BRAVE RARE FRUIT PIONEERING SOULS
This article is written to reassure those brave, rare fruit pioneering souls in seemingly borderline climatic situations, whether in the southern states or in non-optimum places in Queensland. These positive people who had a go despite the knockers and succeeded to varying extents using scant information.
The following is a list of trees fruited in New South Wales, mainly Coffs Harbour at Richard Kutz's or Dave Callaghan's properties:
| Akee | Ambarella | Guanabana (soursop) | Wax Jambu |
| Rollinia (also fruited well at Kempsey!) | Bell apple | Casimiroa (white sapote) | |
| Miracle fruit (in hothouse) | Candlenut | Ilama | Feijoa |
| Carambolas (many varieties) | Downy myrtle | Chinese raisin | Kei apple |
| Rose apple | Pepinos | Litchee | Longan (some varieties) |
| Yellow mangosteen | Carissa (Natal Plum) | Santol (seedling) | Ice cream beans |
| Jaboticabas (large and seedlings) | Mamey sapotes | Caimito (star apple) | Naranjilla (thornless and thorny) |
| Mabolo/Velvet apple (juvenile, small grafted tree) | Grumichamas (black and yellow) | Black persimmon (black sapote) | |
| Capulin cherry | Strawberry tree | Wampee | Jakfruits (varieties) |
| Kwai Muk | Pitaya cactus (delicious) | Canistels | Cherimoyas (varieties) |
| Pitanga (Brazilian cherry) some dark types | Barbados cherry (varieties) | Giant granadilla | Bunchosia |
| Sweet Jamaican Granadilla (P. ligularis) | Sapodilla | Ramontchi (Governors Plum) | Monstera deliciosa |
| Ceylon Hill Cherry | Papayas (Reds and Yellow) | Sweet lilikoi passionfruit | |
Flowering and expected to fruit:
Abiu, Tamarind, Imbe (lonely - needs mate)
Danny Callaghan
| WHO SAYS N. S. W. IS TOO COLD FOR RAMBUTANS? |
Hi! This superb yellow variety is grown on Ralph Woodford's farm. Eat your hearts out North Queensland!!! |
DATE: November 1991
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