Nuts
A16
B tier
A16 is a modern Australian commercial macadamia cultivar selected for orchard performance and creamy kernel quality in export-focused plantings. Kernels deliver the buttery soft crunch buyers expect from Australian style-graded packs. Letter-number codes help growers and processors track clones more tightly than “Australian mixed.” Use A16-specified lots when contracts list modern AU genetics. Fresh meats should be ivory and sweet-smelling. Strong for snacks, cookies, and oil feedstock from pieces. Freeze surplus. Cultivar codes never excuse warm storage—oil still turns.
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A16 type macadamia was selected or named in commercial and orchard practice as growers refined regional stocks.
Orchard and trade grading spread A16 beyond its first districts where climate allowed.
A16 entered wider export catalogues as named-variety marketing grew for nuts.
Specialty buyers continued to request A16 for predictable flavour and size in roasting and baking.