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September 14, 2011 // 0 CommentsFarm Stories
- Cape Trib Exotic Fruit Farm
The story of how Digby and Alison have set up an exotic tropical fruit orchard at Cape Tribulation in Far North Queensland - Fairchild Tropical Gardens, Florida,USA
One of the world’s pre-eminent botanic gardens, with extensive collections of rare tropical plants including palms, cycads, flowering trees and vines. Established in 1938. Provides a Virtual Herbarium. - Golden Drop Mango Wines
Near Mareeba in Far North Queensland you can taste dry, medium and sweet Mango wine. - Govardhan Gardens
Located in Puerto Rico. Rare fruit tree nursery, seeds for sale or exchange. Organically grown tropical fruits available locally. - Growing Fruit Trees in Containers
Gives advice on how to grow fruit trees in containers and includes potting and pruning information. Provides a list of tropical fruit trees which can be successfully grown in a container – this includes several of the trees we grow – Carambola, Grumichama - Growing Tropical Fruit and Vegetables
Queensland is renowned for producing fruit, vegetables and nuts of exceptional quality and taste. Innovations in plant varieties, cultural methods, management and marketing have made Queensland’s horticultural industry a world leader. Specialty crops such - Montoso Gardens
90 acre (36 ha) botanical garden, tropical flower and fruit farm, and nursery with over 600 species of exotic tropical flowers, fruits, nuts, spices, and palms. - Organic Places to Stay
A guide to worldwide accommodation on organic farms, bed and breakfasts, guest houses and small hotels, where organic produce is used according to availability. - Thai Fruits
A list of 27 fruits and their seasonal availability along with much more lychee, durian, mango information and recipes. - The Ultimate citrus page
A portal to the world of citrus, with an index of links to web pages involving the Florida Citrus Industry and other citrus web sites around the world. Sorting out the information from the ads can be a challenge. - Tropical Fruit World, NSW,Australia
A tropical fruit plantation, research park,and tourist attraction with rides, shopping and dining, in northern NSW, just south of the QLD border.
Goods and equipment
- Cocotap
A quick and easy way to drink the king of juices. a locally hand made quality tool of stainless steel which will prenetrate a range of coconut stages up to 11 months maturity - Enviromart Australia
Your ‘eco’ option for Organic fertilisers, pesticides fungicides Fruit fly control, wild May, and Eco Naturalure Worm farms and compost worms Food dehydrators, juicers and water filters Pest control: live traps and ratzapper Books:organic gardening and farming, solar food dryers, wholesome foods Chemical free cleaning supplies
Members Links
- North West Safaris
Four wheel drive tours of Cape York and the Gulf Country
Organisations
- California Rare Fruit Growers
There is much information on fruit at this site including the description of 250 rare and unusual edible plants. - Rare Fruit Society of South Australia
Rare Fruit Society of South Australia is an amateur organisation of fruit tree growers who preserve heritage varieties, explore climate limitations and study propagation, pruning and grafting techniques. - Tampa Bay (Florida) chapter of Rare Fruit Council International
Lots of information for members and the public about the growing of tropical rare fruit in Florida. - Taste of the Tropics
Information, recipes and a food trail on tropical foods and fruit from Far North Queensland. - Tropical Exotic Fruit Australia
Supporting a vibrant and commercially focused industry
Other
- Aussie Gardening
Aussie Gardening aims to be the most definitive gardening resource for Australian gardeners. Some of the sections we have planned for Aussie Gardening include: A directory of everything garden related that is of value to Australian gardeners and available to view online. Seed exchange where you can list seeds you have collected and would like to swap for seeds others have. A plant database providing searchable information of plant names, growing information, suitable areas etc. Interviews with aussie gardeners about thier gardens, including photographs. A community forum for discussion of various aspects of gardening. Informative articles related to gardening that are appropriate for Australian gardeners. - Florilegium – The Garden Bookstore
Obsessive gardeners often turn out to be obsessive gardening book collectors. Taken to its logical conclusion this obsession will lead you to booksellers specialising in horticulture and even to antiquarian book dealers to ferret out those rare and out-of-print editions. There are so many books published on the many facets of horticulture and gardening that the general purpose book shop cannot possibly stock more than a small selection. Specialist booksellers such as Gill Teague (featured on Gardening Australia ) stock books from all over the world, both old and new. His stock could include as many as 200 books on garden design, 15 books on conifers, 50 titles on plant hunting as well as books on particular genera such as Clematis, Fritillaria or Papaver. He also stocks antiquarian books, many of which are beautiful objects in their own right, with their detailed drawings, handmade paper, leather binding and guilt edges. This is part of the text from Gardening Australia at Gardening Australia – Gardening Books – Florilegium - The Queensland Gardening Pages
Portal to gardening in Queensland
Processing
- Shannonvale Tropical Fruit Winery
Tony and Trudie are dedicated wine lovers who have been passionate about rare tropical fruits and wine making in Port Douglas for over 10 years. Tropical fruit wine tastings and sales from their property.
