Warrandyte Our Local Community By Grade 1/2R |
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hot summer day than a juicy ripe peach or a nectarine
obtained direct from our orchard at Warrandyte. During the apple season Aumann's have 15 different varieties of apples for sale at the one time. Wonderful Fuiji, Gala, Pink lady, Firmgold, Braeburn, Sundownder, Splendor, Jonathons, Cox Orange Pippin, Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Granny Smiths, Bramleys and Stewarts. |
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Approx. Ripening Dates Peaches - Dec to April Yellow Nectarines - Late December to March White Nectarines - January to March Apples - All year round Pears - All year round Apricots - January Plums - January to May Cherries - December to January Nashi - March to October |
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| Mr Aumann showed us the nursery. There were small
trees. They were small seedlings. Lindsay & Kaya |
They put nets on the trees to protect the trees and
to keep the birds away from the fruit. by Chris and Calandra. |
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| Aumann's Orchard is 100 years old. This is the spraying machine. | There are traps for fruit moths. |
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| This is me picking apples. There is Mr Aumann
spraying the plants. Jake F& Mathew |
They have to pick apples everyday and they have keep them in the cool room. |
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| This is Mr Aumann. He owns the orchard. He brings the fruit up to get cleaned and into the shop at the orchard. It gets sold to the people that need fruit. | They're washing the fruit. |
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| We had two apples just before we left!
There were two horses. |
The horses run away from you . There were more horses.The horses were little and big.The horses were cute. We got to pat them. |
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| Mr Aumann owns the orchard and they use tractors to cut grass and horses eat the grass and they use spray to kill the bugs . Corey | Here is the stone fruit. There are horses and machinery and lots of fruit. Jack |
 Click here to watch the
video about how the plants are watered by slowly dripping
pipes. |
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