Re: Looking for -> Pomegranate I bought a bush in a Melbourne Bunnings store recently. If there is a B store or other nursery near you they might have it or be able to get it in for you. Woz
Re: Looking for -> Pomegranate You can buy a few varieties from Dalleys in Kyogle and they do mail order. The most popular one is the variety 'Wonderful". Hope this helps cheers Doryanthes
Re: Looking for -> Pomegranate How come Wonderful is so wonderful? What are the advantages/disadvantages of different varieties? Can they be grown from seed from a supermarket bought plant? They are beautiful trees. I have very little idea of how to cook and use them however.
Re: Looking for -> Pomegranate Phoenix seeds (PO Box 207, Snug, Tas) have a variety, Punica granatum. I have never cooked pomegranate, only eaten them from the bush and had great fun spitting the seeds at various targets, including my siblings :lol: (don't worry, they were better shots than me) I also have an interesting memory of finding one in my Christmas stocking when I was very young and being provided with a sewing needle to pick out the individual seeds to snack on. It did have the advantage of making the fruit last quite a long time...... :razz: Tropicana
Re: Looking for -> Pomegranate I got my Diggers catalogue yesterday and they sell a Russian variety of pomegranate. They reckon that "Wonderful" is the American variety, and the Russians say theirs is better. Sounds a bit Cold War-ish to me! I was in Iran 18 months ago and there were pomegranates EVERYWHERE for next to nothing. The juice fresh over ice with lemon juice and sugar is better than a cold beer!
Re: Looking for -> Pomegranate The Claifornian 'wonderful' variety is supposed to be the most productive, have the sweetist, jusiceist fruit...so the Americans say, don't know about the Russians.....I have 3 wonderful trees, no fruit as yet Doryanthes
Re: Looking for -> Pomegranate Punica granatum, I saw an article on TV: some poor arab guy was standing in what was left of his punica granatum orchard after someone (probably the yanks) bombed it. I was 'drawn' to investigate further... It turns out this is an exciting plant if you are an Aussie with some dirt. Here in the land of Oz we have this annoying habit of following America - maybe we are 5 to 10 years behind their trends,,, So the yanks have Pomegranate Juice on their supermarket shelves....lots...it is their O.J.,,,fancy that. I have seen it in Oz just once, this year. If I was driven by 'quid'.........I'd be planting pomegranates with a view to supplying the emerging new juice market. As it is, if an arab guy can have a pomegranate orchard in his desert, I want one in mine. I'd be doing it with cuttings (they strike well), I would maintain a Bunnings Boycot - they are involved in logging old growth forest in W.A. regards, Kimbo
Re: Looking for -> Pomegranate I've got one on the block which has only produced one flower in it's first two years . So I scraped the seeds out a shop bought one, 50% germination, now have a couple of dozen seedlings in pots. No idea what kind, or if different kinds exist. Hamish
Re: Looking for -> Pomegranate Can you save one for me Hamish? I need a few months to get the garden ready for a tree, but poms are definitely on my MUST HAVE list. Don't have anything to swap it with but will happily pay a small donation to the Hamish Mac retirement fund.
