The fees to join this group are considered very reasonable.

Annual Membership (Individual) is $25 per year

Household Membership is $35

Concession* is only $15 a year.

and there is a Joining Fee of $15 for all (first year only)

We have the following trees listed below available this year from June 2009 through to August.   See Market list at end of this article for dates and locations.

This year we have around 250 varieties of fruiting plants to sell, these are  suitable for Organic and BD farms as well as your backyard.

Over 400 grafted trees ready to go,  88 apple vars plus pear & cherry, we also had over 100 sub-tropicals as well as berries and figs. Then we had 100 more Nashi, apples and pears as scion to fresh graft onto 6 vars of rootstocks.

rather than me duplictate the same notes on trees these sites can give excellent info on many varieties , they however are not comprehensive on US and some Aussie ones.

Citrus At Monbulk

Since I killed my Lemon tree here in 1998 by clearing the plants in front of it that were given it the protection from the cold winds, I have done lots of research to look at cold climate varieties.

It is easy to grow most citrus as long as you supply their needs:

Telopea Mtn currently grows over 140 varieties of old apples with 216 more to come this year,  plus we have another 41 of the proper English and French cider varieties as well.

These are planted on a variety of dwarf rootstocks ranging form M9 & M26 planted in 1995 to the newer plantings mainly on MM102 & MM106.

Making your own cider at home. Part 2

In the last issue we looked at the proper English and French cider varieties, these are ideal for making single or mixed varietal ciders, but chances are the glut of fruit you have at home are the well known cooking or eating varieties.

By Peter Allen- “Pete the Permie”.