Guide to Year Round Fruit

In one of the NLFG's inaugural workshops, John Pinnegar, of the Heritage Fruit Society, shared some of his knowledge about growing fruit trees locally and developed this fabulous guide to having fruit year-round in a Melbourne garden.

John Pinnegar's Guide to Year-Round Fruit in Melbourne

Dec/Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov
Plums (early, mid & late varieties)			Persimmon	Pecans	Citrus: orange, grapefruit, mandarin, lemons, cumquat etc.					Raspberries
Apricots	Apples (early, mid & late varieties)				Guava			Loquat
Peaches	Avocadoes		Olives		Fejoia				Blueberries
Cherries		Grapes	Kiwi Fruit			Pomegranate
Mulberries		Figs	Quince
Blueberries		Pears	Nuts: almonds, chestnuts, walnuts
Passion fruit		Raspberries (Autumn fruiting)

John's Pick of the Fruit Trees
Guava - fruits in Winter, great taste, high in Vitamin C, can be pruned into any shape and used as a hedging plant
Calmondin Cumquat - larger sized cumquat, juice can be used instead of lemon or lime in cooking (when you need just a squeeze without wasting a whole lemon!)

John discusses fruiting plants with a workshop group at the Garden Launch