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TreeCropper Issue 62 - June 2010 |
Front cover:
The Mandeville Meander 2010 Conference field visit took NZTCA members to the blackwood woodlot and sawmill of John and Robyn Fairweather - see more photos on page 32. Photo by David Colley. |
| 1 | Editor's opinion | Sheryn Clothier |
| 3 | President's Message | Murray Redpath |
| 4 | Granny Louisa apple | Mary Browne |
| 6 | Planting in clay | Reg Lewthwaite |
| 8 | Trees for a wet spot | |
| 9 | Apricots in Auckland | Viv FitzPatrick |
| 10 | Rhubarb | Fiona Boylan |
| 12 | Soap nuts | Amanda Sloane and Dunja Balmer |
| 14 | Northern Fruit Trees Charitable Trust | Gordon Lees |
| 18 | Ginkgo | Jenny Horne |
| 26 | Conference 2010 | |
| 26 Pre-conference Lincoln University | Kathrina Muller |
| 29 Waipara Wander | Hilary and Andrew Fenamor |
| 32 Mandeville Meander | Phots by David Colley |
| 33 | Dr Don McKenzie Award - Dr Gordon Lees | |
| 34 | Perry pears | Roy Hart |
| 37 | Book review - The Fruit Manual | |
| 38 | Gift membership | |
| 39 | pips & pieces | |
| 40 | Membership form, Committee contacts | |
Back cover:
Scenes from NZTCA National Conference 2010, held in Christchurch 25-28 March.
Clockwise from top left;
Southern Woods Nursery's display of hedgerow plants.
Lunch at the Brew Moon brewery and cafe in Amberley during a field trip.
The Waipara Wander field trip bus, parked outside a massive gum tree at the gate of Limestone Hills. Note Cordane Precious Peggotty (Peg), the truffle-sniffing dog in the foreground.
During the pre-conference tour to Lincoln University, international guest speaker Professor David McNeil (far left, front) discusses the Rex Baker Mermorial Walnut Trial, established in 1985.
Gareth Renowden shows off his producing hazelnut tree, a seven-year-old seedling now supplying him with Perigord black truffles.
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TreeCropper Issue 61 - March 2010 |
Front cover:
Fred Davey demonstrates 'Lady Muck' during a NZTCA Conference 2009 field trip to Cobtree Farm. Originally designed as a alpaca and horse poo collector, it also picks up olives, and in this case, hazels. See other members' harvesting ideas on pages 32-37. |
| 1 | Editor's opinion | Sheryn Clothier |
| 2 | President's Message | Murray Redpath |
| 3 | Notices, Your letters - 1080 consequences |
| 4 | Conference 2010 | |
| 6 | Orton Bradley Park | Mike Caldwell |
| 10 | Myoga Ginger | Sheryn Clothier |
| 13 | Rejuvenating apple trees | Sheryn Clothier |
| 14 | The ideal apple crotch | Sheryn Clothier |
| 16 | For the love of apples | Clare Buckner |
| 17 | Minerals | Dave Martin |
| 23 | Frost Protection | Sheryn Clothier |
| 24 | Creating $ Value | Jackie Bedford |
| 28 | Terraquaculture | Haikai Tane |
| 32 | Harvesting: | |
| 32 NutHarvester | Alan Rosling |
| 33 Keeping walnuts | Bill Rae |
| 34 Fruit picker | Sheryn Clothier |
| 35 Harvesting system | Nick Nelson-Parker |
| 38 | Cape Gooseberry | Fiona Boylan |
| 40 | Taste of timber - Chestnut animal feed | Sheryn Clothier |
| 41 | Bed swap / Park over | |
| 42 | Book reviews | |
| 44 | Obituary - Jim Dunckley | Andy Barratt |
| 46 | Gift membership | |
| 47 | pips & pieces | |
| 48 | Membership form, Committee contacts | |
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TreeCropper Issue 60 - December 2009 |
Front cover:
Macadamia A4 in full flower at Torere Macadamias. Read Vanessa Hayes' update on the New Zealand Macadamia Industry on page 14. |
