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Back Issue Contents by Volume
& Number |
| Vol
1, #1: Apple rootstocks; Medlar; Seed
collection; Persian Walnut (1); Zanthoxylum spp; The alder. |
| Vol
1, #2: Seed extraction & storage; Mulberries; Oregon
grape; Forest Gardening: design; Apples: disease resistance; Wild
service tree; Persian walnut (2). |
| Vol
1, #3: Persian walnut (3); Hedges; Apples in agroforestry;
Juniper; Durable timbers; Juneberries, Seed pre-treatments. |
| Vol
1, #4: Actinida arguta: Hardy kiwi; Small-leaved lime;
Persian walnut (4); FG: tree crops; Bamboos; Seed sowing. |
| Vol2,
#1: Monkey puzzle; Blackcurrants; Sea buckthorn; FG: clearings;
Grafting overview; Silver birch. |
| Vol
2, #2: Gaultherias; Hazel (1), Pawpaw; Beech; Ground covers
(1); Grafting: rootstocks. |
| Vol
2, #3: Hazel (2); Ground covers (2); Grafting: common
methods; Edible tree saps; Plums: outline; The black locust: Robinia
pseudoacacia. |
| Vol
2, #4: Wych elm; Lemon substitutes; Cherry plum; Hazel
cultivars; Plum yews; FG: mulches. |
| Vol
3, #1: Sycamore, Plum rootstocks, FG: shrubs; Index to
Vols. 1 & 2; Nut pines; Grafting: hotgrafting pipe/low-tech grafting.
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| Vol
3, #2: Barberries (Berberis spp); New Zealand flax (Phormium
tenax); FG: edges; Ginkgo biloba: the maidenhair tree; Grafting established
trees; Plum cultivation; Rowan. |
| Vol
3, #3: Plum cultivars; Poncirus trifoliata; Fertility
in agroforestry and forest gardens; Soil fertility: Nitrogen; Nitrogen-fixing
plants; Potassium; Phosphorus; Soil pH and calcium. |
| Vol
3, #4: Greenwood tip grafting; FG: succession; Chestnuts
(1); Bamboos: cultivation and management; Arbutus unedo: the strawberry
tree; Honey locust: Gleditsia triacanthos; Bullaces, damsons, and
mirabelles; Apples from pips. |
| Vol
4, #1: Chestnuts special: cultivation for nuts. Covers
all aspects of chestnut cultivation, including extensive cultivar
list. |
| Vol4,
#2: Red Currants; Veneer grafting; Plums: minor species;
The yes; Chestnut hybrids. |
| Vol
4, #3: Soap plants; Elaeagnus; Pear rootstocks; Diospyros
virginiana: American persimmon. |
| Vol
4, #4: Diospyros lotus: the date plum;
Pears, Mycorrhizae; Black walnut: silviculture. |
| Vol
5, #1: Black walnut: uses; Plants and climate change
in Britain; FG: climbers; Hardy citrus; Perry pears; Asian pears.
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| Vol5,
#2: Ash; Black walnut: nut cultivation; FG: root & bulb crops,
Kaki persimmon, Cherries: species descriptions. |
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Vol 5, #3: Cherry silviculture; Forest
farming ginseng; Cherry rootstocks; Gooseberries. |
| Vol
5, #4: Edible acorns; Sour cherries; Sweet & Duke cherries;
FG: fungi. |
| Vol
6, #1: Forest gardening: ground cover polycultures; The
bayberries; Basketry willows; The hickories; Fireblight. |
| Vol
6, #2: The Elder; Quince; Cornelian cherry; Large-leaved
lime; Canker of apple & pear; The service tree. |
| Vol
6, #3: Agroforestry overview: silvopasture, silvoarable,
forest farming & gardening; Propagation: softwood cuttings; Figs;
Codling Moth. |
| Vol
6, #4: FG: perennial leaf crops; Almonds; Scab of apple&
pear; Prop: greenwood cuttings. |
| Vol
7, #1: Butternut; Blackberries; Prop:
hardwood cuttings; Apple powdery mildew. |
| Vol
7, #2: Bacterial canker of plum & cherry; Prop: layering
(1); Not seeing the forest for the trees; Bamboo agroforestry in China;
Heartnut; Medicinal plants overview; FG: polycultures & matrix; Book
reviews: Pests & Diseases, Lupins, Ecology & Biogeography of Pinus,
People & Land through Time, British Plant Communities, Caring for
Small Woods, Botany & Healing, Dictionary of Biological Controls &
IPM. |
| Vol
7, #3: Edible Hawthorns; Medicinal plants: cultivation;
Prop: layering; Pests & diseases: Brown rot; Raspberries. |
| Vol
7, #4: Cornus spp; Prop: root cuttings;
FG: annuals; P&D: honey fungus; Med. plants: processing; Beneficial
insects in orchards; Book reviews; Yellowhorn: Xanthoceras sorbifolium.
