Vietnamese Merchandising Guide (010426)
This is a Vietnamese-language adaptation of the Summerfruit Australia Merchandising Guide, developed for retail partners in the Vietnamese market.
Summerfruit Variety Chart Leaflet English and Chinese
An accurate estimate of the number of commercially available Australian summer stonefruit varieties is not available. However, it is believed there are as many as 500 varieties across all four summer stonefruit crops with approximately 150 varieties each for plum, peach and nectarine. The table below outlines the major Australian summer stonefruit varieties and their seasonal availabilities. For more details or information on other varieties, please speak to your Australian summer stonefruit exporter.
Summerfruit Merchandising Guide — English (250926)
This is the core English-language Summerfruit Merchandising Guide, produced jointly by Summerfruit Australia and Hort Innovation.
Summerfruit Industry Biosecurity Plan
The national framework that protects the Australian summerfruit industry from exotic plant pest and disease threats. Developed by Plant Health Australia in partnership with industry and government.
Summerfruit Flesh Firmness Tools
For many types of fruit, the flesh firmness is a useful indicator of maturity and ripeness. Our flesh firmness tool can help you understand objective measurements.
Stepwise Cooling
“ACCLIMATISE” YOUR FRUIT An alternative method to rapid cooling your fruit after harvest. It is now recommended to bring down the internal temperature of your fruit in a two-step process over 48 hours.
Statistical Yearbook 2026
SFA Statistical Yearbook 2026 Produced by the Southern Hemisphere Fruit Alliance (www.shfruit.org)
SAARDI Riverland Narrow Orchards – October 2025
The South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) is establishing an experimental 2D planar canopy apricot orchard at the Loxton Research Centre (LRC) as part of Hort Innovation’s national AS22002 research program: ‘Narrow Orchard Systems (NOS) for Future Climate’
SAARDI Narrow Orchards Adelaide Hills – October 2025
Andrew Flavell is working with the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) to demonstrate four new planar growing systems for sweet cherry varieties grafted to Krymsk-5 rootstock in the Adelaide Hills environment.