Possible Clues:

• Monster formidable in place of 12s, perhaps
• Fruit producer's goldfish died
• It's hard at last, but they're not all hard there
• Whale of a difficult lot of trees
• Fruit trees
• Plot for fruit trees
• Fruit farm
• Old way to cross burn where fruit trees grow
• Jonathan's birthplace?
• The place that's alternative, but not for soft fruit