Contents 2 From the editor 3 President’s report 5 Your emails 6 Elderslie Estate 12 Forage fodder 17 Robb's field trip 20 Chestnut timber, truffles & extraction 25 Jim Dunckley Heritage Orchard 27 Apple varieties to grow 30 Table grapes 36 Index 38 New dragonfruit varieties 39 Pips & Pieces
Contents 2 From the editor 4 President’sreport 5 New committee member 6 Aloe vera gel & grafting 7 Ale vera gel & root cuttings 8 Fruit hard pressed 9 Villageagrarians 11 Recreate NZ 14 Processing unusual crops 20 Africanolive 21 Ficuselastica 24 NZTCA Conference 2023 28 stamen cordial 30 Green Earth Food Forest 32 Mashua 33 Country Calendar croppers 34 BaxterMosey-Reid 37 Canistel 40 GoldenBayAvocados 45 Ice cream trees 47 Pips & Pieces
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 [...]