| 1 | Editor's opinion - Poisoning Paradise with 1080 | Sheryn Clothier |
| 3 | President's Message | Murray Redpath |
| 4 | Your letters - organics or mainstream reply; forest symbiotics and multi-tier farming |
| 6 | Cider making | Eric Wilson |
| 12 | Microclimate manipulation | Wendy Evans |
| Macadamias: | |
| 14 | Overview of NZ industry | Vanessa Hayes |
| 18 | Southernmost orchard | Sue Gallagher |
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| 21 | Graft compatibility | Maurice Denton |
| 22 | Conference 2010 | |
| 28 | Book reviews | |
| 30 | Chestnuts - making them pay | Australian Nutgrower Sept 2009 |
| 31 | Tropical Apricot | Russell Fransham |
| 34 | Pomegranate | Fiona Boylan |
| 35 | Schizophrenic apple | The Telegraph |
| 36 | Hawkes Bay Branch renaissance | Phillipa Page |
| 38 | Guthrie Smith Arboretum field trip | Jenny Horne |
| 41 | A Growing Retirement | Barry Quinn |
| 42 | TreeCropper articles index to issues 51-59 | |
| 47 | Pips and pieces | |
| 48 | Subscription form;
Committee contacts |
Back cover: Shown during a Conference 2009 field trip to Hanui, the property of Don and Louis Mclntyre, was a pine tree that had been struck by lightning. Instead of being rent asunder, a scar showed how this tree earthed the power of the heavens. (photo cropped for website)
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TreeCropper Issue 59 - September 2009 |
Front cover:
Flowers of the hazelnut, Tonda di Giffoni, encased in ice. It was midday in Clyde (June 2009) when this picture was taken, and still -2°C. But the styles can still be receptive - see page 24. |
| 1 | Editor's opinion | Sheryn Clothier |
| 2 | President's Message | Murray Redpath |
| 3 | Your letters - animals in organic farming systems, using photosynthesis to store carbon in wood that is then buried as a permanent carbon-sink |
| 4 | Codling moth | John Clearwater |
| 8 | Pepino | incredible edibles |
| 10 | Pinenut Extraction | Rosy Laing |
| 15 | Kudzu | Gail Newcomb |
| 18 | Conference 2010 | Early-bird bookings open! |
| 24 | Hazel nut flowering | Murray Redpath |
| 29 | BOP Bee Group | Bill Rae and Rosemary Balu |
| 30 | Coppicing | Eric Cairnes |
| 32 | Firewood and more | Eric Cairnes |
| 35 | Afforestation Grant Scheme | Cashing Up the Carbon Credits |
| 36 | Branch Innovations Fund | NZTCA Fund for Branch Projects |
| 38 | Book review - Discovering Vegetables Herbs and Spices by Dr Susanna Lyle |
| 39 | Pips and pieces - Organic Hazelnuts and Cherries for sale |
| 40 | Subscription form |
Back cover: Sunlight shining onto one of Rosy Laing's producing pinenut trees.
Presumed to be Pinus pinea, eight of these trees are keeping Rosy and family supplied year-round with pine
nuts - see page 10.
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TreeCropper Issue 58 - June 2009 |
Front cover:
Trevor Byron (front), Bruce Christensen (center using draw knife and shaving horse) and Eric Cairns (rear - foot operated lathe) demonstrate green wood-working techniques at NZTCA Conference 2009.
Tool, chair, hurdle and trug making were just some of the skills demonstrated. The emphasis was for using local material and improvising on design. The splitting (riving) of green logs using a maul, wedges and froe allowed rapid conversion of round wood to useable furniture components. Green wood is much easier to work with than seasoned dry wood, when simple hand tools are used.
