Agroforestry News

Agroforestry News

Agroforestry News was our quarterly newsletter for 31 years up to early 2023, focusing on temperate tree and shrubs crops. Issues include:

Essential reading or all who are interested in temperate tree crops and agroforestry.

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List of issues and contents

Title

Description

Agroforestry News Vol 1 No 1

Apple rootstocks, the Medlar, Seed: collection, Persian walnut (1), Zanthoxylum spp, The alder.

Agroforestry News Vol 1 No 2

Seed: extraction & storage, Mulberries, Oregon grape, Forest gardening: design, Apples: disease resistance, Wild service tree, Persian walnut (2).

Agroforestry News Vol 1 No 3

Persian walnut (3), Hedges, Apples in agroforestry, Juniper, Durable timbers, Juneberries, Seed pre-treatments.

Agroforestry News Vol 1 No 4

Actinidia arguta, Small leaved lime, Persian walnut (4), Forest gardening: tree crops, Bamboos, Seed: sowing.

Agroforestry News Vol 2 No 1

Monkey puzzle, Blackcurrants, Sea buckthorn, Forest gardening: Clearings, Grafténg overview, Silver Birch.

Agroforestry News Vol 2 No 2

Gaultherias, Hazel (1), Pawpaw, Beech, Ground covers (1), Grafting – rootstocks.

Agroforestry News Vol 2 No 3

Hazel (2), Ground covers (2), Grafting – common methods, Edible tree saps, Plums – outline, The black locust.

Agroforestry News Vol 2 No 4

Wych elm, Lemon substitutes, Cherry plum, Hazel cultivars, Plum yews, Forest gardening: mulches.

Agroforestry News Vol 3 No 1

Sycamore, Plum rootstocks, Forest gardening: shrub crops, Index to Vols. 1 & 2, Nut pines, Grafting: hot grafting pipe/low-tech grafting.

Agroforestry News Vol 3 No 2

The barberries (Berberis spp), New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax), Forest gardening: edges, Ginkgo biloba: the maidenhair tree, Grafting established trees, Plum cultivation, Rowan.

Agroforestry News Vol 3 No 3

Plum cultivars, Poncirus trifoliata; Fertility in agroforestry and forest gardens special: Overview of soil fertility, Nitrogen, Nitrogen-fixing plants, Potassium, Phosphorus, Soil pH and Calcium.

Agroforestry News Vol 3 No 4

Greenwood tip grafting, Forest gardening: succession, Chestnuts (1), Bamboos: cultivation and management, Arbutus unedo: the strawberry tree, The honey locust: Gleditsia triacanthos, Bullaces Damsons and Mirabelles, Growing apples from pips.

Agroforestry News Vol 4 No 1

Chestnuts special: cultivation for nuts. Covers all aspects of chestnut cultivation, including extensive cultivar list.

Agroforestry News Vol 4 No 2

Redcurrants, Veneer grafting, Plums – minor species, The yew, chestnut hybrids.

Agroforestry News Vol 4 No 3

Soap plants, Elaeagnus, Pear rootstocks, Diospyros virginiana – the American persimmon.

Agroforestry News Vol 4 No 4

Diospyros lotus – the date plum, Pears: cultivation & varieties, Mycorrhizas, Black walnut – silviculture.

Agroforestry News Vol 5 No 1

Black walnut – uses, Plants and climate change in Britain, Forest gardening: climbers, hardy Citrus, Perry pears, Asian pears.

Agroforestry News Vol 5 No 2

Ash, Black walnut – nut cultivation, Forest gardening: root & bulb crops, kaki persimmon, cherries – species descriptions.

Agroforestry News Vol 5 No 3

Cherry silviculture, forest farming ginseng, cherry rootstocks, gooseberries.

Agroforestry News Vol 5 No 4

Edible acorns from oaks, Sour cherries, Sweet & Duke cherries, Forest gardening: Fungi.

Agroforestry News Vol 6 No 1

Forest gardening: Ground cover polycultures, the bayberries, Basketry willows, The hickories, Fireblight.

Agroforestry News Vol 6 No 2

The elder, Quince, Cornelian cherry, Large-leaved lime, Canker of apple & pear, Sorbus domestica.

