Contents 2 From the editor 3 President’s report 4 Emails 5 Fruit trees for tenants 6 Confusing codling moths (click to read article) 11 Berries Direct 15 Zooming in with Jason Ross 18 Notable trees 20 Long-necked avocado 23 Nutrient dense crops in Northland 26 Canker control for plum trees 27 Hamilton subtropicals & stickery 32 Poultry for orchard pest control 35 NZTCA Conference 2027 37 Pips & Pieces
Contents 2 From the editor 3 President’s report 5 Dr D. McKenzie Award recipient 2026 6 Branch research update 9 Working with nature 15 Passionfruit growers 17 Living fences 21 Waikato field trip insights 25 Tree labels that last 26 Hansa C7 chipper review 28 Banana research summary 32 Happen Films 39 D. Roberts Photography Competition entries 41 Asimina triloba 46 Pips & Pieces
Contents 2 From the editor 4 President’s report 6 Walnut experiments 10 Elderberry 15 AppleID cultivars 19 Lessons learned on the DNA journey 22 Chestnut coppicing 23 Abandoned chestnut orchards 25 Cooking chestnuts 26 Autumn grafting 27 Dung beetles 32 Soul meditation 33 Homegrown conference 2026 35 Research update 36 Index 38 Pips & Pieces
Contents 2 From the editor 4 President’s report 5 Roy Hart 6 Greengage Reine Claude Doree 10 Conference 2026 13 Syntropic Agriculture 23 Banana fertiliser trials 28 Apple DNA results 29 Ping pong ball blueberries 30 Permaculture Orchard 34 Avocado trial in Canterbury 37 Tree vegetables 40 Rabbit repellent on trees 41 Agrohomeopathy 46 Pips & Pieces
Contents 2 From the editor 4 President’s report 5 Combined branch field trip 7 Conference 2026 10 Heritage apple ID update 11 Dragon fruit trials 16 False cardamom 18 Harvest Collective 21 Bark inversion 24 Walnut Legacy 28 Early NZTCA memories 29 Nutritional fruit for the orchard 33 Apple tasting 34 ōNuku Aotearoa 37 Food for the senses 38 Pips & Pieces
Contents 2 From the editor 4 President’s report 6 New committee members 8 Branch research update 12 Kiwifruit breeding 16 Scionwood catalogue 19 Wild pear 23 Future Whenua 27 Early NZTCA recollections: John Bassett 28 Banana indoors 30 Conference snaps 32 Grumichama 35 Award recipients 36 Turk's cap 38 New Zealand peanut trials 41 Cherry stoner review 42 Juicing sugarcane 44 Planting on mounds 45 Finger lime resistance to HLB 46 Pips & Pieces
Contents 2 From the editor 4 President’s report 6 Asimina triloba 11 The essential forest gardener 13 Musings from a tree cropper 15 Early members, old memories 17 Historical trees in Akaroa 21 Growing hazelnuts 25 Jim Dunckley Heritage Orchard 27 The Naturhaus 33 Custom-grafting fruit trees 36 Index 38 Pips & Pieces
Contents 2 From the editor 4 North Island Vice President’s report 6 Franklin Food Forest 9 Bergamot orange 12 Grafting tips 15 Microforests 19 Eating grape leaves 21 Tree syrup trials in Aotearoa 25 Google Lens to help solve mysteries 26 Red and white currants 31 Honeyberry fizz 33 Fig trialists wanted 35 Horticultural cadetship 36 Harricado avocado 38 Pips & Pieces
Contents 2 From the editor 3 South Island Vice President’s report 5 Long Term Strategic Plan 6 Emails 7 Citrus Hill 11 Citrus census 14 Eucalpytus hardwood trials 21 Constitution rewrite 23 Conference 2025 27 New national secretary 28 Rice trials in Nelson 34 Reasons to thin your fruit 38 Jerusalem artichoke, pest plant 39 Tamarillos 44 Branch research 47 Pips & Pieces
Contents 2 From the editor 4 President’s report 6 Emails 7 NZTCA Long term planning 8 GPS in the orchard 11 Dick Roberts Photography Award 14 Syntropy in Northland 19 Pruning for wide crotch angles 21 Dwarfing bananas 24 Multi-grafted plum 25 Haskaps in British Columbia 28 Kotare Subtropicals field trip 32 The honeyberry flavour 34 Conference photos 36 Geospatial tools for forestry 38 Dr D.McKenzie Award recipient 39 Edible garden bulbs & tubers 42 Growing walnuts 47 Pips & Pieces 48 Subscriptions
