TreeCropper 73 - Tree Crops

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TreeCropper Issue 73 March 2013
Front Cover: Crab apples can have high levels of phenolic compounds — the goodies our body needs to ﬁght diseases. See story on page 6. Photograph taken at Guthrie Smith Arboretum at Tutira during the 2011 Hawkes Bay post-conference tour.
1	Editor’s opinion	Sheryn Clothier
2	President’s report	Murray Redpath
3	Your letters
4	Pips and pieces
6	Apple research review	Mark Christensen, Central Districts Branch
10	Central Tree Crops Research Trust – Annual Report to Trustees	Mark Christensen, Central Districts Branch and CTCRT Research Director
12	Citrus	Dave Harris’s presentation reviewed by Ted Newton
19	Recipes Spiced Quince Green Figs	Joan Stewart, Franklin Branch Eric Cairnes, Wellington-Horowhenua Branch
20	Conference 2013 update	…longest apple peel, Apple Party Friday… Accommodation
22	MC Matters
23	Calcium in soil and trees	Sjef Lamers, B For Sc, Dip HLS, of Sustainable Nutrition, and NZTCA Nelson Branch
24	Obituary — Maurice Denton
26	Apples at Treedimensions	Dieter Proebst, Nelson Branch
32	Members’ Fruit Driller Caterpillar survey plea	Gordon Lees, Chairman, NZTCA Research
33	Book reviews Back to the Land Field Guide to NZ Native Trees
34	Index of *Treecropper 65-72* articles	Gail Newcomb, Bay of Plenty Branch
39	Websites to visit
40	Membership form, NZTCA Committee contacts
Back cover: Seed of the Painted Mountain Corn received by Central Tree Crops Research Trust from the United States. Insert — Mark Christensen of Central Tree Crops Research Trust and Sharon Duff from the Whanganui Regional Primary Health Organisation (their main partner for local and regional distributions), sorting out beans for distribution to the local Taranaki public (through GP’s) and Christchurch residents. See Story page 10

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