Rosella

Molly […] had glimpsed a future, like a rosella, hardly seen, swooping through the high umbrellas of the bush.

Rosellas, a fruit, I imagine, not very well known, we grew most successfully, its delicious sub-acid making the most splendid substitute for the English red currant; and we varied its uses by transforming the raw material into jam and jelly, and freshly-stewed fruit.