GRAPES Type Ripe Description Origin. Large, black dessert, very good flavour. Black dessert grape, good flavour.

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1 AVAILABLE CUTTINGS 2014 Instructions for growing will come with these cuttings; each cutting will grow a new tree. $3:00 each FIGS Batley 2 crops Fat, green skin, white flesh, good flavour Batley, Black Small, dark skin, pink flesh Auckland Hyndman Purple skin, pink melting flesh, good for drying. Hyndman, Kaiwaka Kaeo 2 crops ( & ch) Large, long, red. Kaeo McLeod Homestead Large, green skin, red flesh Pouto Totara House Long, green, white flesh GRAPES Bishop Pompallier Large, black dessert, very good flavour Pompallier House, Kerikeri Isabella Niagra Small, white, very sweet Black ruary Black dessert grape, good McIntyre Pink ruary Dark pinky red dessert grape. Old grape from Raoul Island which has Raoul 1 now been cleared of grapes. Growing strongly but has not fruited for us yet. ELDERBERRIES Old homestead near Kawakawa. Raoul Island Adam Similar to Nova. Nova Large bunches, good cropper in North AVAILABLE SCIONWOOD 2014 All scions will be cut into 6-8 inch lengths enough to graft 3 trees. It will arrive wrapped in wet newspaper and plastic and needs to be kept like this in a fridge until used in spring. All scions are $5.00 each + freight. APPLES If you are ordering this apple scionwood you need to have a rootstock to graft it onto. Apple rootstocks come with roots on them so you can plant the rootstock in winter and graft that same rootstock in spring when the buds on the rootstock begin to swell.

2 Type Ripe Uses Description Origin Akane Bright red skin, white flesh, hard, glossy when ripe, round, the older the tree the better the flavour Ballarat Bert's Bill Rogers Bob Lambert Totara House Bramleys Captain Kidd Cox's Orange Strawberry Freyberg Very Cooker, Cooker Medium, round, red streaky skin, white Whitianga Green & red skin. Good flavour Cooking Very sweet, red delicious type, red flesh, thick skin, birds can t eat through it so it lasts on tree until June. Warkworth / Very sweet, small, golden delicious type. Auckland ch Giant Geniton, Cooker Golden Hornet Golden Russet Granny Smith Jack Hum Crab Apple Jacqui Sharp Jonathon Lady Finger Cider Mayflower Monty's Surprise Ohinimuri - / April - late Pale skin, yellow juicy, very sweet flesh. Havelock Nth Crab apple, cider, Outstanding, heavy reliable cropper-similar to Granny Smith, keeps well. pollinator Golden russet skin, good keeper,, cooker, keeper Cider, vinegar, Cooker, Cider, vinegar, Cooker, Juice, Drying Red Delicious ch, drying, cooking, juicing Large, green skin, white flesh Red, heavy reliable crops in. Commercial pollinator variety. Crisp juicy, sub acid large round green skinned apple. Red streaky patch when ripe. Bright red skin, full of flavour, very sweet. Flat shape, green skin, russet yellow flesh, outstanding Round, yellow skin, great cooker, fantastic Original cultivar, skin almost black when ripe, wonderful sweet flesh excellent flavor Port Albert Port Albert Unknown Hokianga

3 Russet Matakana ch Sturmer Cooker Excellent Desert Golden russett skin, rich deep flavor, best after picked for two weeks Large green skinned red blush, excellent cookers Matakana Port Albert Willie Sharp, Cooker Excellent Wellsford Winesap Red skin, old fashioned excellent winey flavour, very sweet dense flesh Wright's Scarlet Crab Crab apple Zimmerman Desert Large, elongated,pointy,square apple, red streaky skin excellent rich sweet flesh Chatham Islands PEACHES If you are ordering peach scionwood you need to have either a plum rootstock or a peach seedling rootstock to graft it onto. If you are ordering ianna cuttings to grow your own plum rootstocks from us they will need a year to grow before they are ready to graft. If you are ordering peach stones from us they will also need a year before they are ready to graft. Arapahoe Red Leaf Red leaves, red skin, golden flesh, freestone, red streaks around stone, outstanding flavour, juicy, excellent texture Ruawai Batley / Apr, honey coloured flesh/skin, transparent when ripe, red blush. Batley, Harbour Blackboy / Excellent & cooking, furry, thick dark skin, red flesh. Kaiwaka Backboy Red Leafed Ornamental red leafed version of Blackboy Helensville Christina White flesh, similar to River Peach, but firmer, sweeter and later. Warkworth Four Winds Green skin, red blush, very firm sweet flesh, huge flavour, huge crops Green's Special mar Large freestone, yellow fleshed peach with red tinge when ripe. Matakana

