Fruit and Citrus Trees – Pioneer Nursery

Pear Beurre Bosc

Jo — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 02:13:37 +0000

Superb quality eating brown pear with sweet and juicy large fruit. Taste develops after 3-4 weeks in the refrigerator. Regular and heavy mid season cropper. Tree is vigorous and upright that spreads. Has high chilling requirements to set fruit.

Lemon Yen Ben Dwarf (Lisbon parentage)

Jo — Thu, 22 May 2025 07:29:59 +0000

A prolific bearer of thin-skinned, very juicy fruit. Large oval-shaped fruit with distinctive sharp acidic f lavour. Few seeds. Reasonably hardy but needs frost protection when young. Main crop in July but in warmer areas fruits year-round.

Grapefruit Wheeny Dwarf

Jo — Thu, 22 May 2025 07:17:56 +0000

A popular variety of grapefruit, originating in Australia. It produces large fruit with pale yellow skin that ripen from November through to March.It has thin skin, juicy flesh with a tasty lemony grapefruit flavour. It’s known for its cold hardiness and once established can tolerate medium to heavy frost, great for those in marginal citrus areas. 3

Pear Red Bartlett

Jo — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 02:39:12 +0000

‘Red Bartlett’ produces pears with bright-red skin when fully ripe. The fruit is very aromatic and has a melty flesh with good flavor. It ripens in mid to late summer and is an all-purpose pear that can be used for eating fresh, preserving, baking, and poaching.

Plum Black Doris

Jo — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 03:47:40 +0000

The fruit is of medium size, with purple-black skin and dark red sweet, juicy flesh. Excellent all-purpose plum. Vigorous, upright tree habit. Ripens late January. Pollinate with Billington, Duff’s Early Jewel, Elephant Heart or Santa Rosa.

Fig Mrs Williams

Jo — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 21:09:43 +0000

Top quality large, dark-green/purple skinned fruit with a light amber to rich-red flesh. Prefers a warm, sunny site with long, hot summers. Self-fertile. Deciduous.

OG (Open Ground) means trees are supplied bare-rooted in winter, to be planted straight away.

Order now, available July.

Apple Cox’s Orange

Jo — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 22:58:54 +0000

Medium sized, flat apple. Bright striped red skin over yellow/green. Matures February.

Grapefruit Cutlers Red Dwarf

Jo — Fri, 21 May 2021 23:06:37 +0000

A New Zealand selection with large, deep orange, sweet, juicy fruit with just a little zing. The rind is thick. The fruit ripens July to November. Happiest in a sunny position with fertile well drained soil. Water well during hot dry summer periods. Fruit ripens from late winter through Spring.

Hazelnut Ennis

Jo — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 21:21:59 +0000

Ennis is a high-yielding variety producing jumbo-sized nuts that are tasty, and attractive. Pollinate with Merveille de Bolwillier.
Harvest Hazelnuts as they drop in February and March. Your nuts should be dried thoroughly before storing away.

Chestnut 1005

Jo — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 01:43:51 +0000

Chestnut Nut trees have always been popular with the keen orchardist but you do need quite a bit of space for them. Medium to large, high quality, sweet nuts ripen about March and fall free of their prickly ‘burr’. Very heavy crops on mature trees from approx 4-5 years of age. Self-pollinating.

OG (Open Ground) means trees are supplied bare-rooted in winter, to be planted straight away.

Order now, available July.