Agroforestry News Vol 6 No 3

Agroforestry overview: silvopasture, silvoarable, forest farming, forest gardening; Softwood cuttings, Figs, Codling moth.

Agroforestry News Vol 6 No 4

Forest gardening: Perennial leaf crops, Almonds, Scab of apple & pear, Greenwood cuttings.

Agroforestry News Vol 7 No 1

The butternut, Blackberries, Hardwood cuttings, Apple powdery mildew.

Agroforestry News Vol 7 No 2

Bacterial canker, Layering (1), Bamboo agroforestry, the Heartnut, Medicinal plants overview, Forest gardening: polycultures and matrix planting.

Agroforestry News Vol 7 No 3

Edible hawthorns, Medicinal plant cultivation, Layering (2), Brown rot, Raspberries.

Agroforestry News Vol 7 No 4

Cornus species, Root cuttings, Forest Gardening: annuals, Honey fungus, Medicinal plant processing, Beneficial insects in orchards, The yellowhorn.

Agroforestry News Vol 8 No 1

Hovenia dulcis, Division, Pollinating insects in orchards, Blueberries, Red alder, Vine weevil.

Agroforestry News Vol 8 No 2

Poultry in tree pasture, Rhus species, Silverleaf, Winter maintenance, Torreya species, Medicinal tree crops.

Agroforestry News Vol 8 No 3

Medicinal shrub crops, Spring maintenance, Grey mold, Grapes.

Agroforestry News Vol 8 No 4

Medicinal perennial crops (1), Cudrania tricuspidata – Chinese mulberry, Caragana arborescens – Siberian pea tree, Forest gardening: summer maintenance, Poplars.

Agroforestry News Vol 9 No 1

Plum fruit moth, Apricots, Pollard meadows, Chicken forage plants, The jujube – Ziziphus jujube, Medicinal perennial crops (2).

Agroforestry News Vol 9 No 2

Cranberries, Medicinal perennial crops (3), Crown gall, Forest gardening: Plants for difficult sites (1) – trees, Chaste tree – Vitex agnus-castus, Crab apples.

Agroforestry News Vol 9 No 3

Acca sellowiana – Pineapple guava, Forest gardening: Plants for difficult sites (2) – large & medium shrubs, Bitter pit, Medicinal plants: resources, Peaches (1).

Agroforestry News Vol 9 No 4

Forest gardening: Plants for difficult sites (3) – small shrubs, Hicans, Ink disease, Peaches (2), Plants for façade insulation, The soil foodweb, Asimina triloba – pawpaw.

Agroforestry News Vol 10 No 1

Plants for difficult sites – perennials (1), Akebia, Peaches (3), Northern pecans, Basketry plants, Water core.

Agroforestry News Vol 10 No 2

Plants for difficult sites – perennials (2), Squirrels, Blue bean: Decaisnea fargesii, Staphylea, The strawberries. The Alliums, Siberian ginseng: Eleutherococcus senticosus.

Agroforestry News Vol 10 No 3

Plants for difficult sites – perennials (3), Strawberries, Pseudocydonia sinensis, Castanea pumila, Juniperus species, Peach leaf curl.

Agroforestry News Vol 10 No 4

The Viburnums, Windbreaks, Japanese wineberry, Plants for difficult sites – annuals (1), Some perennial tuber plants, Replant diseases

Agroforestry News Vol 11 No 1

Arctostaphylos – the Manzanitas, Small fruits & woody florals, Ribes, World hazelnut production, Asclepias – the milkweeds, Shothole of stone fruit.

Agroforestry News Vol 11 No 2

Cork and cork oaks, Redwoods, Aronia – chokeberries, Apple cultivar disease-resistance trial, Polyculture yields, Wasps, Climate change impacts.

Agroforestry News Vol 11 No 3

Kudzu – Pueraria lobata, Edible water plants, Chestnut nutritional benefits, Coppicing fruit and nut trees, Chilean hazel – Gevuina vellana, Hazelnuts in NW Europe, Apples for juice.

Agroforestry News Vol 11 No 4

Rhubarb, Irrigation of fruit and nut trees, Own rooted fruit trees, Fuelwood, Rooks and Crows, Drying fruits and nuts, Hottentot fig.

