OUR Picking slow fruit campaign captures images and information about sentinel fruit and nut trees and old orchards for Slow Food Australia’s national Slow fruit register. If you’re handy with a camera or a mobile phone camera, photograph your tree, complete the Picking slow fruit food heritage information form with as much information as you know or can discover about the tree or orchard, variety and fruiting season, and email it to us.
We have two beautiful pear trees that are over 60 years old on our property in the Gresford. I will forward pictures of these soon along with others from the valley. – Amorelle Dempster, Gresford, Hunter Valley, New South Wales
I know of a peach tree on the side of the road in the country that will make a good inclusion for slow fruit, all it needs is a country visit soon! Great work you are doing. – Pauline Tresise, Subiaco, Western Australia
The register
Example -
Region: Western Australia
Locality: Paulls Valley 6076
Location: Private property ‘Yantamara’
Species: Fig
Variety: unknown [black genoa? or old french?]
Number of trees: 1
History: grown as a cutting taken by Lady (Jean) Brodie Hall from an old variety at Manjimup
Size: 6m at crown, 50m skirt
Fruits: Feb-Mar
Photograph date: 24 Oct 2009
Source: Jamie Kronborg
Information collection form
Photographic competition
We will award a prize for the best photographs of trees, leaves and fruit taken within a state or territory, and from these winners will choose a national winner. Photographs, with attribution, will become the property of Slow Food Australia.
Information
For further information, please contact:
Australian Ark, Food Cultures, Traditions and Biodiversity Commission
Pauline Tresise
T 08 9381 4519
or
Jamie Kronborg
T 08 9293 1845
Email