Co-Owner/Co-Operator with wife Verna of Fruit Trees and More: Nursery & Demonstration Orchard
Botanist * Entomologist

Bob Duncan has over 46 years of experience growing tree fruits on Vancouver Island. He operates a specialty plant nursery and demonstration orchard near Sidney, British Columbia with his wife Verna. Bob specializes in temperate, warm temperate, citrus, Mediterranean and hardy subtropical fruit trees. Bob and Verna’s demonstration orchard includes many varieties of tree fruits including a large selection of citrus and subtropicals.

In the orchard, Bob and Verna grow other types of fruit trees including apples, pears, plums, peaches, apricots, nectarines, cherries, quince, medlar, kiwis, pineapple guavas, figs, pomegranates, loquats, persimmons, olives, jujube, avocado, pawpaw, and white sapote.

The orchard is used as a teaching tool to demonstrate various training systems and cultural techniques. Bob Duncan was trained as a Botanist and Entomologist. He worked for the Canadian Forestry Service as an Entomologist for over 35 years.

Fruit Trees and More: Nursery & Demonstration Orchard
724 Wain Rd., North Saanich (near Sidney), BC V8L 5N8
Phone 250-656-4269
http://www.fruittreesandmore.com

For the Fruit Trees and More YouTube Channel, click HERE.

 

TO ORDER TREES FOR DELIVERY AT BOB’S PRESENTATION ON APRIL 14, 2025: Please place your order by April 7. Bob and Verna will bring what they can for the April 14 Garden Club meeting. Perhaps those ordering plants not available until later in the spring/summer could organize a group pick-up, sharing the travel costs.

General price list from 2024 (They hope to keep the prices the same or close for 2025):
1st price is for 1 gallon pot; 2nd price is for 2 gallon pot.  Please add 5% GST.

  • Chilean Guava – 30 / 48
  • Feijoa, Medlar, Mulberries, Olives, Persimmons – 48 / 55
  • Fig – 35 to 60, depending on sizes
  • Goji – 30 / 35
  • Kiwi – ‘regular’ – 30 / 40
  • Hardy Kiwi (‘kiwiberries’) – 35 / 55
  • Pomegranates – 48
  • No Pawpaws in 2024; expect them to be 48.00 for 1 gal
  • Tea – 45 / 3 gal 60
  • Citrus – 48 / 55

For more information on what is currently available, click HERE.  Please note, some varieties are available now (for delivery on Quadra in April) and some are not available until June (you will need to pick them up at the nursery or make arrangements for a group pick-up).

For a description of the different varieties, click HERE for citrus, HERE for non-citrus, or HERE for Figs.

To order, you must send an email (SUBJECT: Quadra Island order)  and a deposit (via e-transfer or cheque).  Click HERE for information on how to order.