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TreeCropper 78

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TreeCropper Issue 78
Front Cover:
Pecan nuts forming at the property of Wendy and Dennis near Foxton.
 2 Editor’s opinion Sheryn Clothier
 3 President’s report Bill Rae
 4 Your letters: Buart nuts, Holm oak, Hemp concerns, Avocado seedlings, Dry lemons, Brix
 8 Pips and pieces
10 NZTCA Management Committee – Profiles of new office-holders
12 NZTCA Conference 2014 reports – Water, the Elixir of Life
Bonus: Peter Robinson on rainwater harvesting (9.7MB pdf)		 Sheryn Clothier
16 Processing nuts at home Sheryn Clothier
17 Recipe – Chocolate hazelnut spread
18 Dr Don McKenzie Award recipient John Dean
Pecans – Carya illinoinensis
20 Pecans in New Zealand
27 List of pecan cultivars in NZ and their properties
28 Members’ reports on pecans growing throughout the country
42 Root propagation
A report from Hawkes Bay training day		 Jenny Horne
44 Stress effects on tree crops
A review of science regarding plants’ response to stress		 David Whyte
47 Yuzu – Citrus ichangensis x C. reticulata
A cold-climate citrus worthy of more attention		 Kathrina Muller
Membership form, NZTCA Committee contacts
Back cover:
This is my Richards Special mandarin.  Whilst other citrus flourish nearby, I have never eaten a mandarin off this tree – and I planted it in 2006…Back cover bottom: I could be paranoid but this little caterpillar appeared a couple of times in my orchard this last season…Photos by Sheryn Clothier.