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| TreeCropper Issue 71 – September 2012 | Front Cover:
The beauty of the orchard in spring represented by the delicate flower of the Giant of Gascony quince.
| | 1 | Editor’s opinion | Sheryn Clothier | | 2 | President’s report | Murray Redpath | | 3 | Your letters | | | 6 | Pips and pieces | | | 8 | Neonicotinoids for bees | | | 9 | Saffron – Threads of edible gold | Julie Winder, Wairarapa Branch | | 13 | Feijoas/boron – trial report | Roy Hart, Nelson Branch | | 14 | The elusive truffle | Sheryn Clothier | | 16 | Conference 2013 – Grow Your Own Waikato | | 23 | Ginkgo in liquidation | Source – Nelson Mail | | 24 | Figs – Post-harvest guidelines | Eric Cairnes, Wellington-Horowhenua Branch | | 25 | Ginkgo – research report | Roy Hart, Nelson Branch | | 27 | Tropical delight – Australian visit | Sheryn Clothier | | 30 | Almond – cultivar trial report | Ann Phillips | | 32 | Central Districts Branch report | Mark Christensen | | 35 | Coping with new disease | Murray Redpath | | 38 | Book review – Find it, Eat it | | | 38 | Rewards | | | 39 | Vernon Harrison – Obituary | Nick Nelson-Parker | | 40 | Membership form, NZTCA Committee contacts | | Back cover: From top left –
Relaxing at the end of a successful Tree Sale are some of the Bay of Plenty Branch ‘staff’. Photo by Gail Newcomb, Bay of Plenty Branch.
Beau of Waitakere is our youngest member and undoubtedly going to be a tree cropper of note. At just two years of age, he is already gleaming information from noteworthy sources! Photo by Mike (Poppa), Northland Branch.
Eastern filbert blight in a hazel orchard at Newberg, Oregon. Photo by Murray Redpath, National President.
An $8 pomello purchased from the supermarket. Large, different but won’t be paying that again! Photo by Sheryn Clothier, Editor.
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