Agroforestry News Vol 12 No 1

Complete salad list, Sustainable orchard floor management, Walnut varieties on trial in Devon, Forest gardening: clearings revisited.

Agroforestry News Vol 12 No 2

Taxus – the yews, Dye Plants (1), Plants for difficult sites: annuals (2) & biennials, Golden chinkapins – Castanpsis & Chrysolepis, Temperate taungya.

Agroforestry News Vol 12 No 3

Chestnut variety trial results, Dye Plants (2), Fresh woods and pastures new, Loquats, Nut processing, Tree defences.

Agroforestry News Vol 12 No 4

Dawn redwood, Pollination of nut trees, Blue honeysuckle – Lonicera caerulea, Dye Plants (3) – mordant and tannin plants, Voles, Chaenomeles.

Agroforestry News Vol 13 No 1

Vaccinium – the blueberry family, Apple cultivars disease-resistance trial, Nitrogen-fixing shrubs in nut orchards, Compendium of edible fruits (1) – trees.

Agroforestry News Vol 13 No 2

Pistacios in Italy, Carobs in China, Tree engineering, Chestnuts in Andalusia, Compendium of edible fruits (2) – shrubs, Fodder trees and shrubs.

Agroforestry News Vol 13 No 3

Lime bast cordage, Fibre sources from bark, Pine nuts, Bamboos in China, Processing plant materials into fibres, Mulberries in China & Japan, Power driven nut cracker, Bamboo as a building material, Bamboo fibre, Compendium of edible fruits (3) – climber shrubs, The nettle – Urtica dioica.

Agroforestry News Vol 13 No 4

Food value of annual & perennial vegetables, Horse chestnut, Dehesa agroforestry systems, Physalis, Lithocarpus, Compendium of edible fruits (4) – perennials & annuals, Woolly aphid of apple, Pine resin.

Agroforestry News Vol 14 No 1

Chestnut variety trial results, Insect control by bats, Passiflora, Bacterial diseases control by plants, the Myrtles, swamp cypress, storage of organic apples and pears.

Agroforestry News Vol 14 No 2

Soil influences of tree roots, Hops.

Agroforestry News Vol 14 No 3

Mixed species cropping, Sap from black walnut, Rose hips, apples in agroforestry systems, chestnuts – post harvest quality, world hazelnut culture, plants for windy sites (1) – trees, Oriental persimmon in Europe.

Agroforestry News Vol 14 No 4

Deep pipe irrigation, Cloudberries, Malva – the mallows, Trees and aquaculture, Zanthoxylum, New Zealand flax, Lindera benzoin, Tree pruning in agroforestry

Agroforestry News Vol 15 No 1

Chestnut products, Shrubs for windy sites, Walnut agroforestry, forest garden invertebrate diversity, Walnut wood and its utilisation

Agroforestry News Vol 15 No 2

2006 Trial ground report, Using wood for fuel (woods for burning, log and woodchip heating systems), Shrubs for windy sites (2), Hemerocallis – the daylilies

Agroforestry News Vol 15 No 3

Silvoarable systems in Europe, Rumex – the docks and sorrels, Edible mushrooms from wood, the lupins, Plants for windy sites – perennials, Sedum – the stonecrops.

Agroforestry News Vol 15 No 4

Forest gardens – how they develop, persist and decline, Mentha – the mints, Red bayberry, Apples which hang well on the tree.

Agroforestry News Vol 16 No 1

Paper mulberry, Nitrogen fixation in plants, Hardy nitrogen-fixer list, birch uses

Agroforestry News Vol 16 No 2

Wooden shingles and shakes, Sea buckthorn, Attracting beneficial insects

Agroforestry News Vol 16 No 3

Nut tree breeding – stone pine, walnut, almond, hazelnut; Pests – deer and rabbits; Ostrich fern – Matteuccia struthiopteris; A low cost nut sorting machine; Roots of fruit & nut trees.

Agroforestry News Vol 16 No 4

Climate change and agroecosystems – agricultural dimensions of climate change, plants and soil responses, pests, diseases, farming methods, suggested responses.

Agroforestry News Vol 17 No 1

RISC rooftop forest garden, Crops for a warming climate, Paulownia, Inks and paints, Hemp.

