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TreeCropper 99

Contents

2  From the editor
3  Diary of a Christian
3  John Gare Butler
4  President’s report
5  Correspondence
8 Summer grafting
10 The search for juniper berries
12 NZTCA Conference 2020
15  Hazel grove in memoriam
16  Growing cinnamon
18 Chestnut beer
22 Flammable native plants
25 Purple tea
27  Sea buckthorn berry brandy
28  Growing sea buckthorn
30 First babacos in New Zealand
34 Knowledge in a nutshell: A Dunckley
38  RNZIH Award recipient
39  Pips & Pieces
40  Subscriptions

 

TreeCropper 98

Contents

2  From the editor
3  President’s report
4  Correspondence
5  NZTCA photo competition winners
6  How to make cider
9  Peckhams field trip
10  Conference 2019 photos
11  Golden Hills Walnuts
14 Pollinating pecans
16  Grafting pears on hawthorn
17  Food act amendment
20 Trail tree markers
23  Blackberry jam tree update
24  An interview with a BioGro auditor
27 Honorary life members
27  Dr Don McKenzie Award recipients
28  Small scale woodlots
34 Herbs for backyard chickens
37 NZTCA photo competition entries
39 Scionwood from custard apple branches
44 Pear interstocks
47  Pips & Pieces
48  Subscriptions

 

TreeCropper 97

Contents

2 From the editor
4 President’s report
6  Emails & letters
7  Air layering propagation
12 Beauty berry
14  Bay of Plenty Branch gifting
15  Neem oil
18  Seed banks
19  Palm sugar
21  Propagating tips from 1853
22  Chestnut recipe hunt
24  Recipe: chestnut frittelles
25  Don McKenzie Award past recipients
26  Honeyberry in review
28 Kai Rakau Project 34 Blackberry jam tree 36 Index
38 Pips & Pieces
40 Subscriptions

 

TreeCropper 96

 

Contents

2 From the editor
4 President’s report
6 Letters
8 Pests: Lemon tree borer
10 Hemp and pumpkin seeds for profit
15  Tarocco orange
16  Blue sausage tree
18 Do rootstocks impact flavour?
22  Native birds as alternative to pesticides
23  Conference 2019 – speakers
24  Conference 2019 – registration form
26  Conference 2019 – field trips
27  Rootbound plants
30 Eating acorns
32  Acorn pikelet recipe
33  Taro in Hawai’i
35 Film review: Edible Paradise
37 Cercis (Judas tree)
40 Forestry on erosible land
45 An insight into the good life
47  Pips & Pieces
48  Subscriptions

 

TreeCropper 95

 

Contents

2 From the editor
4  President’s report
5  Letters
7  Pine, pasture & kauri dieback
8  Aquaponics
10  Macadamias
11  Prunus leaf curl
16 Growing wasabi
18 Goodnature traps
20 Soil biology
22 How to plant a tree
24 Solanums in the forest
27 Cicada damage
31  Propagation tips
32  Natural dye plants in Franklin
34 Nelson conference 2019
36  A day in the life of the Membership Sec
37  Climate change & pests in agriculture
38  Obituary: Dick Endt
39  Pips & Pieces
40  Subscriptions

 

TreeCropper 94

Contents

2 From the editor
4 President’s report
6 Letters
8 Drought hardy ground covers for food forests 12 Honeyberry in the USA
14 Golden passionfruit
18 Avocado orchard field trip
20  Collecting scion wood
21  Tapping syrup from trees
25  Homemade bitters
26  Creating swales
27  Feijoas fight fungi
28  Potential crops in New Zealand
29  The HSNO Act
31  Untreated eucalyptus posts
32  Growing forestry trees
34 Pollination discoveries
39 Climate change may increase pests in conventional agriculture
39  World’s heaviest blueberry
40  Soilsayers: testing for deficiencies
42  Research update
43  Obituary: Don Hamilton
44  Dr Don McKenzie Award recipients
45  Honorary life members
47  Pips & pieces
48  Subscriptions

 

TreeCropper 93

 

 

Contents

2 From the editor
4  President’s report
5  Underplanting fruit trees
7 Haskap research update
10 American ginseng
15 Tree crop trial templates
17 DIY labels that last
19  Removing fruit from young trees
20  Conference 2018 – speakers
21  Conference 2018 – field trips
22  Knowledge in a nutshell – Rob Peden
24 Using plasterboard as mulch
26 What apple variety is that?
33 Pest – guava moth
35  Obituary – Russell Fransham
36  Index
38 Pips & pieces 40 Subscriptions

 

 

 

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TreeCropper 92

 

Contents

2 From the editor
4 President’s report
5 Letters
7 Macadamia nuts – pollination
8 Fig cultivars: What’s in a name?
11 Candy Cotton grapes
15 Summer tasks in the orchard
16 Nashi pears
20 New Zealand’s oldest fruit trees
23 Conference 2018 – speakers
24 Conference 2018 – registration form
26 Conference 2018 – field trips
27 Commercial pine nut orchards
31 The aliens have landed
32 Myrtle Rust update
34 Growing bananas
38 Knowledge in a nutshell: Derek Craig
40 Evaluating your land for planting
45 A lifelong lifestyle
47 Pips & Pieces
48 Subscriptions

 

 

 

TreeCropper 91

Contents

2 From the editor
4 President’s report
5 Inventive uses for crop waste
8 Capuli cherry
10 Spring tasks in the orchard
12 Growing frewood
14 The kakabeak: an endangered species
16 Snaffle the apple – saving heritage apples
21 Knowledge in a nutshell: David Whyte
23 The ins and ins of seed smuggling
26 Research update: haskap/honeyberry
28 Taro trials
31 Citrus brown rot
34 Trees for bees
38 Pips & Pieces
40 Subscriptions

 

Front cover:
Taro leaf

 

TreeCropper 90

Contents

2 From the editor
3 President’s report
4 Letters
6 New South Island vice president
7 DIY olla
8 Apple breeding using genetics
10 Field trip: Waiata Gardens
12 Truffles Q&A
15 Growing szechuan pepper
17 Serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis)
19 Nitrogen fixing plants
24 Life membership recipient: Bill Rae
25 Avocado trials with mycorrhizal fungi
28 Field trip: Plant & Food Research Riwaka
30 Conifer grafting
34 Winter tasks
36 Research update
38 Mountain pawpaw breeding
39 Knowledge in a nutshell: Eric Cairns
42 Pests: Argentine ants
45 The vision for NZ horticulture
46 Pips & Pieces
48 Subscriptions

 

Front cover:
Fruit kaleidoscope