Editing Macadamia (section)

==== Beaumont ====
A ''[[Macadamia integrifolia]]'' / ''[[Macadamia tetraphylla|M. tetraphylla]]'' hybrid commercial variety is widely planted in Australia and New Zealand; Dr. J. H. Beaumont discovered it. It is high in oil but is not sweet. New leaves are reddish, and flowers are bright pink, borne on long racemes. It is one of the quickest varieties to come into bearing once planted in the garden, usually carrying a useful crop by the fourth year and improving from then on. It crops prodigiously when well pollinated. The impressive, grape-like clusters are sometimes so heavy they break the branchlets to which they are attached. Commercial orchards have reached {{convert|18|kg|abbr=on}} per tree by eight years old. On the downside, the macadamias do not drop from the tree when ripe, and the leaves are a bit prickly when one reaches into the tree's interior during harvest. Its shell is easier to open than that of most commercial varieties.
[[Image:Macadamia Maroochy.JPG|right|thumb|Macadamia 'Maroochy' new growth]]