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| Variety/Cultivar | Fruit Type | Fruit Description | Production Notes | Disease Susceptibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abas (Bullock's Seedling) | Apple | Medium sized, bright red apple with a darker red stripe with a light blush over a green-yellow background colour, creamy white crisp flesh. Good quality, very sweet and crunchy eating apple, good size. | Strong biennial bearer, needs heavy thinning. Moderately vigorous, spreading tree. Tip bearing. | Susceptible to mouldy core, Moderate to high resistance to black spot (apple scab) so suits climates with high rainfall, not particularly prone to woolly aphid or powdery mildew |
| Abate Fetel (Abbe Fetele) | Pear | Pyrus communis (European pear). Large, very elongated fruit, golden yellow skin with some russet in patches, may get a red blush. Fairly fine texture, melting and juicy with good flavour. | A medium vigorous tree. | Moderately susceptiblel to mites, susceptible to fire blight. |
| Adam's Pearmain | Apple | Partial spur and partial tip bearer | ||
| Adore | Apple | Spur-bearing | ||
| Airport 69 | Apple | Moderate resistance to black spot | ||
| Akane | Apple | Medium size, bright red fruit with short stems. Very white, crisp, juicy flesh with good slightly acidic flavour. Fruit ripens evenly and hangs well on tree, can be picked over a few weeks.Only stores for 3-4 weeks when picked. | Not very vigorous tree. Spur bearing. | High to moderate resistance to apple scab/black spot, moderate resistance to powdery mildew. Has a physiological disorder of leaf spotting and dieback of laterals. |
| Albatross | Peach | White flesh peach | ||
| Alexander | apple | Yellow skinned apple | Spur bearing. Fruit tends to go a bit waxy if left to get overripe on the tree | Moderately resistant to black spot (apple scab) |
| Alexandra | Peach | Dark red skin with creamy background colour, white flesh. Good flavour, freestone. | Has a tendency to split stones.Fair cropper. | |
| Alexis | Apple | Tip bearing | ||
| Amber Jewel | Plum | Japanese plum with dark purple skin with a bright yellow background colour. Amber yellow flesh. Tear-drop shaped. Very sweet, firm flesh, fruit sweetens early but then hangs well on the tree for a long time. Flesh remains firm even when ripe. | A small piece commonly splits from the bottom of the pip inside the fruit, posing a slight hazard when eating the fruit. | Can be vulnerable to brown rot in a high rainfall season due to high sugar content. |
| Ambrosia | Apple | Moderate frost hardiness. | ||
| Angela | Cherry | Medium to large depending on crop load. Very dark red cherry, very good flavour. | Very productive. | |
| Angeleno | Plum, Japanese-type | Medium size, dark purple skin over a red ground colour, amber flesh. Colours well before ripe. Good flavour, nice and sweet if allowed to ripen properly on tree. Stores well, semi-clingstone. | ||
| Angelina | Plum | Small European plum, oval, dark purple skin with a heavy bloom, green flesh that becomes amber when ripe. Very sweet, freestone. Fruit is small to medium sized. | Popular plum, used for jam, plum wine, distilling, plum cakes and dumplings and eating. Fruit hangs reasonably well, but can blow off in a wind if nearly ripe. |