Fruit Tree Database

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Variety/Cultivar	Fruit Type	Fruit Description	Production Notes	Disease Susceptibility
Anita	Peach	50% red blush over a cream background colour, white juicy flesh, very good flavour. Freestone.
Anna	Apple	Large, Red Delicious style, a red apple with an incomplete blush, green background colour. Good flavour.	Grows in zones 5-10. Very low chill apple, suitable to grow in warm climates. Short shelf life, bruises easily.	Susceptible to Black spot (Apple scab) and can also be susceptible to leaf spots such as Alternaria leaf spot and fungal gummosis
Annabelle	Peach	Strong red colour over a cream background, white juicy flesh. Freestone.	Moderate cropper, not prone to doubles.
Anzac	Peach	Heritage white flesh peach, semi-clingstone, juicy with fair flavour, low acid. A lovely early season peach that needs to be handled gently because it bruises easily.	Requires hard thinning to get good fruit size.
Anzac Gold	Peach
Aprilglo	Nectarine	Small to medium sized nectarine showing red skin over a yellow ground colour with firm and juicy yellow flesh. Good flavour for early season. Needs thinning to attain the right size and in order to avoid splitstone. Clingstone.	A colourful nectarine with a good flavour for early season. Vigorous tree that normally has a heavy crop. Currently under evaluation in Australia.	Can be prone to splitstone.
Arctic Jay	Nectarine	Slightly oblong, rounded fruit that is medium to large. Pinky red blush over cream background, white flesh that is juicy and sweet. Freestone.	One of the series of Zaiger Genetics series of subacid white-flesh nectarines with high colour.
Arctic Queen	Nectarine	Medium sized, roundish fruit, pinky-red skin with cream background colour. White, juicy flesh, good flavour. Freestone.	Tends to be a high vigour tree. If combined with low calcium levels in fruit can cause 'corky spot' in young trees.	Shows 'corky spot' in the flesh in some seasons.
Arctic Rose	Nectarine	Tends to be smallish fruit, round, pinky-red skin, creamy white background colour. White flesh, good, subacid flavour, juicy. Freestone.	Needs detailed thinning to achieve good size.	Bad weather can cause russeted skin.
Arctic star	Nectarine	A medium sized, rounded to oblong nectarine with a blush of red over a cream ground colour. Firm and juicy white flesh with speckles of red. Moderate to good, somewhat subacid flavour. Clingstone.	A very colourful, white-fleshed nectarine that matures early and has a subtle, subacid flavour. The tree normally has a good crop.	This variety has recently been released from quarantine and still requires trialling in Australia.
Arkansas Black	Apple			Can be susceptible to bitter rot in warm and humid conditions
Arlet (Swiss Gourmet)	Apple	Medium to large fruit, red skin with a yellow background, creamy white flesh with good flavour.	Doesn't store very well and tends to get an oily skin, seems to be better suited to cooler areas.	Susceptible to black spot (apple scab) and powdery mildew
Armredark	Nectarine	A medium sized, oblong nectarine with a slight tip. Lovely red colour over a yellow ground colour with yellow, juicy flesh. Average flavour. Freestone, normally not prone to splitstone.		Normally not prone to splitstone.
August Glo	Nectarine	Medium fruit, round, dark crimson red blush over a yellow background colour. Can be hard to get good colour except in warm, dry summers. Flesh is yellow and firm, with good flavour. Clingstone.	Best suited to dry, warm climates.
Aurora	Pear	Pyrus communis (European pear). Attractive, large, pyriform shaped fruit with bright yellow skin that is slightly russeted and may have a blush. The flesh is melting and smooth, juicy, sweet and aromatic when ripe. Great texture and flavour.	Vigorous tree, quite spreading. Keeps better than Williams for an early pear.	Susceptible to fire blight (but this disease is not present in Australia).