Hi, I have been looking everywhere for info on what I can plant that will
fruit in Winter, but can't seem to find anything. Does this mean that there
aren't any winter fruits?? I would have thought there would be
something....

Thansk & regards Mark.

In article >,
"M&M" > wrote:

> Hi, I have been looking everywhere for info on what I can plant that will
> fruit in Winter, but can't seem to find anything. Does this mean that there
> aren't any winter fruits?? I would have thought there would be
> something....

It woud depend a bit on where you live, surely?

--
Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
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The most consistent empirical proof from history is the doctrine of human
depravity. -- Chuck Colson

In Sydney the yellow fruiting loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) fruits in
late winter and mulberries in spring (if you can wait that long).

On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 11:03:25 +1100, "M&M" >
wrote:

>Hi, I have been looking everywhere for info on what I can plant that will
>fruit in Winter, but can't seem to find anything. Does this mean that there
>aren't any winter fruits?? I would have thought there would be
>something....
>
>Thansk & regards Mark.
>

I have just planted a Tamarillo tree. Best of my knowledgedge is that they
are semi-tropical, although people's opinion of what's semi tropical differ.
One member of the newsgroup said that the tamarillo will grow anywhere
tomatoes grow. Tamarillos are widely commercially grown in Nth NZ

Fruit ripens in autumn/winter.


"M&M" > wrote in message
...
> Hi, I have been looking everywhere for info on what I can plant that will
> fruit in Winter, but can't seem to find anything. Does this mean that
there
> aren't any winter fruits?? I would have thought there would be
> something....
>
> Thansk & regards Mark.
>
>

"M&M" > writes:
>Hi, I have been looking everywhere for info on what I can plant that will
>fruit in Winter, but can't seem to find anything. Does this mean that there
>aren't any winter fruits?? I would have thought there would be
>something....

You don't say where you are.

I remember from my school days that the fivecorner fruit ripens during
Winter. The fruit is green coloured, not very flavoursome. The fruit is
about the size of a baby pea and contains a seed almost the same size. :-(
It's a small native shrub. I don't think you'd want to bother growing it,
certainly not for the fruit.

The geebung tree might be a better proposition. It's fruit are larger,
about the size of a cherry. The pip is not quite as big as the fruit. :-)
It's a native, and is frost tolerant. You roll the fruit around between
your molars, gradually rasping the flesh off the pip. I'm the first to
admit that this eventually loses its novelty.

From both of these natives you collect the fruit *after* it has dropped.
--
John Savage (newsgroup email invalid; keep news replies in newsgroup)