The following is from an email to the NZWIG committee from Mike C. He was responding to the fact that the committee is considering planning a special general meeting to enable the next round of discussion and decision on importing trial cultivars. With Mike’s permission and on the suggestion of our president the message is posted here to enable discussion. Please use the comment facilities here to express your opinion, or speak to a committee member.
Climatic variation
Growth rates
Effect of wind on this / these new trees
Shelter requirements for this / these new tress
Soil type differences and the effect of trees
Nutrient dominance or deficiency effect on trees at variuos stages of growth
Disease and pests
Resistance to coddling moth
Effect on trees of other diseases not yet known in NZ
Blight resistance
Pollination
Pollination success rates
Polinators needed
Early, mid reason or late flowering
Effect of frost on this / these new trees
Effects of drought or soil wetness [or levels of water application or miosture tolerance]
Crop Yeild [from adolesence to adult trees]
Crop data
Crack out ratio
Storage [Reduction in kernal quality of given time spans in NZ conditions]
Tree Growth
Tree shape and planting spacing
Pruning regimes available to growers for best yeild
Grafting success rate [if known from overseas sources]
Any particular root stock
Tree growth rates [anticipated in NZ and NZ regions, known in other country /. regions]
THIS LIST SHOULD BE REGARDED AS IMCOMPLETE.
Is this tree / these trees likely to be successfully in specific areas of NZ
Also has any progress been made on the quality of other trees and crop from other NZ regions.
Has any progress been made to discover if this cultivar [or cultivars] already exist in NZ
Is this tree [or these trees] new and if so what is the history of its / their development.
What is the marketing value of this / these new nuts and their value added products
What arguments are going to be employed to convince new growers to plant this / these cultivars instead of the existing cultivars of known quality.
What arguement, or arguements, is/are going to used to convince the consuming public that THIS IS SOMETHING NEW