TreeCropper 71 - Tree Crops

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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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