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TreeCropper 111

 

Contents

2  From the editor
3  President’s report
6 NZTCA Conference 2020
8 Celebrating Gorse
13 Luther Burbank
15 Honeyberry Research update
19 Kaputahi Community Orchard
25 Edible hops
28 Rainy day reading
30 Foraging in a forest
34 Chestnuts: pests and disease
39  Pips & Pieces
40  Subscriptions

TreeCropper 110

 

Contents

2  From the editor
3  President’s report
4  South Island VP
5  Emails
7 Lucuma & green sapote grafting
10 Fig pruning
12 Dick Roberts Photography Competition
15  Soil Moisture Update
16  Black garlic
20 Citrus selection
23 Codling moth
31 NZTCA history
33 Barberries in the kitchen
36  Pomegranates and pineapples
37  Pistachio trials
39  Pest: flowering currant
40  Chestnut Q&A
47  Pips & Pieces
48  Subscriptions

TreeCropper 109

 

Contents

2  From the editor
3  President’s report
5 Field trip – oaks & natives at Woodend
9 Wineberries
12 Rowan
15 Caigua or Slipper Gourd
20 Kiwifruit for home gardens
22 Fireside secrets: drying wood
27 Field trip – capers & quandongs
31 Growing flowers commercially
36 Index issues 101 -108
38  Chestnut cheese research
39  Pips & Pieces
40  Subscriptions

TreeCropper 108

 

Contents

6 From the editor
4 President’s report
6  Correspondence
7  Turning vodka into gin
8  Wildwood mushrooms
12 Chinese toon
14 Early exotic fruit recipes 19 Re: Attack on fig tree
24 Tips for grafting avocados
28  DIY grafting guard
29  Field trip to Hautere Plain
32 Conference 2022
36  Photo competition deadline
37  Johnson Grass
40 Guaviyu
43  Honeyberry harvest
44  Crown shyness
46  Membership changes
47  Pips & Pieces
48  Subscriptions

TreeCropper 107

 

Contents

2 From the editor
4 President’s report
6  New committee members
7  Hedge of thorns
10  Canterbury tales
11  Carpophilus beetle
13 Nitrogen fixing in willows and poplars
17 Chokos
20 Growing jackfruit in Auckland
22 Waikato annual tree sale
24 NZTCA Conference 2022
26 Early orchard families in New Zealand
31  Fancy a cuppa in the Wairarapa?
32  Stocking the Nelson pantry
33  Feijoas and biochar
34  Aerated compost tea
37 Pecan research and rescue 39 Pips & Pieces

TreeCropper 105

 

Contents

2  From the editor
3  President’s report
4  Correspondence
5  Yerba Mate
7  Growing commercial peanuts in NZ
8  New Year’s honour for member
9  High Health Orchard
12 Linden trees
16 Nitrogen fixing in sugarcane
18 Sugarcane in Waikato
21 Conference 2021
23 Wish Trees
31 Farmable Orchard app
33 Apple acidity
35  Hot climate apples
36  Index
38 Kombucha
38  Tip to reduce myrtle rust
39  Pips & Pieces
40  Subscriptions

TreeCropper 104

Contents

2  From the editor
3  President’s report
4  Correspondence
6 Birds in the orchard
9 Honeyberry research update
11 Okinawa spinach
13 Ecosourcing plants
16 Ecosourcing nursery Q&A
19 Using glyphosphate
23 Measuring your carbon footprint
26  Auckland Conference 2021
27  Conference field trips
29  Growing jackfruit
30  Conference speakers
31  Making gorse rum & ice cream
33 Multi-grafted apple tree
35 The papaya project
39 Knowledge in a nutshell – Vicky Mee
41  Year round fruit on a 1/4 acre
42  Wassailing
43  Damson gin liquer
44  Palm honey
46  Genetic diversity and biocontrols
47  Pips & Pieces
48  Subscriptions

TreeCropper 103

Contents

2 From the editor
4 President’s report
6  Correspondence
7  Highly recommended plum varieties
10 Harlequin ladybird 14 Eating acorns
18  Acorn recipes
19  Cider
21  Hops
22  Saffron milk caps
26 Growing truffles
29 Creating an orchard using permaculture principles
33 Otto Muller, inventor
37 Japanese raisin tree
39  Pips & Pieces
40  Subscriptions

TreeCropper 102

Contents

2  From the editor
3  Best branch newsletter
4  President’s report
5  Check your envelopes
5 Correspondence
7  Auckland conference
8  Platycodon grandiflorus (doraji root)
10 Honeybees and salt
14 Lingonberry
21  How to be a successful plant hunter
22  Four thieves vinegar
24 Meadowsweet
26 Macadamias & bananas
30 Comfrey as a mineral accumulator 33 Edible roses
35 The story of Granny Smith
37  New Zealand’s oldest/most popular apple
38  Dick Roberts Photography Award photos
40 Cold plasma blasting
42 New chestnut processing techniques
44  Uses for apple skins
45  Dr Don McKenzie Award recipients
47  Pips & Pieces
48  Subscriptions