Rosella
Rosella grow in warm temperate to tropical areas. The rosella is made up of 2 usable parts: Clayx – petal like bracts around the seed bud which are crimson in colour and can be stewed as a dessert filling, made…
Lychee
Lychee are oval to round in shape and up to 5cm in diameter. The Lychee flesh is sweet yet tangy. The outer red skin is peeled off to reveal the edible semi translucent flesh, which has a one seed inside.…
Loganberry
Loganberries are a hybrid of the blackberry and raspberry. The berry looks like a the largest size blackberry but has a dark bright red colour. The loganberry can be eaten raw and is also popular in making jams, jellies and…
Gooseberry
Gooseberries are the size of large grapes with a round shape. Gooseberries can be eaten whole when ripe, however become sweeter later in the season. Early season berries have a sour taste and are better for culinary use. Available from…
Dates
Dates are one of the oldest fruits cultivated. Dates are the fruit grown on Date Palms in heavy clusters under the leaf cover. The fruit can be eaten fresh when in season or dried which is readily available. Although primarily…
Cumquat
Cumquats are a small orange coloured citrus fruit with a sweet, yet tangy flavour. They are in season from February to June. Cumquats can be eaten whole, including the peel, unlike other citrus fruits. The fruit has orange like segments…
Passionfruit
Spherical capsule, 5 cm in diameter. Hard outer shell, slightly wrinkled with purple or yellow skin. Translucent yellow flesh, jelly like and watery. Aromatic and sweet flavour. Many smooth, small, black, edible seeds. All passionfruit plants are perennial climbers furnished…
Mango
Most fresh mangoes are eaten around the world every day than any other fruit. They vary in colour, with some vividly coloured red and yellow and some in dull green. Mangoes are distinctive with their juicy and sweet-spicy flavour. Mangoes…
Pear
Same family as the apple, general structure is the same except that the shape is different. A green/yellow fruit with a rounded base and a narrowing neck. Russeting may occur on the skin (brown speckles). The cuticle and waxy external…
Strawberries
Strawberries are actually not berries but rather an “aggregate fruit”, forming from a flower that has many ovaries. This allows strawberries to be quite complex but a delicious summer snack. The heart shape of the fruit clearly implies that it…
Blueberry
Firm, blue, slightly acid berry. 75-150mm in diameter frosted. Dusted look called the ‘bloom’. The blueberry is a shrub varying from 0.5 to 7.5m in height and may be deciduous or evergreen. It is a shallow rooted plant. Flowers are…
Peaches
A peach is a round stone fruit with juicy yellow flesh and pinkish-yellow skin that can be eaten raw, made into desserts or added to salads. With fuzziness serving as its external texture, internally, the flesh is soft and sweet…