TreeCropper 59 - Tree Crops

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photo of pinenut tree

TreeCropper Issue 59 – September 2009
Front cover: Flowers of the hazelnut, Tonda di Giffoni, encased in ice. It was midday in Clyde (June 2009) when this picture was taken, and still -2°C. But the styles can still be receptive – see page 24.
1	Editor’s opinion	Sheryn Clothier
2	President’s Message	Murray Redpath
3	Your letters – animals in organic farming systems, using photosynthesis to store carbon in wood that is then buried as a permanent carbon-sink
4	Codling moth	John Clearwater
8	Pepino	incredible edibles
10	Pinenut Extraction	Rosy Laing
15	Kudzu	Gail Newcomb
18	Conference 2010
24	Hazel nut flowering	Murray Redpath
29	BOP Bee Group	Bill Rae and Rosemary Balu
30	Coppicing	Eric Cairnes
32	Firewood and more	Eric Cairnes
35	Afforestation Grant Scheme	Cashing Up the Carbon Credits
36	Branch Innovations Fund	NZTCA Fund for Branch Projects
38	Book review – Discovering Vegetables Herbs and Spices by Dr Susanna Lyle
39	Pips and pieces – Organic Hazelnuts and Cherries for sale
40	Subscription form
Back cover: Sunlight shining onto one of Rosy Laing’s producing pinenut trees. Presumed to be Pinus pinea, eight of these trees are keeping Rosy and family supplied year-round with pine nuts – see page 10.

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