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Fruit Ripening Calendars
The following websites have fruit ripening charts to help you plan your orchard for year round fruit supply. We encourage you to contact your nearest branch for advice on recommended varieties for your region.
- This NZ Life
- Tharfield Nursery
- McGrath Nursery – very comprehensive fruiting times for commercial varieties across the fruit types they supply. This data has been compiled from their Hastings site.
- ePlants
- Blueberries NZ – lists varieties by their fruiting time
- Copperfield Nurseries – for citrus, click on each type for information on fruiting times for different varieties
- Tasty Trees – apples listed by early – mid – late
- Feijoas – lists varieties by their fruiting time
Links to useful information:
- Our database of recommended nurseries and suppliers
- AppleIndex – Apple identification guide
- Fruit and Nut Trees for Every Microclimate (PDF) – A Guide to Planting in Nelson & Marlborough
- Citrus research in NZ
- Fruit Tree Selection and Care – South Coast Environment Centre
- Root development of field crops
- Diseases of Tree Fruits in New Zealand – By JD Atkinson, 1971
- Niwa – Assessment of crop and tree species growing potential using climate, soil and topographic information
- Alternative Crops Suitable for the Tararua District – From the Tararua District Council
- South Coast Environment Centre – Fruit Tree Selection and Care
- List of uncommon cold hardy fruit trees
- Protocols for controlling the spread of Psa-V