2007 4th Quarter
- Fabulous new Apple Reference - Nev Dawkins (Waikato Branch) shares his amazing apple growing and identification project
- ETS (Emissions Trading Scheme) announced by NZ Government [link lopped] locks up land of pre-1990 trees taller than 5 metres and 30% canopy cover - more details for Tree Croppers...
- Another great magazine issue - TreeCropper 51 (September 2007) - President's missions; editor's opinion (Surprise! They found that you are affected by what you eat...); Dr Robert Mann on Avocado cultivars; Pecans, Tamarillos, Pollination, growing timber, Campomanesia lineatifolia, nuts and hearts, from authorities including Paul Dodgshun, Nick Milne, Wade Cornell, John Prince, Alfred Harris; a Nelson Branch profile of Apples and more by Peter Syms; a Chilean (red) berry (guava it ain't)/murtilla/Ugni molinae/Myrtus ugni Tazziberry®©$(?) native commercialisation roundup by Andy Barratt; Gevuina status report by Murray Redpath with observations by Paul Kennel and Joanna Scott-Kennel; recipes - Marilyn Lees, Pablo Gálvez; for sale; and more...
- Figs - Eric and Annette Cairns featured on Radio NZ National recently - some recent fig articles
- A new initiative promoting New Zealand Wood - Our Most Renewable Raw Material - www.nzwood.co.nz
2007 3rd Quarter
From the Coastal Otago Branch NEWSLETTER No.120 June 2007
Robinia pseudoacacia
An article in the Scotsman comments on the spread of this tree and other plants in Scotland: "COVERED with pretty white summer flowers and widely available for only £35, the false acacia has become a popular addition to gardens across Scotland. But the rapidly growing plant - also known as the black locust tree - is part of an invasion of alien species which experts are now comparing to cult science-fiction novel Day of the Triffids."
news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=826652007
The comments after the article also make very interesting reading.
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Announcing a new service - Tree Croppers' Stuff - and Properties - For Sale!
An oldie re-gains web space - Q&A 2003 trial returns as a FAQ archive
2007 2nd Quarter
- This website moved to a different hosting provider during April 2007 - please report any usage problems to the link at the foot of this page.
- Mark Christensen's 2006 Apple Cancer Research Update
2007 1st Quarter
- Murray Redpath wins Dr Don McKenzie Award for his enduring efforts with Hazelnuts - (more soon...)
- Another great magazine issue - TreeCropper 49 (March 2007) - guest editorial by Tom Dinning no less; then NZ Olive industry updates; and orchard grazing, mowing, spraying - and mulberries, Japanese apricot, karaka, mangoes, sub-tropicals, walnut blight trials, book reviews and more...
