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Fruit Tree Catalogue 2021
Our Mission
Tree health is integrally tied to soil health, which The vision of the Koanga Institute was born out of 30 years of collecting heritage
in turn flourishes with the health and diversity of fruit trees, vegetables and flowers by Kay Baxter and others, in association with
biological organisms in the soil. These dynamics lie the Koanga Institute. This nationally important collection is in turn built on the
foundation of hundreds of generations of gardeners and farmers who have nurtured
at the core of an orchard ecosystem. the biodiversity and cultural heritage upon which civilisation has developed (we
have co-evolved with our food plants).
Michael Phillips, The Holistic Orchard
M uch of Koanga Institute’s work was in response to the fact that in the last 100 years much of
the genetic biodiversity in food plants, all over the world, has disappeared as a result of the
industrialisation of our food production.
Contents In the process of “saving the seeds”, all those involved have come to the wider realisation that not
just the ecology of our “food evolution” has been compromised by industrialisation, but many
other aspects of our “human ecology” have likewise been compromised, and we can’t address the
Our Mission 3 Pip Fruit 31
one issue (e.g. seed saving) in isolation. Seed saving is one aspect of the broader need to address
Solstice Tree Day 4 Apples 31 our “human ecology”. Thus, while an immediate priority for the Institute is seed protection and
Membership 5 Medlar 34 conservation, it is also committed to contributing practical holistic solutions in the wider field of
Editorial by Gail Aiken 6 Pears 34 sustainable living:
Kay's Forest Garden 8 Quince 35 • Protection, conservation
Forest Garden Management 10 Other Fruit 35 and development of NZ’s
Compost & Carbon Crops 12 Berries 35 genetic and cultural heritage
food plants.
Mineral Accumulators 13 Feijoa 37
• Understanding the
Perennials Collection 14 Figs 37
connections between soil
Education 15 Grapes 38 health, plant and animal
Internships 20 Nuts 39 health and human health.
Permaculture Design Course 21 Farm Forage 39 • Research into the practical
ReGeneration Productions 22 Forest Garden Support Tree Seedlings 40 strategies and techniques
required for communities and
How to order from Koanga 23 Hedgerow Seedlings 42
individuals to be self reliant,
Fruit Tree Catalogue 2021 24 Cuttings 43 with a focus on regenerative
Stone Fruit 25 Germination of Koanga Seeds 44 land use, nutrient dense food
Apricots 25 Getting started with an Orchard or production and processing,
appropriate technology and
Cherries 25 Forest Garden 45
community development.
Nectarines 26 Life Members 50
Peaches 26 Seed Collections 51
Peacherines 28 Koanga Publications 54
Plums 28 Bequests 55
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Solstice Tree Day Membership
Join us, help save New Zealand's Heritage Food Plants,
Join us from 10am-3pm on Sunday June 20th
and receive new members benefits!
2021 to celebrate trees and forest gardens here Over the past 30 years Koanga Institute has We listened to feedback from members and
at Koanga Institute… collected and saved over 700 heritage vegetable
seed lines and over 300 Northern heritage fruit
introduced Membership Benefits:
• Exclusive 'members only' newsletters, packed
tree lines and we could not have done it without with top tips, practical advice and member-
Cost $40 our members! only offers.
Heirloom collections • Two FREE seed packets of your choice from a
10:00 Introduction to forest gardening specially selected range.
Our nationally important collections are built
on the foundation of hundreds of generations • Gardening questions answered with access to
11:00 Tour of Koanga's forest garden of growers who have nurtured biodiversity and Koanga’s special knowledge.
cultural heritage. We not only collected the plant • Grow sought-after plants with preferential
1:00 Lunch of hearty broth-based soup & sourdough bread material and the seeds, but also the stories and access to rare seeds and plants in short supply.
whakapapa of our food plants and the old people There will be a minimum of 2 weeks member
1:30 Pruning demonstration of young trees who carried them to today. Growing out these only access to fruit trees and to perennials
food plants makes them available to both our in short supply. Members only access to
You can pick up your trees any time between 11am and 3pm. members and the general public. The beautiful preservation packs.
diversity that we see in our heritage collection – • FREE online workshop 'Building a Passive
in the flavours, shapes and colours, is a glimpse of Solar Cloche' for memberships purchased or
Everyone is welcome, you don't have to be buying trees! This will also the past varieties of all the vegetables. renewed before 1st January 2022.
be an opportunity to stock up on seeds etc. Keeping the whole collection of these incredibly
• Know what to plant and when to plant it, with
exclusive members access to a beautiful high-
important New Zealand heirlooms alive and
resolution, print ready copy of the Koanga
Numbers are limited. Book your place here: available for the people of New Zealand is a
Moon Calendar.
complicated and expensive process and we
https://www.koanga.org.nz/gardens/product/solstice-tree-day/ receive no government funding. We are one If you agree with us that saving New Zealand’s
of the only organisations in New Zealand who heritage food plants is an essential part of
grow out our seeds locally (mostly in the sunny building a better, regenerative future and if you
Hawke’s Bay), so they are adapted to NZ soils value the wealth of experience and knowledge
and climates. These seeds are then selected that Koanga holds and makes available through
for the qualities home gardeners are looking it’s website, publications and courses then the
for, like a long cropping season, great taste, best way that you can support us is by becoming
nutrient density and many other qualities that a member, by encouraging other people to join,
commercial seeds are not selected for. In order and, if you can afford it, by supporting someone
to be able to maintain a garden crew capable of less financially secure to join.
continuing to save this collection of organic, Join us today!
heritage seeds and trees so you can enjoy them
https://www.koanga.org.nz/gardens/koanga-
now and in the future we need to significantly
memberships/
increase our membership base.
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garden. Of course our vege gardens are also benefits. The connection with the earth, the
Editorial February 2021 - Gail Aiken important and as we head into Autumn using
carbon and compost crops to help protect and
seasons and it’s systems and cycles that was
integral to earlier cultures has largely been lost
feed the soil and the life it contains are an in mainstream culture today. Getting your
Welcome to our 2021 Fruit Tree Catalogue! Well 2020 was quite the important strategy. Kay will share details of hands in the earth, planting seeds, becoming
interesting year. Looking back to last year’s editorial Covid wasn’t even her top carbon / compost crops and how these immersed in the cycles of life is a way of
benefit the garden. restoring these connections. The Koanga Sun
on our radar – how things change! So this was a difficult and challenging Calendar on the cover illustrates the major
When growing fruit trees or gardening the
year for many and, as we look overseas, we’re grateful that here in most important thing of all to learn is that
cycle of the year from Solstice to Equinox to
Aotearoa New Zealand we haven’t been impacted as badly as other places. humans are not separate from the natural
Solstice to Equinox and some of what we can
celebrate throughout the year here in Aotearoa
We know, of course, that this isn’t over but, right now, Covid isn’t totally world and if we want to grow healthy food in
New Zealand. There are also many more
a way that regenerates rather than damages
dominating our lives here and for that we are very thankful. the earth then we have to work with the living
cycles that become natural and apparent as
connections to the natural world increase.
systems as our allies and not against them.
