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| Variety/Cultivar | Fruit Type | Fruit Description | Production Notes | Disease Susceptibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora Golden Gala | Apple | Very frost tender | ||
| Autumn Giant | Plum | Japanese type plum, large, reddish purple skin with a heavy bloom, yellow background colour. Firm yellow flesh, nice and sweet for a late plum. Freestone. As the plum ripens the pink colour 'bleeds' into the yellow flesh. | Can go floury if left to hang on the tree too long. Stores well for several weeks. Upright tree, can be slow to come into bearing. Fruit has long stem and can fall in strong winds. | Very susceptible to bacterial spot |
| Autumn Pearmain | Apple | Moderate resistance to black spot (apple scab) | ||
| Baldwin | apple | Spur bearing | Susceptible to black spot, highly susceptible to powdery mildew, highly resistant to cedar apple rust. Moderately susceptible to fireblight | |
| Baptiste Vallette | Pear | Fruit is medium-sized, flesh is white and buttery, very fine textured, melting, and juicy. | Tree is vigorous. Fruit can be ripened and eaten straight from the tree, will also refrigerate well for a few weeks. | |
| Barlows Early | Plum | |||
| Beauty of Bath | apple | Medium-sized, flat-found fruit. Flushed and striped, tends to be soft, but juicy and sweet, excellent flavour for an early season apple. A pretty and fragrant apple. The red skin bleeds into the flesh giving it a pink tinge. | Spur bearer. Tree is round-spreading, moderately vigorous, and very prolific. Fruit tends to drop early. | Very black spot (apple scab) resistant |
| Bebeco | Apricot | Small to medium, round, pale yellow apricot with slight red blush. Light orange flesh, very sweet and juicy, freestone. | Apricots need frost protection, particularly at blossom time. Fruit ripens well on the tree and are not particularly prone to falling off. Tend to be a very spreading tree. | Apricots are generally susceptible to blossom blight. |
| Beliana (Sayeb) | Apricot | Small to medium, slightly flat, light orange with a red blush. Freestone, flesh is firm and juicy, good flavour. | Apricots need frost protection, particularly at blossom time. | Apricots are generally susceptible to blossom blight. Skin may crack in bad weather. |
| Bellerosa | Plum | Japanese, small to medium, oval plum, dark red skin with yellow flesh. Good flavour, slightly bitter skin. Clingstone. | Relatively resistant to bacterial spot | |
| Bellerosa | Plum | Slightly resistant to bacterial spot. | ||
| Bendigo Beauty | Peach | Fruit cream and red skinned, white juicy flesh | Very good cropper, precocious, potentially a decent crop in the second year, with the proper cultural conditions. | |
| Bentley | Apricot | |||
| Bergeron | Apricot | Medium to large, apricot-orange with a slight red blush, firm orange flesh, sweet flavour, freestone. | Apricots need frost protection, particularly at blossom time. | Apricots are generally susceptible to blossom blight. Suffers from pit burn in hot weather. |
| Bess Pool | Apple | Medium-sized fruit that tends to be a little dry and slightly coarse-textured, but is sweet with a very pleasant flavour. | Tree is vigorous, mainly spur bearing but partly tip-bearing on young laterals. Can be slow to bear and not a very reliable cropper. |