Agroforestry News Vol 17 No 2

Landscape planning for agroforestry, The ART forest garden, Woad as an indigo crop, Traditional Andean cultivation systems, Viola – the violets.

Agroforestry News Vol 17 No 3

Soil organisms; The Campanulas, Coast redwood for timber, American gooseberry mildew, biochar.

Agroforestry News Vol 17 No 4

Forest gardens and carbon sequestration, Greek agroforestry systems, Black truffles, Autumn olive in forestry, Agroforestry in Portugal, Agroforestry in the Netherlands.

Agroforestry News Vol 18 No 1

Plumcots, Mulberries, the future for chestnut, Juneberries – Amelanchier species, Blue honeysuckle – Lonicera caerulea.

Agroforestry News Vol 18 No 2

Plant resins, Chestnut peeling, Future impacts of climate change on UK forests, Alternative rubber plants, American gooseberry mildew.

Agroforestry News Vol 18 No 3

Toona sinensis – Chinese toon, Land use options for sustainable farming, Autumn olive – Elaeagnus umbellata, Mycorrhizae, Sea buckthorns, Myoga – a hardy ginger, Nut Wizard harvesters.

Agroforestry News Vol 18 No 4

Ginkgo biloba – maidenhair tree, Sea buckthorn, Beers and ales from trees and shrubs, Cornus mas – Cornelian cherry, history of sweet chestnut.

Agroforestry News Vol 19 No 1

Biomass – a burning issue, Abies and Picea – the firs and the spruces.

Agroforestry News Vol 19 No 2

Bamboo uses – overview, a few perennial vegetables, the importance of bees in nature.

Agroforestry News Vol 19 No 3

Some more perennial vegetables, forest products from insects, Trees and shrubs yielding edible oils.

Agroforestry News Vol 19 No 4

Silvopastoralism, Historical polycultures in Italy, Windbreak design, Integrated agroforestry.

Agroforestry News Vol 20 No 1

Special issue: The oaks (with special reference to acorns as a food crop)

Agroforestry News Vol 20 No 2

Lime and soil acidity, Voles, Schidandra, Trees and shrubs for acid soils, Thuja, Damping off, Direct seeding of woody plants, Trees and shrubs tolerant of salt spray.

Agroforestry News Vol 20 No 3

Bamboo leaf uses, French apple varieties, Seaweeds, The comfreys, Bracken as a peat substitute, Vole control with kestrels.

Agroforestry News Vol 20 No 4

Glycyrrhiza – the liquorices, Nitrogen fixers, Oxalis, Damping off, Goji berries.

Agroforestry News Vol 21 No 1

Medlars, Myrica – the wax myrtles & bayberries, Pawpaw.

Agroforestry News Vol 21 No 2

Beech nuts, Japanese plums, Cedrus, Plum pox, Japanese parsley, Kumquats.

Agroforestry News Vol 21 No 3

Sustainable cider apple production, Timber species for the future in the UK.

Agroforestry News Vol 21 No 4

European agroforestry systems, Timber species for the future (2), Perennial seeding.

Agroforestry News Vol 22 No 1

Organic blueberries, Juneberries, perennial grains, rowan.

Agroforestry News Vol 22 No 2

Saskatoon, sea buckthorn, algae, Persimmons.

Agroforestry News Vol 22 No 3

Berberis vulgaris, trees and soil pH, pollarding in W Norway, plants for alkaline soils.

Agroforestry News Vol 22 No 4

Shepherdia argentea, natural succession in agroforestry, hardy Eucalyptus, damping off, natural insecticides.

Agroforestry News Vol 23 No 1

Pine nuts, agroforestry in Europe, Urban trees and Ozone

Agroforestry News Vol 23 No 2

Agroforestry farm in Portugal, new ART projects, useful chemicals from trees.

Agroforestry News Vol 23 No 3

Shrub alders, forest garden in Sweden, Rosacaea intergeneric hybids, Atriplex, new tree and forest gardening books.

Agroforestry News Vol 23 No 4

The Mahonias, Fuchsias for edible flowers and fruits, some shrub nitrogen fixers.