Trevor displayed and used his large collection of home made woodworking tools for making a hurdle. |
| 1 | Editor's opinion | Sheryn Clothier |
| 3 | Message from the President | Murray Redpath |
| 4 | Letters to the editor - varroa mite, Doug Davies, walnut blight, hazelnut harvester, Bacon avocado |
| 6 | Conference 2009 | Delgates' impressions |
| 10 | Nick Nelson-Parker - Dr Don
McKenzie Award | Waikato Branch citation |
| 12 | Mushrooms | Tim Thornewell of Mushroom Gourmet |
| 14 | Conference 2010 | Tree Crops 2010
- a healthy future |
| 18 | Management Committee meeting notes |
| 19 | ClimateExplorer subscription |
| 20 | Pistachio | Sheryn Clothier, Roy Hart, Darrell and Karen Johnston, Dhana Pillai, Jonathan Hooker |
| 30 | European Barberry search | Mark McKibben |
| 32 | Strawberries | incredible edibles |
| 35 | Dick Roberts - obituary | Margot Syms |
| 37 | Book reviews | Edible, Photographic Guide to Mushrooms... |
| 38 | Pips and pieces | Monty's Surprises, nut shelling, pongas wanted, NZTCA publications |
| 39 | Upcoming Events | including some NZTCA events |
| 40 | Subscription form | |
Back cover: from top left:
Members catch-up before the AGM starts.
Mark Christensen gets friendly with alpacas at Cobtree Farm.
Saturday's dinner tables were decorated with a fantastic variety of tree crops.
Jean Hollis describes the properties of various figs grown on their Te Horo orchard.
Christine Soong gets some products from Stanmore Farms.
Young grapevines are inspected at Stanmore Nursery.
Brenda Farrell talks about processing hazelnuts.
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TreeCropper Issue 57 - March 2009 |
Front cover:
A banana plant growing in an unheated
greenhouse. |
| 1 | Editor's opinion | Sheryn Clothier |
| 2 | Message from the President | Murray Redpath |
| 3 | Letters to the editor - Politics unavoidable, needless instrumentation, pine nut cracker? |
| 4 | Conference 2009 | Kapiti Coast |
| 7 | Walnut blight | Nick Nelson Parker |
| 9 | Bananas | Roger and Janet Bodle, Sheryn Clothier |
| 14 | Persimmons | incredible edibles |
| 17 | Timber for tools | Wendy Evans |
| 18 | Olives - first harvest | Sonja Matla |
| 20 | Biochar | Raewyn Johnston, Sheryn Clothier |
| 22 | HortResearch reform | Sheryn Clothier |
| 21 | Chestnut - nut rot | Sheryn Clothier |
| 24 | Hazelnut research | Maurice Deton & Jim Hammonds |
| 25 | Filbert worm (hazelnut) | Watch out for this pest |
| 26 | Big pine cones | Sheryn Clothier |
| 28 | Eucalypts for post | Eric Cairnes |
| 30 | Hazelnut harvesters | Peter Syms, Maurice Denton |
| 34 | Vanilla in NZ | Sheryn Clothier |
| 36 | Natives for bees | Tree list, and varroa hint |
| 37 | Book reviews | Continuous Cover Forestry |
| 38 | Pips and pieces | Olive trees, Event signs, GT mags, NZTCA books |
| 39 | Upcoming Events | NZTCA Conference and more |
| 40 | Membership application |
| Inside back cover | Suppliers' index | plan and order for winter planting |
Back cover: Conference 2009 notice: Register before 15 March 2009!