It’s always good to find the positives in a support. Please be aware that being a member
The way to grow healthy plants is to grow We wish you a productive year wherever you
situation and there have been some. Many does not guarantee you will be able to buy
healthy soil with an active soil food web so are on your growing journey and hope you
people became aware of the fragility of our everything that you want, sometimes we just
any practices which destroy soil life (such as enjoy learning to live with natural systems as
current system and the need for change (and don’t have enough for everyone. We hope that
spraying with herbicides) are a problem rather much as we do
thankfully not just in terms of toilet paper won’t put you off joining or renewing your
than a solution. Sometimes we may have an
supply!) We experienced increased interest in membership though. Our heritage trees and Happy Growing!
imbalance and need to deal with a particular
growing and a huge upsurge in demand for plants are very special and worth waiting for
pest or disease situation but symptomatic Gail
our seeds and we anticipate for our fruit trees if necessary and every membership purchased
control has a cost in terms of overall health
too. More broadly there is a growing awareness helps to support our work. Planting an orchard PS There’s still time to book a place on our
and can never replace proactively building a
of the need to move to regenerative growing or forest garden is a process and there is five-day Forest Garden Masterclass that starts
healthy system. Part of our mission here at
systems in terms of environmental health plenty that can be done to prepare land for the at the end of February, the ultimate workshop
Koanga is to demonstrate that this can be done
generally and the potential to mitigate against following year (check out Gail& John’s article to help you design your own Forest Garden.
and that it is possible to create vibrant, healthy
climate change. Sadly this is still patchy with as they will explain more there). We’ve also extended our workshop programme
eco systems in our gardens and orchards and
the Government apparently failing to fully this year to include some new, short workshops
We’re very aware that, with lots of new people to inspire others to do the same.
understand the potential of regenerative including a two-day Herbal Health and
starting to grow their own food, there is a
agriculture, but change is happening. Increasing personal, family and community Healing and a one-day Regenerative Systems
need to ensure that they succeed with their
resilience through producing some of your for Egg Production so please check those out
The increase in demand definitely put pressure garden and orchard /forest garden projects
own food is incredibly powerful but growing later in the catalogue.
on our team but they did well in meeting the and don’t become disheartened or turn to
plants and food also brings many additional
challenge. We did experience some problems harmful practices. Increasing family food
with a few of our seed lines which Kay will security and growing food in a regenerative
explain later in the catalogue. We anticipate way is a learning journey for us all and we are
that we won’t be able to fully meet the level of keen to share what we have learned to help
demand for our fruit trees and we apologise in others with their projects. We of course have
advance to anyone who isn’t able to order the a wide range of workshops, including several
trees that they want. Increasing the availability aimed specifically at creating and maintaining
of living plants isn’t an instant process so orchards and forest gardens, and many
we ask for your patience as we increase our publications but also in this catalogue Gail
supply to meet these new levels. As always and John will share some reflections on getting
our trees will initially only be available to started with growing fruit trees and what
Koanga members to buy, this is one of the ways they would have done differently, and Kay
we thank our members for their invaluable will share lessons learned from her own forest
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need to choose the right cultivars. Apart from understanding of how the cycles of trees work.
Kay's Forest Garden Learnings over the past year producing ramial wood to feed the soil fungi
the willows have a way of building the immune
When their roots are active and when the tops
are active and where the energy is going. This
systems of the fruit trees, helping them build hugely affects how we manage all these trees,
My greatest learning over the past 12 months has been realising that we and maintain high health and high brix fruit. which is a major issue now that we are planting
need to and can plant far more support trees to produce chop and drop a huge new range of support trees with our
Murray and I now believe that if you plant 20
fruit trees.
material or ramial wood chip than I ever imagined. The health of the support trees/bushes for each heavy feeder,
and chop and drop or coppice and ramial Our Forest Garden Masterclass at Koanga
forest garden is totally determined by how well we feed the fungi. Fungi wood chip many of them, you are building into is a great place to see all of this in action,
eat carbon. How many centimeters of wood chip or chop and drop your system soil regeneration, and nutrient and management is key to this all working.
maintenance for your fruit trees forever. The Following is a chart that will from now on
material lies on your forest garden floor feeding the fungi? initial cost far outweighs the future benefits! be published in the Design Your Own Forest
I don’t use a chipper at home so my prunings When I first designed and planted many of the Garden booklet, matching up management with
Many of these trees are easy to propagate, from
and chop and drop material are all cut by support species in my forest garden I chose nature’s cycles as far as we currently understand.
seed or cutting, so if you buy a few of each you
hand roughly and mulch down. I have found it maples (potash) and alders (nitrogen fixers) On page 13 you’ll also find a chart showing the
can go from there yourself so long as you leave
takes several years to break down and become that were smaller trees so they wouldn't block minerals provided by different support trees.
room. Remember to plant around 40-50% only
feed for the fungi as it only does that when the sun from the heavy feeders. I wouldn't of the forest garden canopy in heavy feeders. Working with the laws of nature is very powerful,
interfacing with the soil. Everything that sits choose dwarf maples and alders again, I would super exciting and inspiring to say the least.
on top of something else has to eventually hit plant the vigorous growing cultivars and just If you are planting a forest garden be sure
the soil to become fungi food. In my climate chop and drop them frequently, providing far to buy the Koanga Design Your Own Forest Vitor and I are working on our Koanga online
and environment that takes 3 years. more carbon to feed the fungi. Garden booklet that goes with the Design Your Forest Garden Masterclass for those who can
Own Orchard book. not attend the real thing here in our 10 year old
I’m planting Egyptian willows and Japanese I have gone from seeing willows as a major amazing forest garden.
forage willows in clumps filling up many issue I would never plant in a forest garden, The other really exciting new understanding
spaces, as well as Russell lupins, and Tree to understanding how amazing willows are as I have gathered this past year has been a basic Have fun, love K
lupins for chopping and dropping everywhere. fruit tree companions in so many ways. Just
Kay and Murray in the Forest Garden
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Forest Garden Management
Following is a chart that will from now on be published in the Design Your Own Forest Garden booklet,
matching up management with nature’s cycles as far as we currently understand.
