Web Links
September 14, 2011 // 1 CommentFarm Stories
- 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 - 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
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 Council Australia Archives of 'The Exotics' magazine
A searchable repository of all the articles and recipes published by the RFCA between 1983 – 2002 - 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
- 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 - Our Web Host – Coasthost
Reliable Australian web hosting services - 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
- 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. - 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 fif - 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 improv - 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. - 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 - Yuruga Nursery
Growers of Australian native plants for forestry, revegetation, agriculture and ornamental use.
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