Photograph by Grant Baxter of Ocean Retreat homestay. |
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TreeCropper Issue 56 - December 2008 |
Front cover:
Selection of pine cones with edible nuts. Photograph by Eric Cairns. |
| 1 | Editor's opinion | Sheryn Clothier |
| 2 | Message from the President | Murray Redpath |
| 3 | Letters to the editor - Avocados and browsing, asimoyas, politics, avocado 'Bacon' |
| 5 | Pine nuts | incredible edibles |
| 6 | Edible pines | Louis Trap, updated by Eric Cairnes |
| 11 | Dwarfing trees by bark inversion | Gail Newcomb |
| 12 | The Great NZ Bean Hunt | A Mark Christensen project |
| 13 | Fruit Driller Caterpillar update | Gordon Lees |
| 14 | Conference 2009 - details | |
| 20 | Conference 2009 registration | |
| 26 | Biological Agriculture | Sheryn Clothier |
| 28 | Index to TreeCropper back issues | Gail Newcomb |
| 38 | Pips and pieces - olive trees for sale | Members' buy, sell and exchange column |
| 39 | Membership application |
Back cover: Conference 2009 notice.
Photograph by Grant Baxter of Ocean Retreat homestay. |
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TreeCropper Issue 55 - September 2008 |
Front cover:
The fruit and seeds of a New Zealand-grown asimoya. Photo by Roy Hart. See article on page 20. |
| 1 | Editor's opinion | Sheryn Clothier |
| 2 | Message from the President | Murray Redpath |
| 3 | Letters to the editor, Management Committee notes |
| 4 | Message board - Wanted: Recipes, lawyer, photographs; Bed Swap |
| 5 | Diana Loader - life membership | |
| 6 | Leaf curl - cures | Your suggestions for Taphrina deformans |
| 8 | Copper levels | Gordon Lees |
| 10 | Decision making - choosing a crop | Sheryn Clothier |
| 13 | Dr Don McKenzie | compiled by Sheryn Clothier |
| 18 | Ice Cream Bean - Inga edulis | incredible edibles |
| 20 | Asimoya - Asimina triloba | Roy Hart, Nelson Branch trial |
| 22 | Avocados | Not for stock fodder |
| 23 | Oaks | Don Hamilton |
| 25 | Hackfalls Arboretum | John Dean |
| 26 | Propagating tips - Trees for free | Wendy Evans |
| 28 | Political party policies re climate change, research, biosecurity | Hon David Carter, Shane Adern, Jim Anderton, Dr Russel Norman |
| 32 | Seasoning wood | Ann and Bob Phillips |
| 35 | Japanese Raisin Tree - Hovenia dulcis | i/ Gail Newcomb; ii/ incredible edibles |
| 38 | Almond - cultivar trial update | Bob and Ann Phillips |
| 40 | Nutcracker | Ann and Bob Phillips |
| 41 | Tree planting thoughts | Peter Fraser |
| 42 | Northern Region - branch profile | Colleen Brown |
| 45 | Permanent collection initiative | Gordon Lees |
| 48 | Conference 2009 | Ray Hollis |
| 52 | “Managing pests and diseases”; Rob Lucas - book review by Sheryn Clothier |
| 54 | pips & pieces - classified advertising: cherries, realty, publications, contributions… |
| 56 | Contact details, Membership application |
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Back cover: Conference 2009 notice.
Photograph by Grant Baxter of Ocean Retreat homestay. |
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TreeCropper Issue 54 - June 2008 |
Front cover:
Tropicana, a red-fleshed apple. See page 23 for details. Photograph by Sarah Macmillan. |
| 1 | Editor's opinion | Sheryn Clothier |
| 2 | Message from the President | Murray Redpath |
| 3 | Message board | Bed Swap, Recipes wanted, Photographs needed, Artist required |
| 4 | Letters to the editor | |
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| | 5 | Jenny Lawrence wins Dr Don Mckenzie Award |
| | 6 | National team members |
| | 8 | Speakers |
| | 11 | Field trips |
| 18 | Apples - identification | Jim Dunkley |
| 20 | Trees on farms | Peter Frazer |
| 23 | Apple - red-fleshed Tropicana | Mark Christensen |
| 24 | Karaka - research update | David Klinac |
| 26 | Fruit driller caterpillar | Gordon Lees and John Clearwater |
| 30 | Guavas | incredible edibles |
| 32 | Processing facility - nuts (and fruit) | David Klinac |
| 34 | Fruit manufacturing | Edited by Sheryn Clothier |
| 38 | Nursery Register - book review | Sheryn Clothier |
| 39 | Publications, Membership application |
| 40 | Membership application, Contact details |
Back cover: Conference 2009 notice.