May June July August September October November December January February March April May
Plant Growth Cycles
Late Autumn Early Winter Mid Winter Late Winter Early Spring Mid Spring Late Spring Early Summer Mid Summer Late Summer Early Autumn Mid Autumn
Pip fruit below ground action Low Activity High Activity Low Activity High Activity
Pip fruit above Dormant Budbreak Bloom Bud Development Terminal Bud Set
ground action Fruit Set, and branch elongation
Ensure fallen fruits either removed or eaten by chook/ducks *
Prune trees Summer prune
Chip prunings for ramial
Cut grass/Mulch Cut grass/Mulch
Pip fruit tree management Release Trees Release Trees
Hand thin fruit
Remove mummified fruits ** Apply trichodowels ***
Do REAM soil test
Apply fertiliser if appropriate
Stone fruit below Low Activity High Activity Low Activity High Activity
ground action
Stone fruit above Dormant Budbreak Bloom Bud Development Terminal Bud Set
ground action Fruit Set, and branch elongation
Prune trees Summer prune
Chip prunings for ramial
Cut grass/Mulch Cut grass/Mulch
Release Trees Release Trees
Stone fruit tree management
Hand thin fruit
Remove mummified fruits ** Apply trichodowels ***
Do REAM soil test
Apply fertiliser if appropriate
* To prevent codlin moth reinfestation
** To prevent fungi disease affecting next year's crop
*** To prevent or cure silver leaf
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mineral accumulators
Compost & Carbon Crops for Autumn Planting - Kay Quick reference chart showing the most apropriate trees to grow in our forest gardens to ensure a wide
range of minerals are accumulated and recycled and or gathered to use in vege garden for compost.
If I had to choose only one crop to plant as a is different and complementary (more
carbon crop to make compost each Spring for metabolic, and breakdown faster), lupins are Tree Species Nitrogen Calcium Magnesium Phosphate Potash
use in Autumn it would obviously be blue lupins. highly lignaceous carbon. Willow leaves & bark
Blue lupins because… If I was allowed three crop choices I would add
Oak leaves
* They are not eaten by the birds, seeds are Crimson clover because…
Cassurina
simply scattered on the beds, easy to plant. * It grows well with lupins and oats.
* They are easy to save our own seed from. * Germinates well in Autumn at colder Birches
* They are nitrogen fixers. temperatures than many other crops being Mullein
* They are calcium and phosphate sold for this job. Comfrey
accumulators and unlockers. * Together with lupins and oats germinates
* Their carbon is highly lignaceous (high in fast blocking out unwanted plants that are Plantain
lignin) and because of that takes longer to hard to weed out in Spring. Cleavers
break down than other crops so the compost * It germinates and creates a ground cover, then Horsetail
it makes is slow release fertilizer. When sits still while the lupins grow, then in early
Linden
lignin decomposes it is transformed into Spring it comes up and produces Crimson
complex structures that protect and store flowers with the lupins which look stunning. Maples
carbon, nitrogen and other structures that * Easy to save seed from as well. Dogwoods
are then gradually released. As well as these seeds I plant I am aware Lupins
* They work well with ramial wood chip. that there are other winter ‘weeds’ that
* They grow well with crimson clover. Oats
always germinate and grow and add to the
* They grow well with oats, another amazing biodiversity and life in the garden, that I leave Alfalfa
calcium and phosphate accumulator. where they germinate because it is easy to Tagasaste
* They germinate well and grow longer when see they add a lot and take nothing away, e.g. Tree lupin
it gets cold and earlier in the Spring than Shepherd's Purse, fumitory, a kind of wild
other crops. cress (brassica), Mouse Ears and Chickweed. Tree medick
* Do not need covering from the birds in Lespedeza
It is all about diversity and integration, the
order to collect one’s own seed.
greater the biodiversity the more integration/ Acacia pravssima
If I was planting my 10sqm bed in lupins connections are possible, the more energy A. retinoides
I would plant 250gms of seed for optimal will be drawn in and potentially available for
coverage to prevent unwanted seeds A. cultriformis
plant growth. In my highly fungal garden soil,
germinating and also in terms of not being too because of the ramial wood chip, I’m finding Siberian pea tree
close together to create problems in Spring. that the ‘weeds’ as all these later plants listed Maakia amurensis
If I was allowed two crops I would add oats to are known, have become a positive part of the
Alnus rubra aurea
the lupins. ecosystem rather than a problem. The balance
has changed a lot. Alnus glutinosa
* Oats are super unlockers and accumulators
of calcium and phosphate. Alnus rubra
* Oats always have the highest BRIX readings Viburnum spp
in my garden. Laburnum spp
* Together with lupins they make great
compost, because their form of carbon Good accumulator Outstanding accumulator
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Perennials Collection Education
Perennial vegetables are a great addition to
a garden, bringing diversity and variety but
Ordering system for our Here at the Koanga Institute we are learning to live simply and in a regenerative way
in Aotearoa. We are very aware of how important food is to eco-systems, people,
also increasing resilience in the garden. Our perennial collection cultures, communities and ultimately our health. The education we provide is our way
perennials collection contains all kinds of
Please order items from our perennial collection of actively accumulating and sharing the knowledge and skills that we are sharing.
treasures many of which were important
via our website. Details of all perennial plant
E
elements of old food gardens that have now mpower yourself with the practical skills We’re Committed To:
material can be found here: http://www.koanga.
become rare. Some perennials such as potatoes, to turn your dreams of self-resilience into
org.nz/gardens/perennial-collection/ • Inspiring and supporting regenerative living
kumara, yams, shallots and garlic are usually your reality. We use the Permaculture design
When we are sure of stocking levels each year in New Zealand through education
grown as annuals, however naturally they process to design and teach solutions for all
the relevant items will be made available to • Empowering home gardeners to develop
remain in the ground and grow as perennials. aspects of our lives and environment. Our guided
order. Orders can be placed in advance once efficient gardening skills, build top-soil and
Others such as strawberries, welsh bunching tours, workshops, permaculture design courses,
the item is listed as in stock but will only be improve their health through enjoying their
onions, multiplying leeks, sea kale, rhubarb and internships and apprenticeships are all great
sent out at the time indicated. They are dealt own quality, nutrient dense produce.
