On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 03:49:23 +1000, "Bushy"
wrote:
Lynda,

4. Can you successfully grow peach and plum trees in my climate?

There is a "Low Chill" peach available that will fruit commercially in some
parts of SE Qld, and the DPI have a booklet available for a few dollars
about peaches. My peach tree has fruited heavily for the past ten years and
I have yet to get a single peach cause the birds, bugs and cows all like
them greener than I do!

May I recommend Daley's Fruit Nursery to you?
http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/

They're based in Kyogle, in northern NSW, and specialise in fruit tree
varieties suited for your climate. I've bought several fruit trees
from them and I'm happy with their service. They may also be able to
provide with with some more location-specific information about
varities suitable to your climate.

From memory, there are also some very good nurseries attached to the
Crystal Waters Permaculture Village (on the Sunshine coast) although I
haven't had any dealings with them. They may be good for local
information.
http://www.ecovillages.org/australia.../entindex.html

You may also be able to get local information from the Fruit Spirit
gardens although I should say that I had some international visitors
visit there a couple of months ago, and they were not impressed with
their visit. They felt that the Paul Recher (the owner) had minimal
interest in talking to them. http://www.nrg.com.au/~recher/seeds.html

Good luck, and have fun!

Tara
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