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| Vol
8, #1: Fruit Farm in SW Ireland; Hovenia dulcis: Japanese
raisin tree; Prop: division; Pollinating insects in orchards; Blueberries;
Red alder; P&D: vine weevil. |
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Vol 8, #2: Poultry in tree pasture; Rhus spp:
the sumacs; P&D: silverleaf; FG: winter maintenance; Prop: miscellaneous
cuttings & techniques; Torreya spp; Medicinal tree crops. |
| Vol
8, #3: Medicinal shrub crops; FG: spring maintenance;
Grey mold: Botrytis cinerea; Grapes: cultivation, pruning systems,
rootstocks, cultivars. |
| Vol
8, #4: Medicinal perennial crops (1); Cudrania tricuspidata:
Chinese mulberry; Caragana arborescens: Siberian pea tree; FG: summer
maintenance; Poplars. |
| Vol
9, #1: Pests & Diseases: plum fruit moth; Apricots; Pollard
meadows; Chicken forage plants; Jujube; Medicinal perennials (2).
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| Vol
9, #2: Cranberries; Med. peren. (3); P&D: crown gall;
FG: plants for difficult sites (1); Chaste tree: Vitex agnus-castus;
Crab apples. |
| Vol
9, #3: Acca (Feijoa) sellowiana: Pineapple guava; FG:
plants for difficult sites (2); P&D: bitter pit; Med. plants: resources;
Peaches (1). |
| Vol
9, #4: Plants for difficult sites - shrubs (2); Hicans;
Pest & Disease series: Ink Disease; Peaches (2); Using plants
for facade insulation; The Soil Foodweb; Asimina Triloba - Pawpaw. |
| Vol
10, #1: The Viburnums; Japanese Wineberry; Plants for
difficult sites: annuals (1); some perennial tuber plants; Pest &
Disease Series: replant diseases. |
| Vol
10, #2: The Junipers; Chinese Quince; Strawberries; Castanea
pumila: Chinkapin; Plants for difficult sites: Perennials (3); Pest
and Disease Series: Peach Leaf Curl. |
| Vol
10, #3: Squirrels; Blue Bean; Staphylea: bladder nuts;
Strawberries; The Alliums; Siberian Ginseng. |
| Vol
10, #4: Akebia; Peaches (3); Northern Pecans; Basketry
Plants; Water Core of apples and pears. |
| Vol
11, #1: Manzanitas; Agroforestry; Currants and Gooseberries;
the Milkweeds; Shothole of Stone Fruit. |
| Vol
11, #2: Cork Oaks; Redwoods; Aronia; Apple Cultivar Disease-Resistance;
Measuring Polyculture yields; Wasps; Climate Change. |
| Vol
11, #3: Kudzu; Edible Water Plants; Chestnut: nutritional
benefits; Coppicicng fruit and nut trees; Chilean Hazel; Hazelnuts
in NW Europe; Apples for juice; Calycanthus: American allspice |
| Vol
11, #4: Rhubarb; Irrigation of fruit & nut trees;
Growing own-rooted fruit trees; Fuelwood; Pests: Rooks & Crows;
Drying fruits & nuts; Hottentot fig; Book reviews: Nutshell Guide
to Growing Walnuts / Ecoagriculture / Trees, Crops & Soil Fertility |
| Vol
12, #1: Complete salad list; Sustainable orchard floor
mgmt; Walnut trials; Forest gardening: Design of Clearings; Book reviews:
Plant Resins / Organic Fruit Growing / Republic of Shade / Simple
Grafting / Apples: Botany, Production & Uses / Biology of Apples
& Pears |
| Vol
12, #2: Taxus: the yews; Dye plants; Book Reviews: Growing
Unusual Vegetables / Hawthorns & Medlars; Plantns for difficult
sites: annuals & biennials; The golden chinkapins: Castanopsis
& Chrysolepis; Temperate taungya |
| Vol
12, #3: Chestnut variety trials; Dye Plants (2); Fresh
woods and pastures new; The loquat: Eriobotrya japonica;
Nut Processing: adding value to fresh nuts; Tree defenses. |
| Vol
12, #4: The dawn redwood: Metasequoia glyptostroboides;
Pollination of nut trees; Blue Honeysuckle - Lonicera caerulea;
Dye plants (3): Mordant and tannin plants; Pest and disease series:
Voles; Chaenomeles: The Oriental quinces; Book reviews. |
| Vol
13, #1: Vaccinium: the Blueberry family; Apple
cultivar disease-resistance trial; Using Nitrogen-fixing shrubs in
