TreeCropper Issue 67 – September 2011 | |||
Front Cover: Diana Bell presented a selection of heritage apples for tasting during the Hawkes Bay 2011 NZTCA Annual Conference. Sourced from Plant and Food Research’s heritage orchard of what was ripe at the time and looked tempting, the varieties included Egremont Russet, Rhode Island Greening, Golden Harvest, Merton Russet, Captain Kidd Kay, Grimes Golden, Kitaika, Opalescent, Hetlina, Karmijin de Sonnaville and Freyberg. NZTCA members were asked to rate them yuk to yum; with the result that Karmijin de Sonnaville came out a clear favourite. | |||
1 | Editor’s opinion | Sheryn Clothier | |
2 | President’s message | Murray Redpath | |
3 | Tree-Stops Northland Branch | ||
4 | Pips and pieces | ||
6 | Your letters | ||
8 | Nelson Conference 2012 – Draft Timetable, Appletons, Heartwood, Beekeeping for Pollination | ||
11 | Making Scrumpy – apple cider | Ian Stewart | |
15 | Wassail cider recipe | Ian Stewart | |
16 | Cider apples varieties | Ian Stewart | |
18 | Triploid apples | Bill Rae | |
20 | Submissions to win – Submit your Articles and Photographs! | ||
21 | One polliniser or two? (apples and viable pollen) | Sheryn Clothier | |
22 | Heritage apples – why bother? | Krystina Hill | |
24 | Choosing apple varieties | Krystina Hill | |
30 | Collecting and naming apples | Krystina Hill | |
34 | Apple pollination groups | ||
35 | Apple harvest sequence | ||
36 | Growing apples | Krystina Hill | |
38 | Book reviews – Practical Beekeeping in New Zealand – win a copy; see 20 above Meditation and the Art of Beekeeping All about Apples | ||
40 | Membership form, Committee contacts | ||
Back cover: Heritage apple varieties, as detailed. Photographs copyright to Krystina Hill. |