![]() ![]() It is a low bearing tree irrespective of planting time. It suffers to varying degrees from winter spot in the colder months, is consistently sweet tasting, and is a high yielding tree. ![]() Hybrid YD29 This hybrid produces round fruit. It is very clean skinned and a medium yielding tree with a mild frangipani flavour. It is clean skinned and the largest yielding of all the yellow fleshed hybrids. Hybrid YD13 This hybrid produces globular fruit. Best planting time is autumn to produce low fruiting trees. It is very clean skinned, especially over the colder winter months, and consistently sweet tasting, although it is the lowest yielding of the yellow fleshed hybrids. Hybrid YD11B produces oblong shaped fruit. Hybrid YD6 This hybrid produces oblong fruit, is clean skinned, and very high yielding. Hybrid YD1B The most widely grown of all the hybrids in Australia, fruit is oblong, is very clean, flesh is firm, and is a medium yielding tree. The fruit is small, pear shaped with a very sweet musk flavour. It is the most commonly grown papaya worldwide. Sunrise Solo is a pink fleshed bisexual inbreed. It is similar in size and shape to hybrid RD1. The fruit is oblong, slightly ribbed with pink/red flesh colour and a small teat. The fruit is oblong with a small teat, and firm pink- red flesh with a mild musk flavour. This is also a very fast growing hybrid and will start picking 8 months after planting out as seedlings. The fruit is similar to RD2 although a little larger. The fruit is roundish and slightly ribbed, with deep red flesh colour. This is a very fast growing plant and will start picking 9 months after planting out as seedlings. The fruit is roundish, slightly ribbed with deep red flesh colour. The fruit is elongate shaped and sweet flavoured. New crosses are being trialled continuously and will be added to this site when found to be commercially viable. For example hybrid YD1B indicates yellow fleshed dioecious hybrid 1B. Hybrid numbers are prefixed by B (bisexual) and D (dioecious) as well as Y (yellow fleshed) and R (red fleshed). Dioecious seed produces female (50%) and male (50%) trees. Bisexual seed produces both bisexual (67%) and female (33%) trees. Both bisexual (hermaphrodite) and dioecious seed is offered. The farm is certified organic, Australian Certified Organic No 4508A. Papaya Seed Australia sell organic seed to produce both red and yellow fleshed papaya. Garry now sells organic certified Pawpaw Leaf: Garry sold his pawpaw seed business and details of where you can purchase seed is at the end of the article. This article is by Garry Grant 18 Vaughan Rd, Darts Creek, Qld 4695 (07) 4975 1317 Fax: (07) 4975 1397 Email: ggrant10(at) Darts Creek is between Gladstone and Rockhampton, Qld. ![]()
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