House Block - one day we hope to live here!

The aim of this development is to have the property producing a commercial quantity of nuts by 2010, so that we can build a house and live there in comfort (more or less). As well as establishing the orchard areas, we are also planning the house block so that it ends up as an appealing place to live. We have some solid leyland cypress giving us shelter on the southern side, and will have a stunning view into the orchard blocks and inland to the mountains (until the shelter belts grow too tall to see over).

As if several thousand nut trees wasn't enough to keep us occupied, we are also planting a small home orchard to keep us supplied with fresh fruit.

Tree	Plant Date	Description
Apricot - Trevatt	winter 2004	Late variety. Medium sized golden-yellow fruit. Hardy.
Apricot - Sundrop	winter 2004	Ripens late December, large orange fruit. Excellent flavour. Trevatt helps pollination.
Peach - Blackboy	winter 2004
Peach - Dixie Red	winter 2004
Almond - Fabrin	late spring 2004	Medium to soft shell, mild flavour. Prolific.
Almond - 403	spring 2005	Early and prolific bearer with sweet, mild flavoured nuts. Large, soft-shelled variety.
Apple - Hetlina	autumn 2005
Apple - Boskoop	autumn 2005
Persimmon - Fuyu	late spring 2005	Late cropping. Medium to large, deep orange fruit. Keeps well. Vigorous grower. Best grown in a sheltered, warm site with good soil and drainage. Hardy to about -8'C. Main commercial variety.
Cherry - Lapin	spring 2005	Mid to late season. Large, dark red fruit with juicy firm flesh. Self-fertile.
Apricot - Moorpark	spring 2005	Late variety. Medium sized fruit suitable for cooking or drying. Self-fertile.
Nectarine - Firebright	spring 2005
Nectarine - Goldmine	spring 2005	Mid-season fruit with red over green skin and white flesh.
Peach - Golden Queen	spring 2005
Plum - Omega	spring 2005	Ripens mid-February. Large dessert fruit, red skin and flesh.
Plum - Duff's Early Jewel	spring 2005
Pear - Doyenne du Comice	spring 2005
Pear - William Bon Chretien	spring 2005
Quince - Smyrna	spring 2006	Ripens late March. Prolific bearer with very large, lemon-yellow fruit with a distinctive aroma. Makes excellent jelly. Origin: Turkey.
Cherry, sour - Oblacinska	spring 2005	Red skin and flesh. Small tree, ideal for smaller gardens. Origin: Yugoslavia.
Pecan	spring 2005