asparagus are left in the ground. We also sell ways to create your lifestyle or career path in a
some of our perennial vegetables in the form of with by date received so earlier orders will be All food served on our courses is:
regenerative way.
seed, details here: http://www.koanga.org.nz/ sent out first. • Locally sourced
gardens/product-category/perennial-seeds/ • Organic
To be informed when items become available
please make use of the ‘wait list’ function on
For detailed information on all • Unrefined
It is our aim to make these plants available in
the form of starter packs. All of these will be our website – you will then be sent an e-mail to available workshops please see the • Nutrient dense
Education section on our website. • Traditional
sent to you as live plant material, not seeds, and inform you that the item has become available
• Prepared following Weston A. Price principles
are sent out at only one time of year according to order. Items will be sent out around the time
to their needs. indicated for that category although specific
timing varies from season to season. If you have
special requirements (for example will be away
during part of the send out period) please let us
know in advance as we are not able to contact
customers to check before sending the items out.
You will receive planting tips by email when you
order and an order note with tracking number
when your parcel is posted.
If you have a back order query which does not
relate to ordering or payment please e-mail
gail@koanga.org.nz
Perennials section of our knowledgebase
We make a huge range of information available
to gardeners through our knowledgebase
including details on many of the perennials
in our collection and how to grow them.
http://www.koanga.org.nz/knowledgebase/
gardening/
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forest garden masterclass
5 Days Saving our heritage trees is a critical part of
28th February – 5th March 2021 | $920 what we do here at Koanga, and just as critical
Early bird discount price of $828 available is learning to design ways of planting our food
until 31st January production systems so they are regenerative,
5 Days and build healthy soil, provide healthy high
Brix food, and create healthy ecological
26th September – 1st October 2021 | $920 systems. We have established forest gardens
Early bird discount price of $828 available
gardening masterclass until 29th August
and are building a lot of experience.
5 Days This Koanga Education Bundle provides Kay will give you an understanding of what
This week includes the following two workshops:
21st – 26th February 2021 | $920 students with the Biointensive Gardening and forest gardens are, how to design them to work,
Early bird discount price of $830 available Growing Nutrient Dense Food workshops forest garden design to be productive and to have the potential for
until 24th January delivered back to back. growing abundance for you. You will learn how
2 days, 28th February – 1st March 2021
to choose and integrate plants using guilds,
5 Days Learn why BioIntensive Gardening is the most (can be done as a standalone workshop for $380.
understand root-stocks, calculate nutrient
19th – 24th September 2021 | $920 efficient system we know of and how using this Early bird discount price of $342 available until
needs and how to provide for them, and how
Early bird discount price of $830 available system you can grow high quality food in a 31st January. Includes meals and camping facilities)
to find more information, learning about more
until 23rd August super efficient way whilst also growing soil. 2 days, 26th – 28th September 2021 (can be plants, their needs, uses and place in your forest
This week includes the following two workshops: Kay will give you an understanding of what done as a standalone workshop for $380. Early garden. You will end up with a step by step
nutrient dense food is, and how to test your bird discount price of $342 available until 29th process for putting this all together.
biointensive gardening food, using a refractometer, to see how August. Includes meals and camping facilities)
You will also learn the main strategies, skills
3 days, 21st – 24th February 2021 (can be nutrient dense it is. You will learn how our Tutors: Kay Baxter & Murray Neverman and techniques needed in order to maintain
done as a standalone workshop for $580. Early food communicates with our bodies, and how
forest garden management a forest garden as a regenerative ecological
bird discount price of $522 available until 25th the strength and clarity of that communication
system for production, and for soil, plant and
January. Includes meals and camping facilities) largely determines our health today and for 3 days, 3rd – 5th March 2021 (can be done
animal health.
our children and grandchildren tomorrow. as a standalone workshop for $580. Early
3 days, 19th – 22nd September 2021 (can be
done as a standalone workshop for $580. Early You will then learn some key principles behind bird discount price of $522 available until 3rd
bird discount price of $522 available until 23rd growing nutrient dense food. How to use that February. Includes meals and camping facilities)
August. Includes meals and camping facilities) understanding and information to design 3 days, 29th September – 1st October 2021
Tutors: Kay Baxter & Michele Griffiths your best way to grow nutrient dense food. We (can be done as a standalone workshop for $580.
will teach you a range methods from brought Early bird discount price of $522 available until 1st
growing nutrient dense food fertiliser to doing it all yourself via the compost September. Includes meals and camping facilities)
2 days, 25th – 26th February 2021 (can be heap, and the biochar burner and more… Tutors: Kay Baxter & Murray Neverman
done as a standalone workshop for $380. Early Kay will bring you state of the art best practice
bird discount price of $342 available until 28th for both Biointensive Gardening and Growing
January. Includes meals and camping facilities) Nutrient Dense Food.
2 days, 23rd – 24th September 2021 (can be Kay is an internationally recognized teacher
done as a standalone workshop for $380. Early in these fields and this week is an opportunity
bird discount price of $342 available until 25th to get the theory and hands on practice so that
August. Includes meals and camping facilities) you will return home with enough confidence
Tutor: Kay Baxter to begin your own journey of growing nutrient
dense food effectively, efficiently, using state
of the art best practice methods. You will be
inspired to new heights with these teachers.
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seed saving masterclass butchery & meat processing
5 Days, 8th – 12th March 2021 | $920 5 Days, 23rd – 28th May 2021 | $920
Early bird discount price of $828 available Early bird discount price of $828 available
until 8th February until 24th April
(including all food and facilities for camping, 5 Days, 5th – 10th September 2021 | $920
internet and library) Early bird discount price of $828 available
Tutors: Kay Baxter & Michele Griffiths until 8th August
Learn everything you need to know to set up (including all food and facilities for camping,
your own family, bioregional or national seed internet and library)
bank – Your future food security! Tutor: Taiamai Corker
This seed week will give you the skills and Taiamai is a butcher and farmer who
understanding to grow and save your own specifically loves his Wiltshire Horn Sheep,
seeds and to ensure that the seeds you save Large Black Pigs, his poultry and his Dexter
will be high quality for longevity and with the cows, and loves to share his passion and skill at
potential for optimal nutrition. butchering and meat processing in a way that
makes it totally accessible for all.
