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| TreeCropper Issue 62 – June 2010 | Front cover:
The Mandeville Meander 2010 Conference field visit took NZTCA members to the blackwood woodlot and sawmill of John and Robyn Fairweather – see more photos on page 32. Photo by David Colley. | | 1 | Editor’s opinion | Sheryn Clothier | | 3 | President’s Message | Murray Redpath | | 4 | Granny Louisa apple | Mary Browne | | 6 | Planting in clay | Reg Lewthwaite | | 8 | Trees for a wet spot | | | 9 | Apricots in Auckland | Viv FitzPatrick | | 10 | Rhubarb | Fiona Boylan | | 12 | Soap nuts | Amanda Sloane and Dunja Balmer | | 14 | Northern Fruit Trees Charitable Trust | Gordon Lees | | 18 | Ginkgo | Jenny Horne | | 26 | Conference 2010 | | | 26 Pre-conference Lincoln University | Kathrina Muller | | 29 Waipara Wander | Hilary and Andrew Fenamor | | 32 Mandeville Meander | Photos by David Colley | | 33 | Dr Don McKenzie Award – Dr Gordon Lees | | | 34 | Perry pears | Roy Hart | | 37 | Book review – The Fruit Manual | | | 38 | Gift membership | | | 39 | pips & pieces | | | 40 | Membership form, Committee contacts | | Back cover:
Scenes from NZTCA National Conference 2010, held in Christchurch 25-28 March.
Clockwise from top left;
Southern Woods Nursery’s display of hedgerow plants.
Lunch at the Brew Moon brewery and cafe in Amberley during a field trip.
The Waipara Wander field trip bus, parked outside a massive gum tree at the gate of Limestone Hills. Note Cordane Precious Peggotty (Peg), the truffle-sniffing dog in the foreground.
During the pre-conference tour to Lincoln University, international guest speaker Professor David McNeil (far left, front) discusses the Rex Baker Mermorial Walnut Trial, established in 1985.
Gareth Renowden shows off his producing hazelnut tree, a seven-year-old seedling now supplying him with Perigord black truffles.
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