4 Hokianga Golden Queen Jim Armstrong Black Joy Yearbury Maimie Ross / / / y's Christmas Orion Peacherine,, cooking, small golden flesh, intense Similar to River. Prolific. Very healthy tree. Excellent Medium sized, slightly egg shaped fruits. Yellow skin with very pale red blush, very pale yellow / off white flesh. Crisp velvety skin, crisp texture, very sweet and juicy. Large, freestone, very juicy. Large, juicy, outstanding golden flesh, healthy tree, best Xmas peach! White flesh, small fruit, heavy, reliable crops. Deep golden, very sweet Hokianga Ohope, Bay of Plenty Kumeu Puhoi Peach Clingstone, pale yellow flesh. Sweet & juicy. Puhoi River Sweet white flesh, heavy reliable crops, freestone. Tui Peach The same as or very similar to Puhoi Peach Waiatea PLUMS EUROPEAN PLUMS Please note: all these European plums fruit better on peach or on old European plum type rootstocks or peach rootstocks than they do on ianna. Type Ripe Pollinator Uses Description Origin Aue Duffs, jam Angelina Burdett Greengage Ahipara Prune Ahipara 2 (Golden Drop) jan Angelina Burdett, angelina burdett Damson, cook Cooking, jam, sauce Large, red skin, yellow flesh. Soft, very sweet, purple skin, yellow flesh. Prune, very firm, sweet, freestone. Small, yellow flesh and skin, very sweet Small dark skinned fruit that is tart but full of Warkworth Ahipara Gumfields Greengage abella, Yellow flesh, red skin. Cox, Maungamuka Yellow/green flesh, Maungamuka

5 Golden Drop jan transparent skin, soft, exquisite flavour School Grounds Meribel jan,, jam Yellow flesh, red skin, very similar to abella Plumcott Similar to an apricot Prune Stanley Puhoi Greengage Transparent Gage Whakapirau Gold ( old Yellow O'gen) jan / early feb Angelina Burdett,, cooks up like apricots Yellow skin and flesh, large, meaty, sweet flesh, excellent flavour Yellow, transparent skin with red flecks. Yellow flesh and skin, large, sweet, melting. Puhoi from early Bohemian orchard Kohukohu Whakapirau JAPANESE PLUMS Type Ripe Pollinator Uses Description Origin Billingtons Black Prince Dan's Delight Dan s Duff s Mill Cottage Burbank Scarletina Tamaki Special Xmas Corker Xmas Fullers Xmas Ruawai / Duff s Duff s Duff s Duff s Duff s Commercial variety Red/black flesh, large. Kohukohu Yellow flesh, red skin. Wilderlands, pollinator, jam,, Red skin, yellow flesh, small. Red flesh and skin. Red flesh, large. Red skin and flesh, small, prolific, good taste Ex Commercial Wilderlands Haywood Wright collection, BOP PLUMS (NOT SURE) Type Ripe Pollinator Uses Description Origin Little John Very special, large, meaty, red inside, red skin, ex.

6 OTHER FRUITS Apricots and nectarines need to be grafted to either peach seedlings or plum rootstocks. Species Apricot Pahi Nectarine Goldmine jan, jan / feb, dessert,, crops well in far North White flesh, melting, sweet. Greeny white flesh, green skin with red blush, very good flavour, colourful, freestone Pahi Pouto Gold Sweet, juicy, gold flesh Pouto PEARS Pears can be grafted onto either quince BA29 to achieve a dwarf tree that fruits earlier, or pear seedlings which grow to huge trees and take years to fruit. Some pear cultivars are not compatible with Quince BA29; all of those offered here are. Bert s, dessert, small, ex. Quality. B. Davies, Bert s sel. Bon Cretian Buerre Bosc Seckles Triumph de Vienna Winter Cole Pollinator: Seckles.,, good size, great End, dessert, small, honey, sweet, small tree. Pollinator: Seckles., outstanding flavour, large, juicy. Pollinator: Winter Nellis, Seckles, small russet skin, ex. flavour, good keeper. B. Davies, Wellsford B. Davies, Wellsford B. Davies, Wellsford Auckland Winter Nellis Small, round, ex. flavour, disease resistant, good keeper Auckland AVAILABLE ROOTSTOCKS 2013 These are the part of the tree you graft your scion wood onto. Grafting is done when the rootstocks begin to move in spring, when the buds begin to swell. Growing instructions will be included. PEACH SEEDS These have been collected and treated as below and will be ready to crack and plant when you receive them.

7 10 for $15:00 plus freight You can grow your own peach rootsocks by saving the seed of late strong growing peaches. Once the fruit is eaten the seeds must be put into a sealed plastic bag with a little damp sawdust while the stone is still moist (don t dry them out) and then put into the fridge for 6-8 weeks. Then remove the stones, put into a vice with the pointy ends into the vice and wind up the vice so that the kernels fall out. Plant these in a deep container (well drained) and they will germinate quickly and be ready to pot up when the first growth flush is hardened off. MARIANNA CUTTINGS Sold in multiples of 10 for $20 plus freight, or 5 for $12 plus freight. These cuttings produce the rootstocks for your plum, peach, nectarine and apricot stone fruit. If you plant these in June/July, they will be ready to graft in July September of the following year. Plums do especially well on these rootstocks. ianna stocks prefer heavier, moist soils. If you have free draining rootstocks and dry boney soils you will be better off with peach seedlings for rootstocks ianna rootstocks are non-suckering of medium vigour. If you keep one of these trees ungrafted you can then take cuttings from it to use for your own rootstock production. APPLE All apple rootstocks have roots on them and are ready to plant out for grafting in spring. You can graft any variety of apple onto these rootstocks. Sold only in multiples of 5 for $30 plus freight. PEAR Apple (M9): Dwarfing stock, shallow roots. Small tree suitable for espaliering/cordoning. Apple (793): Large tree. Has been bred from Northern Spy and does well on heavy soils. Northern Spy: The old rootstock that does best on our heavy clays. Can easily be kept to a manageable size (3m). BA 29 Quince: These produce a dwarf pear tree. They are rooted and ready to plant then graft soon after. These rootstocks prefer moist conditions. Sold only in multiples of 5 for $30 plus freight.