nut orchards; Book review: The Earth Care Manual; Compendium of edible
fruits: (1) trees. |
| Vol
13, #2: News (High-temp treated wood, Climate change
and wine production, Uranium accumulators); Pistachios in Italy; Carob
production in China; Tree engineering; Chestnut production in Spain;
Book reviews; Compendium of edible fruits: shrubs; Fodder trees and
shrubs. |
| Vol
13, #3: News; Lime bast cordage in Northern Europe; Fibre
sources from bark; Pine nuts: present and future prospects; Bamboo
utilization in China; Processing plant materials into fibers; Mulberries
in China and Japan; A power-driven nut cracker; Bamboo as a building
material in Europe; Bamboo fiber; Compendium of edible fruits: climber
shrubs; The nettle: Urtica dioica. |
| Vol
13, #4: News (Origins of domestic apples, Squirrel meat,
More pigs in woodland); Food value of annual and perennial vegetables;
Horse chestnut: Aesculus hippocastaneum; Silvopasture in
Shropshire; Dehesa agroforestry systems; Physalis: Ground cherries;
Lithocarpus: the tanbark oaks; Compendium of edible fruits:
perennials and annuals; Wooly aphid of apple; Pine resin - sources
and uses; Book review. |
| Vol
14, #1: News (Hops for food, Lacquer-based agroforestry
in China, Silvopasture in Appalachia, Livestock and aspen in BC, Nut
orchard management in Ca, Hazels on multiple stems, ART research site);
Chestnut variety trial results; Insect control by bats; Passiflora:
passion flowers & passion fruits; Bacterial disease control by
plants; the Myrtles; Swamp Cypress: Taxodium distichum; Storage of
organic apples & pears; Book review: Nutshell Guide to Growing
Blueberries, Cranberries & Lingonberries |
| Vol
14, #2: News (A new silvo-poultry system, Black walnut
in Britain, Squirrel collars for trees, New plants from the A.R.T.,
Fungal titbits, First pine nut harvest, Forest garden slide show,
Edible Forest Gardens, Walnuts in SW France, Walnut timber processing
in Italy); Soil Influences on Tree Roots; Hops (cultivation, pests
& diseases, varieties); Book Reviews: Silvopastoralism & Sustainable
Land Management; Woodland Management; Edible Forest Gardens |
| Vol
14, #3: Using mixed species cropping to manage pests
and deseases; Sap production from black walnut; Rose hips: properties
& culture; Apples in agroforestry systems; Book reviews: Nutshell
Guide to Growing Hazelnuts / Hedgerow History / The Black Poplar;
Chestnuts: post-harvest quality; World hazelnut culture; Plants for
windy sites: Trees (1); Oriental Persimmon in Europe. |
| Vol.
14, #4: Birch agroforestry in Canada / The ringing Cedars
/ Climate change papers / Forest farming of Alliums; Deep pipe irrigation;
Cloudberries; Malva: the mallows; Plants for windy sites:
trees (2); Trees and aquaculture systems; Zanthoxylum: Temperate pepper
trees for zones 3-8; New Zealand flax; Spice bush: Lindera benzoin;
Tree pruning in broadscale agroforestry. |
| Vol.
15, #1: New additions to ART plant list / Deer fencing
/ Controlled woodland browsing by goats / Biologcal efficiency of
two Chinese agroforestry systems / Walnut blight and its causes /
The houses that matsutake built; Traditional and innovative chestnut
products; Plants for windy sites: Shrubs; Walnut agroforestry in the
Netherlands; Invertebrate diversity research study; Walnut wood and
its utilisation. |
| Vol.
15, #2: News: Apples from Central Asia; 2006 Trial Ground
Report; Using wood for fuel: The science of burning wood / Notes on
specific woofs for burning / Drying wood / Heating systems: log or
woodchip? / Log heating systems; Plants for windy sites: Shrubs; Book
reviews: Forestry and Society / N-Tillage Seeding in Conservation
Agriculture / Ecologically-based Integrated Pest Management; Hemerocallis:
the daylilies. |
| Vol.