Photograph by Grant Baxter of Ocean Retreat homestay. |
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TreeCropper Issue 53 - March 2008
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Front and back cover:
The
Dragon Fruit or pitaya - see story page 14
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| 1 | Editor's opinion | Sheryn Clothier |
| 2 | Message from the president | John Dean |
| 3 | Message board | Conference 2008, Eastwoodhill trip, Bed Swap |
| 4 | Walnuts - converting to cash | by Jenny and Malcolm Lawrence |
| 7 | Walnuts - today's market | Jenny Lawrence |
| 8 | Phytolacca acinosa - the world's most useless tree | Heather Dean tells of its many uses |
| 10 | Taming the Truffle - book by Ian Hall et al | review by Sheryn Clothier |
| 11 | Grapes for any occasion | incredible edibles |
| 14 | Pitaya, aka Dragon Fruit | Sheryn Clothier |
| 15 | Nutty names | Peter Fraser |
| 16 | Commercial citrus propagation | Elizabeth Rae, visiting Copperfield Nursery |
| 18 | Apple variety reference site | Nev Dawkins |
| 21 | Gift an NZTCA membership | Just $40 could change someone's life |
| 22 | Pesky pukekos | Sheryn Clothier |
| 24 | Cheating the Cold - frost factors | Sheryn Clothier |
| 26 | Pollinisers for Whiteheart Hazelnuts | Murray Redpath |
| 32 | Membership application & Contacts | |
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TreeCropper Issue 52 - December 2007 |
Front cover:
Photograph by Stephen Goodenough courtesy of 'A Cracker of a Nut' |
| 1 | Editor's opinion | Sheryn Clothier |
| 2 | Message from the president | John Dean |
| 3 | Message board | |
| 4 | Inbox | |
| 5 | Cropping carbon | Sheryn Clothier asks Larry Burrows |
| 8 | Emissions Trading Scheme | WebEd, from MAF information |
| 10 | Simple bees | Alfred Harris, Waikato Branch |
| 13 | Almond - trial report | Ann Phillips |
| 16 | Blueberries | incredible edibles® |
| 19 | Ex Blueberries | Jennifer Hutson |
| 20 | Conference 2008 | |
| 27 | Eastwoodhill | Heather Dean |
| 28 | Central Districts Branch report: | Diana Loader |
| 29 | Charitable research trust | Mark Christensen |
| 30 | Apples - cancer prevention research | Mark Christensen |
| 31 | Tomatoes - cancer and nutrition | Mark Christensen |
| 32 | Huntington's disease research | Mark Christensen |
| 34 | Blackboy peaches project | Mark Christensen |
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| 36 | Waikato blight trial | Nick Nelson Parker |
| 41 | big wigs - Walnut Industry Group | Shery Clothier asks Ralph Brown |
| 44 | NZWIG research overview | Dr Heather North |
| 46 | New varieties | Diana Loader |
| 48 | Membership application & contacts | |
| Inside back cover - Guy Goldsbrough - obituary | |
Back cover:
A photo of an original apple tree in what remains of the first orchard created by Sir William Fox at 'Westoe' in Marlon.
The variety is known currently as 'Jim's Favourite' after the current owner, Jim Howard's, Uncle Jim.
This is an example of heritage fruit trees being found on properties around New Zealand. We were able to obtain grafting wood and graft a number of these trees at NZTCA Central Districts Branch's latest
grafting day to preserve this variety.
One day, we may be able to determine its original name.
