Lizio’s orchard’s if a family run farm and biasness. Meredith and her family have ran the property for over 35 years. The property of approximately 80 acres consists of approximately 25 acres of Prickly Pear and 12 of Cherry.
PRICKLY PEAR: the Pear has been genetically developed to shrink the prickle and remove its barb, thus meaning the prickle is easier to remove from the pear and your skin. The pear is picked with a knife in a full cover all overalls, cloth welding mask, welding gloves and boots. The season runs from middle of February to middle of May with an early, mid and late crops. The pear is picked and placed in boxes then stacked on trailers then taken to the packing shed buy tractors. In the packing shed they are sorted for a day or to then washed and sorted into their required grades and packed for market and on sight sales. To eat the pear you first wash it under some running water with a kitchen glove on to remove any prickles that are left then with a sharp knife remove the bottom and the top of the pear and slice thru the remaining skin from top to bottom and peel the whole skin back. Discard the skin and eat the inner fruit.
CHERRYS: the cherry season runs from the start of November to the middle of December. The orchard consists of 8 variety’s. The cherry’s are picked and placed into boxes with the picker’s allocated number they are then stacked in the shad along the rows and routinely collected from the paddock in the gator and taken to the packing shed. In the packing shed they are sorted for a day or to then washed and sorted into their required grades and packed for market and on sight sales.
CURRENT SEASON AND PRICE LIST:
We are currently in the Prickly Pear season. Early season is winding down and we are preparing for the middle season crop to ripen.
Seconds $3.50 per kg
First grade range between $5 per kg and $10 per kg
CONTACKT DETAILS:
ALL CALLS AND FAX'S BETWEEN 7AM-6PM
MEREDITH LIZIO
mobile: 0402284961
fax: (03) 5766 2240
BEN LIZIO
mobile: 0478266184
email: benlizio2@gmail.com
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- Food/grocery