Agroforestry News Vol 24 No 1

Walnut and hazel agroforestry, wood pastures of Europe, fire resistant trees, soil in agroforestry systems, wolfberries and gojiberries, a pioneering solar house.

Agroforestry News Vol 24 No 2

Aspen agroforestry, Marsh woundwort, Himalayan sea buckthorn, Manuka / tea tree, small forest gardens, book reviews.

Agroforestry News Vol 24 No 3

Review of hardy Acacias, Book review: How to grow your own nuts.

Agroforestry News Vol 24 No 4

Cercis – the redbuds, Araucaria wanderings, Agroecological priciples for conversion and redesign of farming systems, witch hazel.

Agroforestry News Vol 25 No 1

Successional agroforestry, tree hay, ash trees for fodder, forest garden greenhouse in Devon, bladdernuts, the PA forest garden trial, Book reviews.

Agroforestry News Vol 25 No 2

N and C at forest edges, Allium antioxidants, Pawpaws, silvopasture in NE USA, forest garden greenhouse construction, Honeyberries / haskaps.

Agroforestry News Vol 25 No 3

Himalayan wild fruits and berries, Native Chilean fruits as functional foods, Forest garden greenhouse update, Gardening in a changing climate.

Agroforestry News Vol 25 No 4

Narrow leaved lupin as a an edible seed crop, Wasabi, Sycamore maple syrup, Creating fire-resistant landscapes.

Agroforestry News Vol 26 No 1

Hornshurst forest garden, Juglone, Revisiting Robert Hart’s forest garden, Forest garden archetypes.

Agroforestry News Vol 26 No 2

Climate change & Nitrogen-fixers, Origanum, the ART forest garden greenhouse – first year, Plantains (Plantago spp.)

Agroforestry News Vol 26 No 3

Food forests for schools in Miami, Climate change and tree distributions , Soil Fungi and forest resilience, The Picasso Food Forest, Botany and horticulture of Pinus pinea.

Agroforestry News Vol 26 No 4

Pollution and fungi, Exploring the potential of edible forest gardens:, Food Forests in the American Southwest, How Forest Garden Systems Combined with People-Based ethics Can Transform Culture.

Agroforestry News Vol 27 No 1

Polyculture agroforestry in the Amazon, Chaenomeles japonica, Nut production in the Pacific Northwest, Homemade Nut dryer.

Agroforestry News Vol 27 No 2

Cork by-products, Agroforestry in Morocco, A scientific approach to researching and promoting sustainable agro-ecosystems, Agroforestry in the Caucasus.

Agroforestry News Vol 27 No 3

Chickens in a chestnut forest, Lespedeza, Cytisus, Natural colourants, Wild vegetables in the Caucasus, 100 years of walnut breeding, Capparis spinosa.

Agroforestry News Vol 27 No 4

Biodiversity in forest gardens / Health benefits of forest gardens, Acorn production in Korea, Alley cropping system yields.

Agroforestry News Vol 28 No 1

Fungi and sequestration, Soil moisture sensor experiment, Sustainable fruit growing?, urban hedges.

Agroforestry News Vol 28 No 2

Diversity and carbon storage, Agroforestry systems in a changing climate, Acorns for food and tanning in Kea, Bioactive compounds and biological functions of Asparagus, Perennial agroecosystems in Palestine, Adaption to climate change.

Agroforestry News Vol 28 No 3

Sedums of roofs, Pine resin tapping, forest garden greenhouse update, Korean celery – Dystaenia takesimana.

Agroforestry News Vol 28 No 4

Climate matching tool, Pine maatens, Korean papermaking, wild fruits and nuts of Kazakhstan, Composition and properties of Sichuan pepper.

Agroforestry News Vol 29 No 1

Over-yielding in temperate silvopastures, Perennial vegetables – biodiversity, carbon sequestration, nutrition.

Agroforestry News Vol 29 No 2

Wooden hay meadows, virginia mallow and cup plant, Pinus gerardiana, Pinyon pine, Pine resin in Spain, Stone pine – harvesting, climate change impacts, clones.

Agroforestry News Vol 29 No 3

Tree crops on Shetland, Indigenous forest gardens of the Pacific Northwest America, Toona sinensis, forest garden / food forest symposium.

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