Whether you are planning to set up a seed
bank for a larger community or would like This is a practical workshop to learn home
to address food security for your immediate butchering skills for small animals: poultry,
family, here you will find the skills and goats, pigs and sheep. This is a basic course to
resources required. Processes taught are very support you in this.
low tech and could be adapted to suit any The purpose of this workshop is to demonstrate
situation, including rural villages without respectful, effective and efficient ways to kill
electricity or technology. and process animals, with simple technology, in
short courses
preparation for inclusion in your family’s diet with design your own nutrient dense diet fruit tree propagation
A critical part of this week is the experience
you will gain at planning seed gardens or a particular focus on using the whole animal. 1 Day, 19th March 2021 | $140 1 Day, 3rd July 2021 | $290
food and seed gardens and the practical Major Butchery Topics Covered: Early bird discount price of $127 available Early bird discount price of $261 available
experience you will gain by working in our until 19th February until 3rd June
processing facilities. • Outlining issues of hygiene, diseases, (including lunch and refreshments) (course fee includes $140 for propagation materials)
and regulations
Workshop Outline Includes: • Understanding tools to use, maintenance Tutor: Kay Baxter Tutors: Nursery Team
and sharpening herbal health & healing introduction to pruning
• History of Seeds
• General principles of killing 2 Days, 20th – 21st March 2021 | $464 1 Day, 4th July 2021 | $130
• Why save seeds
• Killing, skinning and dressing sheep and goats Early bird discount price of $418 available Early bird discount price of $117 available
• Which are the best seeds for us to be saving • Killing and dressing a pig until 20th February until 4th June
• Where do we find them • Killing, plucking and dressing poultry (including all food and facilities for camping, Tutor: Murray Neverma
• Planning gardens for seed saving • Maximising use of offal internet and library)
• Cutting and preparing meat
• How to grow high quality seeds Tutor: Kay Baxter
• Admin systems for small scale seed saving Meat Processing Topics Covered: regenerative egg production
• Equipment and storage • Salting • Smoking 1 Day, 18th April 2021 | $130
• Cleaning and processing seed • Bacon • Sausages Early bird discount price of $117 available
• Salami • Pate until 21st March
• Packing seed
Tutors: Taiamai Corker & Kay Baxter
18 | Koanga Fruit Tree Catalogue 2021 Koanga Fruit Tree Catalogue 2021 | 19Internships Permaculture Design Course 2022
If you have a passion for growing nutrient dense food and seed saving or for food 12 Days, 6th – 18th February 2022 | $2400 • The latest in the world-wide movement of
forests and propagating trees, Koanga offers several free 3 month internships that are Early bird price of $1900 available until developing cooperatives and reclaiming
Sunday 12th December 2021 our commons
designed to help you on your journey.
Tutors: Kay Baxter, Bob Corker & Stephen You will receive a solid practical foundation in
These internships are unique as you are Forest Garden and Tree Nursery Internship Andersen-Clay the permaculture design process including:
not only learning in your desired area of On this internship you will be taught by our 12 Days that will change your life! • The confidence and experience to start
focus but will also have the opportunity highly skilled managers the following: designing straight away
Taking a Permaculture Design Course is the
to learn the principles of a traditional, • Heritage fruit tree varieties best tool available for those who wish to take • A strong framework to continue improving
nutrient dense diet, learn a range of • Grafting responsibility for the need to become more your knowledge and skill base
techniques to process and store food and • Tree health resilient and self-reliant. Not just for individual • The understanding that permaculture has lots
• Propagation or family self-reliance, but more particularly of opportunity for creating livelihoods
experience this healthy way of living.
• Seed collection for communities and bio-regions. The context • A life changing personal experience
Food Production and Seed Saving Internship • Forest garden design and maintenance within which we teach this course will be
• A strong experience of living within an
• Managing the tree nursery around our belief that in the coming years we
As part of this internship you will work existing permaculture community
• Bio-intensive practices will urgently need to develop parallel economies
alongside our gardeners learning skills such as: that will have the resilience to cope with • Networks into new opportunities both in NZ
For each internship, Koanga provides a free
• Bio-intensive practices the likely power-down that our mainstream and overseas
week long course with all meals provided and
• How to work efficiently with low impact on a weekly mentoring session with Kay Baxter economy is faced with. Time will be spent on theory, practicing design
your body who has over 30 years experience in heritage Permaculture is a comprehensive ecological work and a wide range of practical activities,
• Propagation fruit trees, gardening and seed saving. design system that addresses the “why, how highlighting key strategies (Bio-intensive
• Regenerative soil development techniques and what” and empowers both individuals and gardening, waste recycling, appropriate
We are a very down to earth, highly motivated
• Growing nutrient dense food communities to empower change. Come and technology, food processing and preservation,
team with a vast range of expertise that love
• Garden planning and management learn the “tools” you will need to engage in the small animal management).
to share our knowledge and give you the best
• Plant health learning possible by always going that extra mile. coming change, from a team who are committed You will live simply in community, and in a
• Compost making to being the change we wish to see in the world. close relationship with our current permaculture
• Harvesting and seed cleaning techniques Every year we run a Summer Permaculture ways. Past students' comments at the end of our
Design Certificate course which is held in courses always stress that it is this experience
Internship places are very limited, find more information here: February. These are intensive twelve day courses they find most transforming.
https://www.koanga.org.nz/internships/ or e-mail, contact@koanga.org.nz covering the curriculum recognised by the
International Permaculture Research Institute,
plus much more including:
• The latest on nutrition (Weston A. Price
Foundation and epigenetics)
• The Pattern Language work of
Christopher Alexander
• The entrepreneurial approach of Joel Salatin,
and the Savory Institute
• The latest on regenerative agriculture
20 | Koanga Fruit Tree Catalogue 2021 Koanga Fruit Tree Catalogue 2021 | 21ReGeneration Productions How to order from Koanga
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https://www.koanga.org.nz/gardens/
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and place your order and pay there. koanga.org.nz or phone 06 838 6269.
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22 | Koanga Fruit Tree Catalogue 2021 Koanga Fruit Tree Catalogue 2021 | 23Fruit Tree Catalogue 2021 Stone Fruit
Please note: All Fruit Tree orders will be taken online or via phone if you do Rootstock Diameter Canopy Size Preferences Description
not have internet access. www.koanga.org.nz/gardens/ or (06) 838 6269. Colt 4-5m 12 sqm Good for difficult soil. Vigorous. Some good disease
resistances.
