Hello Aussie garden gurus. Can someone recommend the most prolific fruiting
Lemon and Mandarin for a small suburban backyard garden in the Hawkesbury
region of NSW.
I don't want to select the wrong one to take up space. ..and I'm scpeptical
about nurseries after all they will advise and sell what they have.
Cheers, TIA

G'day

If you want to use the lemons to make cheesecakes, then do NOT get a
Meyer as the acid content is too low to thicken the condensed milk.
OTH, Meyer is sweeter so might suit you for other purposes.

Mandarin......Murcott is my favourite, it's sweet with good sized fruit.

Hope this helps?
Bronwyn ;-)

Potaroo wrote:
Hello Aussie garden gurus. Can someone recommend the most prolific fruiting
Lemon and Mandarin for a small suburban backyard garden in the Hawkesbury
region of NSW.
I don't want to select the wrong one to take up space. ..and I'm scpeptical
about nurseries after all they will advise and sell what they have.
Cheers, TIA

We are a bit further North in the Hunter and have a Eureka lemon that
despite getting constantly wind burnt or frost bitten, and being on 1.5m
high constantly produces more lemons than we can cope with. From memory
its the Eurekas that fruit constantly whereas the Meyers tend to crop all at
once - depends on what you need I guess.

I agree with your comments on Nurseries, I reckon its almost criminal to
still be selling Tomato, Corn and Capsicum seedlings around here - without a
warning that you need a hot house to get them to ripen now. I feel sorry
for the new gardeners heading to a nursery thinking that whatever is around
(especially seedlings) is OK to plant now - or that plants in the Nursery
are actually suited to the local environment.

Geoff

"HC" wrote in message
...
G'day

If you want to use the lemons to make cheesecakes, then do NOT get a Meyer
as the acid content is too low to thicken the condensed milk. OTH, Meyer
is sweeter so might suit you for other purposes.

Mandarin......Murcott is my favourite, it's sweet with good sized fruit.

Hope this helps?
Bronwyn ;-)

Potaroo wrote:
Hello Aussie garden gurus. Can someone recommend the most prolific
fruiting
Lemon and Mandarin for a small suburban backyard garden in the Hawkesbury
region of NSW.
I don't want to select the wrong one to take up space. ..and I'm
scpeptical
about nurseries after all they will advise and sell what they have.
Cheers, TIA

Dead right Geoff they are still selling a few around here out of season.
Eureka looks like it might be the goer then as I use lemons in my cooking
for justa bout everything. If for example I need to water my cooking down,
i ude a bit of lemon, or orange juice or other juice thats around. I was
hoping that Bronwyn might have advised of cropping. (Are you reading Bron,
like to know love, cheers)

Thanks Geoff. (and Bronwyn)


"Geoff & Heather" wrote in message
u...
We are a bit further North in the Hunter and have a Eureka lemon that
despite getting constantly wind burnt or frost bitten, and being on 1.5m
high constantly produces more lemons than we can cope with. From memory
its the Eurekas that fruit constantly whereas the Meyers tend to crop all
at
once - depends on what you need I guess.

I agree with your comments on Nurseries, I reckon its almost criminal to
still be selling Tomato, Corn and Capsicum seedlings around here - without
a
warning that you need a hot house to get them to ripen now. I feel sorry
for the new gardeners heading to a nursery thinking that whatever is
around
(especially seedlings) is OK to plant now - or that plants in the Nursery
are actually suited to the local environment.

Geoff

"HC" wrote in message
...
G'day

If you want to use the lemons to make cheesecakes, then do NOT get a
Meyer
as the acid content is too low to thicken the condensed milk. OTH, Meyer
is sweeter so might suit you for other purposes.

Mandarin......Murcott is my favourite, it's sweet with good sized fruit.

Hope this helps?
Bronwyn ;-)

Potaroo wrote:
Hello Aussie garden gurus. Can someone recommend the most prolific
fruiting
Lemon and Mandarin for a small suburban backyard garden in the
Hawkesbury
region of NSW.
I don't want to select the wrong one to take up space. ..and I'm
scpeptical
about nurseries after all they will advise and sell what they have.
Cheers, TIA

hmm dunno, but my mum got me a Silverhill Mandarin clone for my bday, i
think its the best bday prezzie i ever got it'll reward me for many years
to come. Silverhill is easy to grow, it's a clone (im not sure what
rootstock they use tho), and it's seedless (which is why you can only get it
as a clone)
I just grow it in a bigarse pot in my backyard

G'day

Eureka is a good cropper.....it's just that I 'used' to make lots of
cheesecakes and living at that time in a high frost area, a Meyer was
recommended. But then I discovered the juice won't thicken the
condensed milk used in the filling. Meyer is sweeter due to it's low
acid content. Can't really comment on it's cropping behaviour as I
moved to the coast and the new house had a Eureka.

At the moment I don't have a lemon tree but planning to get one...or
maybe even a lime?? Then again I'm in a frost free area now. Not sure
if this helps?

Bronwyn ;-)


Potaroo wrote:
Dead right Geoff they are still selling a few around here out of season.
Eureka looks like it might be the goer then as I use lemons in my cooking
for justa bout everything. If for example I need to water my cooking down,
i ude a bit of lemon, or orange juice or other juice thats around. I was
hoping that Bronwyn might have advised of cropping. (Are you reading Bron,
like to know love, cheers)

Thanks Geoff. (and Bronwyn)


"Geoff & Heather" wrote in message
u...

We are a bit further North in the Hunter and have a Eureka lemon that
despite getting constantly wind burnt or frost bitten, and being on 1.5m
high constantly produces more lemons than we can cope with. From memory
its the Eurekas that fruit constantly whereas the Meyers tend to crop all

at

once - depends on what you need I guess.

