Nectarines

I’ve found nectarines and peaches to be a lot more hungry than other fruit trees. I rake bonemeal into the soil around the base of my trees in late winter and give them a feed of tomato fertiliser in summer. My trees are hugely prolific. Dan Milward, Hamilton ‘Mabel’ is my favourite nectarine of all. It not only looks stunning in the garden with its wine-red foliage, the fruit is truly divine. Jane Wrigglesworth, Auckland We have a dwarf ‘Flavourzee’ and ‘Nectar Babe’ in 40-litre Evergrow bags in Canterbury. Both trees produce very well. Ilka Norrie, Canterbury My favourite golden-fleshed nectarines would be ‘Fantasia’ and ‘Spring Red’ (which has good bacterial resistance) and you can’t beat the old-fashioned white nectarine ‘Goldmine’. It’s so juicy.” Sarah Frater, Palmerston North (ediblegarden.co.nz)