- Mark Christensen
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TreeCropper Issue 51 - September 2007 |
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Front cover:
As seen during an NZTCA 2007 Conference field trip to the West Auckland property of Wade and Jenny Cornell, a banana flower setting fruit.
The type of banana is generally called a "sugar-type banana" as compared with the tropical commercial "Cavendish type banana".
The variety is either Misi, Luki or Hamoa, there is no observable difference.
The sugar-type bananas have much more flavour and are more rich and creamy. They are not used commercially in the tropics as their production is less per hectare.
They ripen more easily in subtropical conditions whereas the Cavendish require more tropical conditions.
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Back cover:
More scenes from Conference 2007.
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TreeCropper Issue 50 - June 2007
Front cover:
Peter Robinson walks the Waikato and Thames-Coromandel Branch through his chestnut crop in Hamilton.
2 President's report
3 National Committee
4 Mailbox / Tree Crop Bed Swap
5 Tree crops - back to the future
8 Feijoas
11 Book reviews
12 Chestnuts -
13 importing in NZ
19 in USA
20 growing organically
24 commercial reality
25 consuming
26 Apple facts
27 Codlin moth trap
28 Fig research
32 Grazers or browsers
34 Edible oaks
37 Conference 2007 field trips
44 Dr Don McKenzie Award
45 NZTCA research
46 Food Competition
47 Pips and pieces
48 Membership application, Contacts
Inside back cover - planning for 2008:
National Conference
Eastwoodhill road trip
Back cover:
Scenes from Conference 2007.
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" You don't join Tree Crops to learn what to do," said NZTCA Northern Region and Conference 2007 Committee chairman Derek Craig.
"You join to listen to others to learn what not to do."
And this summed up my experience of Conference 2007.
Don't get me wrong, it was definitely not a showcase of errors. Rather, it showed me, who had joined NZTCA looking for answers, the truth of the old cliche - the more we learn the more we realise what we do not know.
We heard from scientists who have studied and analysed one aspect of one disease as it affects one species.
But Mother Nature is a complex web of interactions and consequences - how do we hope to identify, let alone understand, them all?
We listened to a speaker who totally contradicted everything we have previously read about pruning; who unashamedly told us to burn our books and backed up his arguments with a logic that demanded consideration.
We visited a teacher, a guru worshipped for her expertise. We saw her successes, but realised that, like the rest of us, even she has learnt from mistakes.
I guess, like many others, I joined NZTCA with the selfish expectations that I would pick the brains of those who knew - but I realise that, instead, I have just joined the ranks of those who ask the questions.
Sheryn Clothier -
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TreeCropper Issue 49 - March 2007
Front cover:
The abundant fruit of the attractive mulberry tree are a favourite of NZTCA president John Dean. Find out more on page 26.
1 open opinion guest editorial - Tom Dinning
2 President's report
3 South Island Vice-President's report
4 North Island Vice-President's report
5 Conference 2007 update
6 Cynthia Lund profile
7 The olive industry in New Zealand
10 NZTCA olive research
11 Olive NZ profile
12 Pickling olives
15 Growing olives in New Zealand
16 Joining an olive co-op
17 Benefits of NZ olive oil
18 Managing your orchard floor with sheep
23 Orchard mowing and spraying equipment
26 Mulberries
18 Japanese Apricot
31 Karaka update
32 Setting up self-sufficiency
34 Our place in the future (eco-food)
36 Sub-tropicals in the Auckland Domain
38 Growing mangoes in New Zealand
40 Book reviews
42 Spreading the word about NZTCA
44 Walnut blight trials
46 Pips and pieces (members' buy, sell and exchange column) - fig book, hazel advice, flail mower, back blade
47 In brief - new processing factory in Hamilton, NZTCA publications, statistics
48 Membership application and Contacts
Back cover:
Top: A mango flower raceme, with a small fruit seemingly setting.
Bottom: A mangolette! As at time of printing this fruitlet has held on for five or six weeks - still a long way from success but promising. See article page 38.
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