T
Marianna | Plum 3-6m 12 sqm Heavier, wet soils, Smaller than on peach rootstock.
his is a very special collection of NZ heritage plant material, gifted to us by the Root Stock essential.
gardeners of this land. We believe every tree in this catalogue to be worthy of a Myro B 5-6m 25sqm Tolerant of variable soil Vigorous.
special place in our lives today, for one reason or another. All trees in this catalogue have conditions including
been organically grown by hand in a way that regenerates the land they were grown in. wet soils.
We’ll send the planting instructions with your trees, so you can also plant them well, Peach Root Stock 5-8m 15 sqm Light, dry, boney soils. Vigorous rootstocks.
ensuring strong healthy growth and maximum nutrient dense fruit production. Seedlings
5-8m 15 sqm Drier, bony soils, Seedling grown trees, not grafted,
exposed. Form strong, healthy trees.
These trees have been grown in Open Ground situation and marked with a white dot on
the North side of the trunk, so that you too can plant these trees in the same alignment.
Trees grow their main roots along the earth's magnetic field and they grow far better if Apricots
they are planted in that same alignment as they were in the nursery. The white dots allow
you to do that.
Many of the trees offered here are from our Northern Bioregional collection. These trees
have naturalised in the North where the winters are warm, and they have been through
a 150 year process of natural and human selection in that climate. The significance of
this is that they fruit well in warm winters. Cultivars with the same name grown south
of the Bombay Hills and taken north, do not. That is the reason Kay began saving these Apricots Apricots
Hunza on Myro B $12 Umeboshi/Mume on Myro B $12
old trees.
Small apricots usually eaten dried. They have outstanding Common fruits in Japan which are eaten pickled (brined).
One of the good things about having this collection is that you can now buy trees that flavour, and reputed health qualities, are freestone and Ume (Prunus mume) are often called a plum but are
easy to dry. They require a small group of trees to ensure actually more closely related to the apricot. They are very
will fruit well in Northland, but we also now know they do very well when taken south pollination, and there is wide variability in colour and size attractive trees which blossom early in the season.
again. Martin Crawford of Forest Garden fame in England is recommending that we of fruit. Shrubby trees to 4m. Approx. 6 years to fruiting.
should all be planting our orchards these days with fruit trees that came from 2 climate
zones north of where we are, so that they will fruit in the future in warmer winters! Cherries
I n the stone fruit section of our catalogue you will notice we now offer more and
more cultivars as seedlings. We are doing this because we believe them to be a
superior way to grow our genetically stable heritage varieties.
Modern peaches do not grow true in the same way, and so we trial all cultivars before
offering them to you. cherries cherries cherries
Compact Stella on Colt $45 Montmorency on Colt $45 Tangshe on Colt $45
The trees are stronger and more disease resistant, but grow in size to be somewhere Dark red, heart shaped fruit with firm Early, self fertile cherry, producing Large, bright red fruit, amber flesh
in between the smaller Marianna rootstock and the larger peach rootstock. light red flesh. Self-fertile. Produces well in mild climates. It produces with tangy flavour, self fertile, perfect
heavy, reliable crops around Christmas large crops of firm, juicy fruits with for pie making.
time. Forms a compact tree of around great flavour and pinkish red skin.
3m, taller on good soil. Crop needs
netting from the birds.
24 | Koanga Fruit Tree Catalogue 2021 Koanga Fruit Tree Catalogue 2021 | 25Nectarines
peaches peaches peaches
Four Winds Seedling $38 Mamie Ross on Marianna $45 Mary's Christmas on Marianna &
Green skin, red blush, and very firm We are excited to be able to make this Peach $45
nectarines nectarines nectarines sweet white flesh and great flavour. peach available again which came A large, juicy, outstanding red
Goldmine on Marianna $45 Kōkōwai on Marianna $45 Pouto Gold Seedling $38 Produces huge crops. Ex Kaitaia, from from Mavis Smith’s Totara House skinned, white fleshed peach. A hardy,
Medium size, mid season, white Red leaf, red skin, golden buttery Sweet, juicy, old fashioned, small, gold collection trip with David Austen. collection in Matakohe. Mamie healthy tree. Ex. Kaipara. The best
fleshed nectarine with red over very tasty flesh, free stone, medium fleshed fruit with red on yellow skin Ripe February. Ross peaches were listed in the early Xmas peach!
green skin, dessert quality with a size fruit, excellent desert nectarine. when ripe. Allow 5-8m. From McLeod nursery catalogues in NZ in the 1800s.
sweet flavour. Ripe in February. Was selected from seedlings from a family homestead, Pouto, gifted by Large juicy peach with white flesh.
An outstanding old variety from heritage peach that produced multiple Logan Forrest, 2000. Pale white / green skin with red blush
the Kaipara. nectarine variations. This one was when ripe. Excellent dessert peach
selected because of the amazing with lovely sweet flavour. Outstanding
dark leaf colour which makes it peaches unlike anything available
very ornamental. commercially today. Ripe January.
Peaches
peaches peaches peaches peaches peaches peaches
Arapohue Red Leaf on Marianna $45 Batley Seedling $38 Black Boy Seedling $38 Mediterranean Seedling $38 Orion on Marianna & Peach $45 Pouto River Seedling $38
Red skin, golden flesh and freestone Medium, honey coloured skin with Small-medium, dark red grey skin, Medium size, white flesh, medium This is our earliest peach and is River Peaches are the ones that set
with red streaks around the stone. red blush on top, very firm texture, bright port red/white streaky skin, firm but very sweet flesh with ripe from mid November to early Kay off on this whole journey, they
Outstanding flavour, excellent texture excellent flavour, sweet. Ex seedling freestone, juicy, strong flavour. Allow outstanding flavor, skin honey December depending on where you are Ex Kaipara Harbour and are NZ
and is very juicy. Red leaves on the tree from Batley in Kaipara. Ripe 5-8m. Ex Kaiwaka, NZ Heirloom. Ripe coloured when ripe with red blush. are located. Smallish, white fleshed Heirloom. They are disease resistant,
tree. Allow 5-8m. Given to Koanga March / early April late February. Ripe Mid February peach with a red blush on the skin. easy to grow and grow true to seed.
by a woman near Ruawai, originally Is an extremely heavy cropper and They are prolific croppers of sweet
from elderly Dalmatian gardener. Ripe the sweetness varies with season. A medium sized, green skin with a red
late February. fantastic start to the peach season! blush, white fleshed, free stone fruit.
