Front Cover:
Photo by John Cowan — Winning photograph of the 2013 NZTCA Conference’s photographic competition.
The face is of one-year-old grandson Joseph…
1
Editor’s opinion
Sheryn Clothier
2
President’s report
Murray Redpath
3
Your letters
6
Pips and pieces
8
Lucuma Tree – Pouteria Iucuma
Frankincense
Kathrina Muller
John Dean
9
Blue Honeysuckle – Lonicera caeulea
Kathrina Muller
10
Kati Kaiway – community fruit tree planting
Elizabeth Rae
12
Sheep Hurdles
John Fergusson
13
Bioinformatics and Genomic workshop
14
Brix – as an indicator of produce quality
David Whyte
17
David Whyte profile
Fermented feijoa drink
18
Sugar
Gail Newcomb (Ain’t she sweet…)
20
Conference 2014 Registration
22
Hemp
Harry Cording
25
Pruning techniques
Emily Jasmine
26
Crop production cycle
Sjef Lamers
29
Ume—shu (Japanese plum wine)
Neville Chun
31
Making mycorrhizal inoculum
33
Cracking clay soils
Mike and Sue Davies
34
In praise of natural mutants
Robert Mann
36
Index of previous articles
39
Introducing Queen Elizabeth II Trust – covenanting?
Membership form, NZTCA Committee contacts
Back cover:
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