TreeCropper 66

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TreeCropper Issue 66 – June 2011
Front Cover: NZTCA members view a custom-made brush unit used to clean feijoas and a sorter which uses weight to size and direct feijoas into four different off-ramps and collection crates. This sorter was demonstrated during a field trip to Ray and Jean Hollis’s Kapiti Gold Organics feijoa orchard in Te Horo during the 2009 NZTCA Annual Conference.
1	Editor’s opinion	Sheryn Clothier
2	President’s message	Murray Redpath
3	Pips and pieces
4	Conference 2011 report Bedswap/Parkover Scheme	Sheryn Clothier
10	Notes from NZTCA meetings
11	Tung oil tree	Jenny Horne
13	Dr Don McKenzie Award – Chris Ryan
16	Plant it right	Sheryn Clothier
20	Feijoa
	20 History	Murray Woodhouse
	21 Growing in NZ	Ray Hollis
	26 Future	Sheryn Clothier
27	Scion wood collection	Sheryn Clothier
28	Chestnut blight outbreak in Australia	Ray Knowles
30	Hazel research update	Murray Redpath
34	Peter Fraser profile	Nick Empson
36	Conference 2012 speakers
36	Book reviews – The Feijoa Recipe Book Espalier
39	Record Trees
40	Membership form, Committee contacts
Back cover: Snaps from NZTCA Conference 2011: Top left: The tree care and labelling at Guthrie Smith Arboretum was impressive. Top right: Management Committee: Andrew and Jennifer Hutson, Murray Redpath, Colleen Brown, Sjef Lamers and Gordon Lees. Hazel varieties displayed by Wairata Hazels. Jo Duff with a water-conserving swale behind her. Post-conference tour at Guthrie Smith Arboretum. Apple tasting of Jazz at Plant and Food Research Centre.

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