We've been spelling this Arapahoe Ripen late January. Allow 5-8m.
for years but have just been informed
the area/road is Arapohue so are
correcting our mistake!
26 | Koanga Fruit Tree Catalogue 2021 Koanga Fruit Tree Catalogue 2021 | 27Peacherines
plums plums plums
Dan’s Early on Marianna $45 Fuller's Christmas on Marianna $45 Greengage on Marianna $45
Beautiful early plum. Medium sized Red skin and yellow flesh, small fruit Naturalized to fruit well also in warm
peacherine with pale pinky red flesh, red skin, and but prolific crops, reliable heavy winters. Exceptional flavour, semi
Matakohe Seedling $38 fantastic flavour. Forms a large tree. bearer, good taste for early plum. free stone. From Robyn and Tom
An outstanding new addition to our Ripe December. Ripe December. Selected by Hayward Morrison from Kenilworth Orchards
collection. This tree came from an old Wright, his favourite from Fulller’s at Warkworth.
orchard still being well maintained in orchard, Bay of Islands.
the Matakohe area. It’s a sweet melting
buttery yellow fleshed fruit, with
yellow skin, ripe February.
peacherine
Robertson's Seedling $38
Reliable cropper, medium size yellow peacherine with a furry skin, buttery
texture and lots of flavour, very sweet, clingstone, ripe late Feb to early March,
great bottling.
Plums
plums plums plums plums plums plums
Burbank on Marianna $45 Damson on Marianna $45 Dan’s Delight on Marianna $45 Kauri Lodge on Marianna $45 McIntyre on Marianna $45 Morris Red on Marianna $45
Large, red/yellow skin, yellow meaty Small dark skinned yellow fruit that is Small, round plum with dark red skin Large round plum. Bright red on Medium sized plum with firm dark Large round plum with red skin
flesh, excellent flavour, compact tart but full of flavour. Our Damsons and flesh. Sweet and juicy with nice yellow skin. Firm deep yellow flesh. flesh and skin and a rich flavour. Ripe and red flesh. Ripe March. Came
tree, clingstone. originally came from Mary and Roy texture. Very special delicate flavour. Probably a Burbank. Came to us from January. From the very old McIntyre to us from a very old tree from the
Burbank plums came into the Kaipara Corker’s orchard in Kaiwaka. Ripe January. From Wilderland in Mavis Smith of Matakohe. family homestead near Kawakawa. Morris homestead on the Oakleigh
harbour, according to Logan Forrest the Coromandel. Paparoa Road.
with the Dalmatian gumdiggers. They
were in all of the very old orchards,
everybody had one! Ripe February.
28 | Koanga Fruit Tree Catalogue 2021 Koanga Fruit Tree Catalogue 2021 | 29pip fruit
Rootstock Diameter Canopy Size Preferences Description
M9/M26 2m 3 sqm Irrigation, mulch, staking, Produces a dwarf tree. Can be
Dwarf free draining soils. espaliered, cordoned or grown as a
staked tree.
plums plums plums MM106 4m 13 sqm Free draining soils. Developed for free draining lighter
Prune 4 Seedling $12 Prune Italian Seedling $12 Prune Victoria on Myro B $12 soils. A semi dwarfing tree, if well
We haven’t come up with a creative Dark purple/black skin, egg shape, Egg shaped plum. Yellow flesh, pruned can be kept to 2.5m high and
name for this prune yet so for now we yellow flesh, freestone, fruits well freestone, crisp texture. A self fertile 3m wide. An excellent choice for home
are calling it Prune 4! This prune came in North. From DSIR collection, prune and is a well known one in gardens if you have the right soil
with us from Kaiwaka where it had Havelock North, years ago. Well England. Came from the Jim Cox
793 4-8m 30 sqm Free draining soils. Large tree. Has been bred from
never fruited and was probably from known cultivar. Fruits March. collection at Tangiteroria.
Northern Spy and does well on
the food research centre at Havelock Small seedling for growing on. heavy soils.
North. It’s a beautiful, completely
free stone plum with firm, sweet flesh Northern Spy 4-6m 30 sqm This is the old rootstock Tree Size: It is possible to keep trees on
although isn’t as sweet as some prunes. that does best on heavy this rootstock to 3m if you are a very
Delicious dried. Ripe early February clays. It can handle heavy skilled pruner. They can grow to 6m,
Small seedling for growing on. wet soils as well. but not too difficult to keep them to 4-5.
Quince BA29 2-4m 7 sqm Heavier, wet soils essential.
Semi Dwarf
Apples - Eating
plums plums plums Apples Apples Apples
Scarletina on Marianna $45 Tamaki Special on Marianna $45 Sloe on Marianna $45 Bert’s on M9, 793, N Spy $18 Dawn O'Leary on M9, N Spy $18 Freyberg on M9 $18
Red skin and flesh, outstanding flavour Outstanding plum, one of the best Prunus spinosa, also known as Medium size, round apple with Large, round apple. Dark red skin. Large, pale green skin which turns
and colour. Great for dessert, jam and from the collection of Dan Hansen blackthorn. An ancestor of the yellowish russety skin with a red Crisp firm texture. Good flavour. pale honey yellow when ripe, crisp,
bottling. An ex commercial Australian of Wilderland fame. Large, dark red modern cultivated plum and is still blush. Dessert apple with excellent Sweet but with slight sharpness. juicy and very sweet flesh, excellent
plum it came to us from Matakohe. meaty plum which is full of flavour a common hedgerow plant across flavour and old fashioned firm flesh. From Dawn O'Leary near Silverdale. texture and flavour, heavy cropper.
Self fertile. Ripens mid January. and very sweet, great for dessert Europe most famously used to make From Bert Davies collection planted Chance seedling. Her father had an Ripe late February to late March.
and bottling. Vigorous growing sloe gin. Traditionally grown from in 1917 in his old pear orchard, one of apple nursery and orchard when she Bred by JH Kidd, Greytown, Golden
tree. Ripens in late December / early cuttings which produce a dense thorny 2 apples in the pear orchard (the other was a child and she realised this was a Delicious/Cox’s Orange cross, in
January. Pollinator- Duff’s Early Jewel, shrub. Grafted onto a plum rootstock was Northern Spy). good one and not like others she knew. collection since 1986.
and others. This plum was gifted to our they form a taller tree with more Great dessert apple, fantastic cooker
collection by the late Dan Hansen of open form. and stores quite well.