Rare Fruit
- Amazon fruit supplier
14 Amazon fruits including Acai, Guarana, and Tapereba - Australian Bush Foods
Cherikoff spices, herbs, fruits, seeds, nuts and other flavours and recipes made using them are defining Australian cuisine. They are the ingredients and recipes which influence our food styles, make our restaurant menus unique and our chefs’ signature dishes distinctively and unmistakenly Australian - Exotic Tropical Fruit Poster
A 35 fruit poster for sale at US$15 using paypal - Fruit information web links
Portal to a random range of fruit related topics. - Grafting – Step by Step
Part of the website by Thelma and Wally Morgan, retired nursery people. Great step by step photos. - Know and Enjoy Tropical Fruit
This book contains interesting details about 141 tropical fruit and nuts. Learn how to identify, harvest or purchase tropical fruit and nuts; learn how to store them and know when they are mature or ripe. - Rare Fruit Discussion List
A very active discussion forum for people who research, grow and love rare fruit. Focus on tropical/subtropical fruits: their identification, botany, preservation, and culture. Around 3-400 postings a month - Rare Fruit News Online
This publication comes twice monthly as an e-mail newsletter with world-wide circulation. It has been described as a circular, or round-robin type of newsletter. Letters are sent to me and I collect and publish them in the newsletter, on the first and fifteenth of each month. Most subscribers live in California and Florida. There are also readers in Australia, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Israel, Thailand, Canada, and Russia, among several other countries, and in both Alaska and Hawaii. - Rare Fruit Videos
Cape Trib Exotic Fruit Farm are building a collection of rare fruit videos on youtube. Visit the link to view the videos currently available – Tasting a Jakfruit – What’s on the tasting today? – Santol - The Breadfruit Institute
Promotes the study and use of breadfruit for food and reforestation. Has some great stories - The Traditional Tree Initiative
The Traditional Tree Initiative began as a project to educate extension agents, farmers, ranchers and landowners about native and traditional trees for a wide range of purposes including crop diversification, water conservation, food security, soil improvement, windbreaks, coastal protection and many other applications The project established a website (www.traditionaltree.org) which houses 47 PDF files on trees and groups of trees that are highly significant to the people and economy of the Pacific islands. The website covers each tree species comprehensively, providing information on trees such as breadfruit, ylang-ylang, cut nut, coconut, noni, rain tree and many others. This site provided valuable information on propagation and culture of Casuarina spp., an important plant for revegetation of beach sand areas at Mapoon. Submitted by Roger Goebbel - Types of Budding
Here are some grafting animations to show you how to graft, including T bud and patch bud. You can really get an idea of what you are meant to do when you watch the steps shown in the animations - Where now for Bush Foods
An excellent review of the status of a dozen native fruits with potential for further development.
Seeds and Nurseries
- Daley's Fruit Nursery
Wide range of tropical and subtropical fruit trees in northern NSW. - Fruit Lovers Nursery
Located on the Big Island of Hawaii. Specializes in rare tropical fruit trees and tropical fruit seeds. Can send seeds and cuttings worldwide. - Green Harvest
A catalogue for the organic grower and contains an amazing variety of seeds, tools, books which can be ordered online. - Perry's Fruit Nursery
Sub tropical, pome, stone and citrus fruits as well as nuts and berries for sale south of Adelaide. - Rio Guaycuyacu Seed Sales
Sales of seed for tropical fruits and local native plants. Grown on a farm in Western Ecuador. - The Botanical Ark
The Botanical Ark has been researching and collecting rare fruit trees for more than 30 years. We have explored the jungles of the congo, the vastness of the Amazon basin and the wilds of Borneo and various paradises inbetween. As our collection grows and produces fruits we are offering limited quantities of selected fruit trees fro sale, many for the first time. We are a mail-order nursery only. - Yuruga Nursery
Growers of Australian native plants for forestry, revegetation, agriculture and ornamental use.
