Roadside Fruit Spotter Kevin knows the rural roads 100 km south of Ararat in Victoria.
He writes about a productive apple tree which is 'a volunteer in a long line of hawthorn hedge which appear to have gone to ruin. The hawthorns stretch for about half a km mainly on the eastern side of the road on both sides of the fence. The quantity of berries was huge, and they varied between small hard berries and larger softer fleshier fruit. I got about 30 kg of a couple trees without effort and made jam from them, 10 jars.'
He writes about a productive apple tree which is 'a volunteer in a long line of hawthorn hedge which appear to have gone to ruin. The hawthorns stretch for about half a km mainly on the eastern side of the road on both sides of the fence. The quantity of berries was huge, and they varied between small hard berries and larger softer fleshier fruit. I got about 30 kg of a couple trees without effort and made jam from them, 10 jars.'
'The apples I ate,' writes Kevin. 'They had a white flesh, slightly acid with that faint floury smell of fresh apples. These were the only fruit on the tree, but it was in a patch of hawthorns so thick I doubt if the bees could get in to pollinate flowers on the other side.'
'Japanese Flowering quince, Chaenomeles, from inside the grounds of Glenormiston High School.
'There is a row of these plants, thoughtfully placed along a fence separating the oval from the elm avenue that leads up to the house. These fruit make an excellent jam, but contain so little flesh it is a process to get at it. ' Kevin Brewer.
'There is a row of these plants, thoughtfully placed along a fence separating the oval from the elm avenue that leads up to the house. These fruit make an excellent jam, but contain so little flesh it is a process to get at it. ' Kevin Brewer.