Wilderland. Dan was an avid fruit tree
collector and he found this seedling
growing on an Auckland roadside.
30 | Koanga Fruit Tree Catalogue 2021 Koanga Fruit Tree Catalogue 2021 | 31Apples - Cider
Apples Apples Apples
Granny Smith on M9, N Spy $18 Matakana Golden Russet on MM106, Welcome on M9 $18
Large round bright green skin, crisp, N Spy $18 Green turning yellow then red skin,
sweet tasty/acid tangy flavour. Great Golden russet skin with red blush with red streaks, russet around stem. Apples Apples Apples
dessert apple when left on the trees to on sunny side, round, flattish, yellow Crunchy sub acid, sharp flavour that Brown's Eater on 793 $18 Kingston Black on 793 $18 Sweet Alford on 793 $18
fully ripen, when the skin goes yellow flesh, very rich aromatic flavour, early apples have. Ripe Dec / January. Early 20th century traditional well A cider apple from Somerset in Cider apple. Small to medium size pale
with a browny tinge, and the flesh goes sweet, soft, excellent with cheese. Came to us from Te Hana. known English cider apple. Good England. Small, round, often dark yellow, bushed pink. Sweet juicy flesh,
super sweet and juicy. Ripens April- Ripe February, March but store well disease resistance and produces a fruit that can be used to make a single high quality desert fruit ideal for cider
May. Also great used for cooking, and taste better with keeping. Golden sharp flavour. Flat shaped fruit, bright variety cider or blended with other making, spreading tree excellent for
juicing drying and storing. Russets were very common in all of green with light red stripes. cider varieties. espalliering. Ripe march.
the old orchards. They are precocious
bearers, reliable heavy croppers and
are very special apples. From the
Matakana area and very probably from
the original Mathew Bros nursery in
the area.
Apples - Cooking
Apples Apples Apples
Sweet Coppin on 793 $18 Tom Putt on 793 $18 Tremlit's Bitter on 793 $18
Sweet Coppin is a good quality Tom putt is an old cooking apple also A cider apple with dark red russet over
traditional English cider variety, good for making cider and juice. A deep green colour. Prolific, precocious
producing a sweet juice which is low large apple with bright red crimson bearer. Blend with other varieties or
in tannin and acid. It is therefore a streaky skin and white flesh tinged make single variety mild cider. High
good variety for providing sweetness with green. Firm, crisp, juicy and quality fruit spreading tree. Ripe Feb/
to tannic or sharp blends. Mid-late sharp. A light flavour and melting- March.
season with medium to large conical sweet texture when they're cooked
fruit, white soft flesh, no astringency, and also make a sharp cider and rich
Apples
very good cropping, Tends to produce apple juice.
Ohinemuri on 793 $18
well biennially. Grown by Rev. Tom Putt, from
Round, yellow skin, classic old
Somerset, England in late 1700s.
fashioned cooking apple. Great dessert
apple when fully ripe. Precocious Apples
prolific bearer, very health, full flavour. Yarlington Mill on 793 $18
Ripe late February through March. A traditional cider apple originating
From Jim Cox, Tangiteroria, 1989, ex from the village of Yarlington
Te Puke, originally from Ohinemuri in Somerset, England. A small
area, Hauraki. Apples to medium conical shaped red
Lord Nelson on N Spy $18 apple. High yielding but tends to
fruit biennially.
Golden russet skin with red blush. A well known, old fashioned, early
cooking apple. Excellent disease resistance, heavy cropper in the North, it
has the classic cooking apple flavour and bite, ripe in January well before
other cooking apples of any quality. Gifted to the Koanga Collection by Dave
Webster of Wharehine.
32 | Koanga Fruit Tree Catalogue 2021 Koanga Fruit Tree Catalogue 2021 | 33Medlar Quince
medlar quince
Medlar on Hawthorn $36 Quince on Quince BA29 $36
Mespilus germanica, known as the Quince have a delightful fragrance
medlar or common medlar, is a large and a rich full flavour that is
shrub or small tree, and the name of wonderful cooked in fruit dishes
the fruit of this tree. The fruit has been and conserves, where it takes on a
cultivated since Roman times, and is wonderful dark red colour. A strong
unusual in being available in Winter, grower and extremely productive
and in being eaten when bletted. The which produces large fruit at a young
fruit is picked in Autumn and laid on age. Pale lemon-yellow colour fruit
shelves not touching each other and with smooth skin and a distinctive
left until the flesh turns from white aroma. The flesh is tender and sweet
to brown and is no longer astringent. when cooked. Ripe late February to
Joe Polaischer talked a lot about his quince March. Self-fertile. Quince does best in
grandmother often making medlar Chinese Quince Seedling $8 | Pseudocydonia oblonga. Attractive small tree a sunny sheltered site protected from
bread in Austria. The flowers are up to around 3 metres tall. Produces large, very fragrant quinces that, like other wind and frost. On quince rootstock
stunning large and white. Will grow to quinces, are not eaten raw but are cooked and used to make paste, jam or jelly. so tolerates heavy soils and requires
about 3m tall with a diameter of 4m. Trees are ornamental with good autumn colour. good moisture level.
other fruit
Berries
Pears
berries berries berries
Boysenberry Hammer Springs $22 Chokeberry (Aronia Melanocarpa) $16 Currant, Black $22
Boysenberries are a cross between Multi-stemmed shrubs that grow to Classic black currants high in flavour
a blackberry and a raspberry and 3m and prefer moist to wet swampy and nutrition, fruiting in Hawkes
produce delicious berries that are forest ground, slow growing and Bay Allow 1m. From the Henry
high in antioxidants. They behave hardy, the fruits are edible but best Harrington Southland collection,
We have many beautiful pears in our collection like blackberries and produce arching processed, they contain the highest which Henry collated from plants
stems that can be tied to a frame. known levels of anthocyanins. growing wild along railway lines
some of which will be available later in the season. They do well in climates with mild Ripe Jan, Feb along the tracks near Ohai, an old
Please check out our website at winters and warm summers. Fruit
mid summer.
coal mining area and a trail the old
goldminers used. Ripe December.
https://www.koanga.org.nz/gardens/product-category/pear/
and put your name on the waiting lists to be informed
when they become available.
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