Contents2 From the editor 4 President’s report 5 Letters 7 Macadamia nuts – pollination 8 Fig cultivars: What’s in a name? 11 Candy Cotton grapes 15 Summer tasks in the orchard 16 Nashi pears 20 New Zealand’s oldest fruit trees 23 Conference 2018 – speakers 24 Conference 2018 – registration form 26 Conference 2018 – field trips 27 Commercial pine nut orchards 31 The aliens have landed 32 Myrtle Rust update 34 Growing bananas 38 Knowledge in a nutshell: Derek Craig 40 Evaluating your land for planting 45 A lifelong lifestyle 47 Pips & Pieces 48 Subscriptions |