| TreeCropper Issue 57 – March 2009 | |||
| Front cover: A banana plant growing in an unheated greenhouse. | |||
| 1 | Editor’s opinion | Sheryn Clothier | |
| 2 | Message from the President | Murray Redpath | |
| 3 | Letters to the editor – Politics unavoidable, needless instrumentation, pine nut cracker? | ||
| 4 | Conference 2009 | Kapiti Coast | |
| 7 | Walnut blight | Nick Nelson Parker | |
| 9 | Bananas | Roger and Janet Bodle, Sheryn Clothier | |
| 14 | Persimmons | incredible edibles | |
| 17 | Timber for tools | Wendy Evans | |
| 18 | Olives – first harvest | Sonja Matla | |
| 20 | Biochar | Raewyn Johnston, Sheryn Clothier | |
| 22 | HortResearch reform | Sheryn Clothier | |
| 21 | Chestnut – nut rot | Sheryn Clothier | |
| 24 | Hazelnut research | Maurice Deton & Jim Hammonds | |
| 25 | Filbert worm (hazelnut) | Watch out for this pest | |
| 26 | Big pine cones | Sheryn Clothier | |
| 28 | Eucalypts for post | Eric Cairnes | |
| 30 | Hazelnut harvesters | Peter Syms, Maurice Denton | |
| 34 | Vanilla in NZ | Sheryn Clothier | |
| 36 | Natives for bees | Tree list, and varroa hint | |
| 37 | Book reviews | Continuous Cover Forestry | |
| 38 | Pips and pieces | Olive trees, Event signs, GT mags, NZTCA books | |
| 39 | Upcoming Events | NZTCA Conference and more | |
| 40 | Membership application | ||
| Inside back cover | Suppliers’ index | plan and order for winter planting | |
| Back cover: Conference 2009 notice: Register before 15 March 2009! Photograph by Grant Baxter of Ocean Retreat homestay. | |||