15, #3: News: Alley cropping in Quebec/ Appalachian
Silvopasture research; Silvoarable systems in Europe; Rumex: the docks
and sorrels; Edible mushrooms from wood; Lupinus: the lupins; Plants
for windy sites: Perennials; Sedum: the stonecrops; book review: Growing
Green |
| Vol.
15, #4: News: Walnut products in France / Estates in
transition / British forests & climate change; Forest gardens:
how they develop, persist & decline; Mentha: mint species; Red
bayberry (Myrica rubra): A promising fruit and forest tree; Apples
which hang well on the tree. |
| Vol.
16, #1: News: Bog myrtle beers / UK summer truffles
/ Maple sugar & climate change / Red squirrels forecast the future;
Paper mulberry: Broussonetia papyrifera; Nitrogen fixation in plants;
Hardy nitrogen-fixing plant list; Birch: wood, sap and bark uses. |
| Vol.
16, #2: News: Bamboo-based particleboard / Bamboo leaf
extract / Bamboo plastic / Bamboo paper / Bamboo bridge / Medicinal
mushroom for prostate cancer/ Pine medicinal uses / Feverfew modern
uses / Sea buckthorn in Canada / Bamboo propagation / Tapping bigleaf
maple / Codling moth control / Goats in the forest; Wooden shingles
and shakes for roofing; Book reviews: Ultimate Fruit & Nuts /
Fruit and Nut Production; Sea buckthorn - the new 'superfruit'; Attracting
beneficial insects. |
| Vol.
16, #3: News; Stone pine for nut production; Walnut
breeding in California; Almond: breeding for fruit quality; Hazelnut:
breeding in Oregon; Pest series: Deer and Rabbits; Ostrich fern: Mateuccia
struthiopteris; A low-cost nut sorting machine; Roots of fruit
& nut trees; book reviews: Perennial Vegetables / The Encyclopedia
of Fruit and Nuts |
| Vol.
16, #4: News:Bamboo Bridge / MRSA & honey / Malaria
& Artemisia; Climate change: agricultural dimensions; Likely climate
changes in Britain; Plant & soil responses to climate change;
Climate impact on pests; Climate impacts on diseases; Farming methods
& gas emissions; Suggested responses to climate change; Irrigation
methods; book reviews: Hedgerow Medicine / Natural
Beekeeping / Agroforesterie |
| Vol.
17, #1: News: A good summer for truffles / Cider from
Ash Trees / Pine bark for osteoarthritis / Threatened plants; The
RISC rooftop forest garden; Climate change and agroecosystems; Paulownia;
Inks and paints; Hemp; book reviews: The Woodland Year / The Peach |
| Vol.
17, #2: News: Cork forests in danger / Oregano essential
oil against MRSA / UK recent climate changes; Indicators and guidelines
for landscape assessment and planning for agroforestry; The ART forest
garden in 2008; woad as an indigo crop; Traditional Andean cultivation
systems: implications for sustainable land use; Viola: the violets |
| Vol.
17, #3: News: Forest management / Cones as a crop /
Surge of interest in wild foods; Food exploration in the Caucasus;
Soil organisms; The Campanulas; Coast redwood for timber; American
gooseberry mildew; Biochar: an unknown quantity; Book reviews: Proper
Pruning of Grapevines / A Year in a Forest Garden / Asian Vegetables
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| Vol.
17, #4: News: Prairie fruit / Bamboo computer keyboards
/ Ostrich fern; Forest gardens & carbon sequestration; Native
plants: Restoring to an idea; Greek agroforestry systems; Ecosystem
services & environmental benefits of agroforestry; Black truffles
& agroforestry; Autumn olive in forestry; Agroforestry in Portugal;
Agroforestry in the Netherlands; Book review: The Living Landscape:
How to Read and Understand It by Patrick Whitefield |
| Vol.
18, #1: News: Limits to nitrogen / Milkweeds; Plumcots;
Mulberries; The future for chestnut; Juneberries: Amelanchier species;
Blue honeysuckle - Lonicera caerulea; Book review: Nature's Matrix |
| Vol.
