MOUNT VIEW ORCHARDS
272 Old Tumbarumba Road
WEST BATLOW NSW 2730
(PO Box 27, Batlow, NSW, 2730
Ph: (02) 6949 1765
Fax: (02) 6949 1776

Mobile 0427 491 765
E-mail: wjrobson@dragnet.com.au

John Robson – Manager
Iola Robson - Administration

Kiku apple Field Day at Mount View Orchards (March, 2007)

Our Nursery enterprise was commenced in 1973 by Bill Robson, John's Father, to produce trees for our orchard expansion. Due to the quality of those trees, orchardists became interested in our surplus ones, and due to the demand, the Nursery became a complimentary enterprise for our orchard which has grown to over 100 hectares of apples.

The Nursery production is concentrating on the supply of apple trees and rootstocks for commercial orchards.

Field Day at Mount View Orchards

Fruit from Trial Trees is graded and packed for appearance trials

To maintain our quality, budding is preferred so that budwood can be selected from trees in crop during late January and February. Grafting is done in late winter for special orders and for stable varieties as required.
Rootstocks grown are all from virus tested stocks when available. MM106, MM102, M26, and M9 varieties are produced. An M9 clone, "337", layer bed is being established along with the Australian Pome Fruit Improvement Program (APFIP) certification program.

John has a wealth of experience in Orchard Management since 1968 and Nursery Management since 1979.

New Apple rootstocks ready for replanting for trial trees