the gods" which is very appropriate when describing the melting flesh of the persimmon fruit.

The two fruiting types are made up of astringent and non astringent. The difference being astringent fruit must be left until they soften, astringency is the dry, mouth puckering sensation caused by the tannins in the unripe fruit. Non astringent persimmons do not have this effect, they can be eaten crunchy straight from the tree.

Eaten fresh they are delicious. They can also be frozen, dried, made into beer ,wine or cider. They are very versatile in the kitchen and are used in pies, salads, ice cream, juices, and dressings. Dried fruit lose all their astringency.

Other methods are to freeze fruits for 24 hours or place them in a bag with a ripening banana as it releases ethylene which hastens the ripening process 🧡 #daleysfruit #daleysnursery #persimmon #backyardgarden #astringent #nonastringent

Grapes 🍇🍇🍇

 On a hot summers day the fresh taste of grapes picked from your own vines can't be surpassed.

Grown since antiquity, they are well known and loved, and come in a large range of varieties. White grapes range in colour from pale yellow-green to light green, and black grapes from light red to purple-black.

Grapes are categorized by their uses, either as a table grape or wine grape. Wine grapes have high acidity and are therefore too tart for general eating, but some, for example Chambourcin, are sweet if left to ripen well on the vine.

Our varieties are suited to a wide range of climatic conditions. Those with disease resistance are good for humid, coastal conditions, and others are suited to warm temperate and inland, arid areas.

Fruit can be eaten fresh, frozen for a cool icy snack on a summers day, or dried for later use. It's not just their fruit that is delicious and nutritious, but their leaves as well. Blanch them in hot water and wrap them around a rice and herb filling for a delicious snack or platter filler 🍇🍇🍇 #daleysfruit #daleysnursery #grapes #backyardgarden #grapevine

Truffle 🖤🤍

  Truffles have a pungent aroma that can be loosely described as of fresh earth and sweet mushrooms. Their taste can enhance many foods such as soups, dips and pates, salads, sauces, dressings, omelettes and main meals.

The irresistible allure of their unique aroma, flavour and taste accounts for their gourmet status, and demand by consumers, and makes them a highly valued ingredient. The host trees are the Pine Nut, or Pinus pinea, or Enlish Oak, Quercus robur, they are inoculated with truffle mycorrhiza.

In Europe, truffles thrive in nutrient poor, calcareous (lime) soils and a temperate climate. Therefore to establish a truffiare in Australia you will require an area with a similar climate, including rainfall & winter frosts, sufficient available water for drought proofing, and apply a great deal of lime to replicate the European soil types, you are looking for a soil pH of 8.

They need cold winter temperatures with a few frosts. Hot summer temperatures for initiating truffle formation.

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NEW Tommy Atkins Mango 🥭

 The Tommy Atkins Mango is new to Daleys!

An attractive colour and great size. Regular, moderate cropper. One of the most popular commercial varieties being imported into the US, this variety stores well with firm flesh and citrus and tropical flavour notes. 🥭🥭🥭🥭🥭

Good resistance to Anthracnose. #daleysfruit #daleysnursery #mango #backyardgarden

Youngberry ❤

 The Youngberry plant is a vigorous, trailing bramble with sweet, juicy, black-purple berries in Summer. They make a wonderful jam, are fabulous in desserts and drinks, but you will be lucky to get them into the kitchen. A favourite for garden snacking, the juice can leave children "red handed" after raiding the vine ❤ #daleysfruit #daleysnursery #youngberry #berries #backyardgarden