18, #2: News: Woody plands & climate change adaption
/ Uses of plant oils / Echium as an oil crop / Myrica gale as a
beer ingredient; Plant resins; A simple chestnut peeling process;
Future impacts of climate change on UK forests; Alternative rubber
plants; American gooseberry mildew; Book
review: The Forager Handbook |
| Vol.
18, #3: News: Cork for padding / Maple syrup / Feverfew
/ Sea buckthorn leaves / Chestnut wood / Mulberries / Medieval &
organic apples / Nuts & health; Toona sinensis - the Chinese toon;
Land use options for sustainable farming; Autumn olive - Elaeagnus
umbellata; Mycorrhizae; Sea buckthorns; Myoga - a hardy ginger; 'Nut
wizard' harvesters |
| Vol.
18, #4: News: Plant compounds & human health / saffron/
Ginkgo biloba: the maidenhair tree; Sea buckthorn; Beers & ales
from trees & shrubs; Cornus mas: Cornelian cherry; The history
of sweet chestnut; Book review: Roundwood Timber Framing |
| Vol.
19, #1: News: White mulberries in Tajikistan / Cobnut
oil scoops prize / Climate change research at Brogdale / Catch frame
for cherry & berry harvesting / Is burning biomass really zero
carbon?; Biomass - A burning issue; Abies & Picea: the firs &
spruces |
| Vol.
19, #2: News: Beekepers & pesticides / UK Gene ban
for rare fruit species / Four degrees & beyond / Passiflora incarnata
/ Pine nuts & the grizzlies / Nootkanone against ticks / Tannins
in the environment / Chestnut-fed pigs; Bamboo uses - overview; A
few perennial vegetables; The importance of bees in nature; Book review:
Sepp Holzer's Permaculture; ART course & guided tours 2011 |
| Vol.
19, #3: News: Small is successful / Fungi that make
fuel / Medicinal honey / Sea buckthorn - a possible anti-cancer plant
/ Honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos) & nitrogen fixation / Making
a business of spruce resin salve / Interconnectedness of ecosystems
/ Plant-based sweeteners / Edible forest insects in human nutrition;
Some more perennial vegetables; Forest products from insects; Trees
& shrubs yielding edible oils |
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19, #4: News: Value of non-natives / Switzerland's sweet
saffron / New onine MSc / Wakelyns Agroforestry / Alley cropping /
Polycultures in Wisconsin / Trees and staph infections / Nitrogen
in alder leaves; A few more perennial vegetables; Silvopastoralism;
Looking Fack to th eFuture: Historical Ploycultures in Central Italy;
Windbreak density: design rules of thumb; Book review: Grounds for
Hope; Comprehensive Integrated Agroforestry |
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20, #1: Special issue: The oaks; Acorns as a food crop;
Oak species; Tannin content of acorns; Species descriptions |
| Vol.
20, #2: Pokeweed electricity / Tree hay; Lime and soil
acidity Q & A; Pest series: Voles; Schisandra; Trees and shrubs
for acid soils; Thuja: the Arborvitae; Damping off; Direct seeding
of woody plants; Trees and shrubs tolerant of salt spray |
| Vol.
20, #3: Climate simulations / Birds, butterflies &
climate change / Chestnut blight found in England / Biochar / Rosemary
/ new ART site; Bamboo leaf uses; French apple varieties; Seaweeds;
Symphytum: the comfreys; Book: How to Grow Perennial Vegetables; Using
bracken as a peat substitute; Attracting kestrels for vole control;
2012 courses and tours at the ART |
| Vol.
20, #4: Comfrey / protecting chestnut crops / natural
agents against fireblight / phytochemicals in cranberries / quince
disease resistance / oak processionary moth / new kiwi disease tracked;
Glycyrrhiza: the licorices; All Nitrogen Fixers Are Not Created Equal;
Oxalis: the wood sorrel family; Damping off diseases; Goji berries |
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Vol.
21, #1: Nov. 2012, Wick Irrigation / Cranberry research
/ Medical advances from tree nut research / Soft hardwood, Hard
softwood / Neanderthals self-medicated?; Medlars; Myrica species
(featured on this issue's first ever color cover photo!) - the wax
myrtles and bayberries; Pawpaw. |
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Vol.
21, #2: Feb. 2013, Bacteria as anti-fungal agents /
Checks on trees imported into UK / Breeding sea buckthorn in Germany;
Beech as a nut crop; Japanese plum; Cedrus: the true cedars; Plum
pox virus; Japanese parsley / mitsuba; Kumquats - Fortunella species;
2013 courses from the Agroforestry Research Trust |
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