Across
- 2. Most popular pear, eating variety (7)
- 7. Pomme fruit that is NOT a European pear (5)
- 8. Last month of Aussie apple picking season (4)
- 9. Black spot on apple tree leaves and fruit, caused by fungus (4)
- 13. Southern USA preserve made from thick, smooth fruit purée, cinnamon, cloves and allspice (5, 6)
- 14. Astringent pomme fruit that is usually cooked into jams and preserves (6)
- 17. Scientific plant Family to which pomme fruit (8)
- 18. Green apple; perfect for pies (6, 5)
- 20. Added to cut apples or pears to prevent browning of flesh (5, 5)
- 21. Pear variety perfect for poaching (6, 4)
- 23. Pomme fruit growing region less than an hour northeast of Melbourne (5, 6)
- 24. Pomme tree that produces drupes; Melbourne suburb adjacent to Camberwell (8)
- 26. Apples and pears are high in [blank] (5)
- 27. Fragrant pear variety with a red blush (7)
Down
- 1. Thick, smooth fruit purée made from apples; accompaniment to pork roast (10)
- 3. Alcoholic drink made from apples or pears (5)
- 4. Baking and eating apple; alcoholic beverage at end of the day (9)
- 5. First month of Aussie apple picking season (8)
- 6. Receptacle used for ripening pears on the bench top (5, 3)
- 8. Older heirloom apple variety with crisp flesh used for eating, cooking cider; relative of the Esopus Spitzenburg (8)
- 10. All pomme fruit trees are [blank] in winter (9)
- 11. Where pomme fruit go after picking and before shipping to the stores (4, 7)
- 12. Percentage of Aussie pears grown in Goulburn Valley (6)
- 15. Tangy apple variety bred from mix of Gala and Braeburn (5)
- 16. Gives apples their shine (3)
- 19. Pear variety whose skin turns from green to yellow when ripe; popular variety for eating and cooking (7, 8)
- 22. Percentage of Aussie apples grown in Victoria (5, 5)
- 25. First apple variety to ripen each season (5, 4)