I agree with your comments on Nurseries, I reckon its almost criminal to
still be selling Tomato, Corn and Capsicum seedlings around here - without

a

warning that you need a hot house to get them to ripen now. I feel sorry
for the new gardeners heading to a nursery thinking that whatever is

around

(especially seedlings) is OK to plant now - or that plants in the Nursery
are actually suited to the local environment.

Geoff

"HC" wrote in message
...

G'day

If you want to use the lemons to make cheesecakes, then do NOT get a

Meyer

as the acid content is too low to thicken the condensed milk. OTH, Meyer
is sweeter so might suit you for other purposes.

Mandarin......Murcott is my favourite, it's sweet with good sized fruit.

Hope this helps?
Bronwyn ;-)

Potaroo wrote:

Hello Aussie garden gurus. Can someone recommend the most prolific
fruiting
Lemon and Mandarin for a small suburban backyard garden in the

Hawkesbury

region of NSW.
I don't want to select the wrong one to take up space. ..and I'm
scpeptical
about nurseries after all they will advise and sell what they have.
Cheers, TIA

Thanks Bronwyn, I'd go the Lime, if i were in frost free I would.
Cheers


"HC" wrote in message
...
G'day

Eureka is a good cropper.....it's just that I 'used' to make lots of
cheesecakes and living at that time in a high frost area, a Meyer was
recommended. But then I discovered the juice won't thicken the
condensed milk used in the filling. Meyer is sweeter due to it's low
acid content. Can't really comment on it's cropping behaviour as I
moved to the coast and the new house had a Eureka.

At the moment I don't have a lemon tree but planning to get one...or
maybe even a lime?? Then again I'm in a frost free area now. Not sure
if this helps?

Bronwyn ;-)


Potaroo wrote:
Dead right Geoff they are still selling a few around here out of season.
Eureka looks like it might be the goer then as I use lemons in my
cooking
for justa bout everything. If for example I need to water my cooking
down,
i ude a bit of lemon, or orange juice or other juice thats around. I
was
hoping that Bronwyn might have advised of cropping. (Are you reading
Bron,
like to know love, cheers)

Thanks Geoff. (and Bronwyn)


"Geoff & Heather" wrote in message
u...

We are a bit further North in the Hunter and have a Eureka lemon that
despite getting constantly wind burnt or frost bitten, and being on
1.5m
high constantly produces more lemons than we can cope with. From
memory
its the Eurekas that fruit constantly whereas the Meyers tend to crop
all

at

once - depends on what you need I guess.

I agree with your comments on Nurseries, I reckon its almost criminal to
still be selling Tomato, Corn and Capsicum seedlings around here -
without

a

warning that you need a hot house to get them to ripen now. I feel
sorry
for the new gardeners heading to a nursery thinking that whatever is

around

(especially seedlings) is OK to plant now - or that plants in the
Nursery
are actually suited to the local environment.

Geoff

"HC" wrote in message
...

G'day

If you want to use the lemons to make cheesecakes, then do NOT get a

Meyer

as the acid content is too low to thicken the condensed milk. OTH,
Meyer
is sweeter so might suit you for other purposes.

Mandarin......Murcott is my favourite, it's sweet with good sized
fruit.

Hope this helps?
Bronwyn ;-)

Potaroo wrote:

Hello Aussie garden gurus. Can someone recommend the most prolific
fruiting
Lemon and Mandarin for a small suburban backyard garden in the

Hawkesbury

region of NSW.
I don't want to select the wrong one to take up space. ..and I'm
scpeptical
about nurseries after all they will advise and sell what they have.
Cheers, TIA

Dave what area are you located in though? Agree, great presents! Lasting.
Cheers

"Dave Turner" wrote in message ...
hmm dunno, but my mum got me a Silverhill Mandarin clone for my bday, i
think its the best bday prezzie i ever got it'll reward me for many
years
to come. Silverhill is easy to grow, it's a clone (im not sure what
rootstock they use tho), and it's seedless (which is why you can only get
it
as a clone)
I just grow it in a bigarse pot in my backyard

In article , "Potaroo"
wrote:

Hello Aussie garden gurus. Can someone recommend the most prolific fruiting
Lemon and Mandarin for a small suburban backyard garden in the Hawkesbury
region of NSW.
I don't want to select the wrong one to take up space. ..and I'm scpeptical
about nurseries after all they will advise and sell what they have.

Depends on the nursery. A proper nursery with trained staff will bhave a bit
better than that. You could try Swane's. Most likely, you will be told to
get a Eureka, but it depends how cold it gets where you live.

--
Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
(Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply)

"Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You may
start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled."
Kerry Cue

"Potaroo" wrote in message
...
Dave what area are you located in though? Agree, great presents!
Lasting.
Cheers

im in Perth mate, and yep i agree getting a mandarin clone is an awesome
present - it's a present that'll keep giving me delicious presents for many
years to come! i love mandarins

Thanks to all who responded to my query, much appreciated, yes I'm leaning
towards a Eureka Chookie.
Cheers, Potaroo

"Chookie" wrote in message
...
In article , "Potaroo"
wrote:

Hello Aussie garden gurus. Can someone recommend the most prolific
fruiting
Lemon and Mandarin for a small suburban backyard garden in the
Hawkesbury
region of NSW.
I don't want to select the wrong one to take up space. ..and I'm
scpeptical
about nurseries after all they will advise and sell what they have.

Depends on the nursery. A proper nursery with trained staff will bhave a
bit
better than that. You could try Swane's. Most likely, you will be told
to
get a Eureka, but it depends how cold it gets where you live.

--
Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
(Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply)

"Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You
may
start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled."
Kerry Cue