Issue No 10, July 1998.

NOTICE: Hard copies of the Australian New Crops Newsletter are available from the publisher, Dr Rob Fletcher. Details of availability are included in the Advice on Publications Available.

27. New crop publications

Edited by KW Hyde
ISBN 0 642 24690 4
ISSN 1321 2656
Published by the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC)
Level 1, AMA House, 42 Macquarie St Barton ACT 2600
PO Box 4776, Kingston ACT 2604
Telephone: 02 6272 4539
Facsimile: 02 6272 5877
Email: rirdc@netinfo.com.au
Web Site: http://www.rirdc.gov.au

Contents:

Success factors for developing new rural industries (K Hyde); Marketing research for new industries (R Fletcher, P Twyford-Jones and P Blessing);

Alpacas (C Tuckwell); Cashmere (R McCregor); The crocodile industry (S Peucker); Dairy goats and goat milk products (B McGregor); Deer farming (B Mackay); Emu farming (P O'Malley); Goat meat (R McCregor); Mohair (B McGregor); Native birds and reptiles (GR Wilson); The ostrich industry (C Tuckwell); Sheep milking (R Bencini and S Dawe); Water buffalo (B Lemcke);

Aquaculture:

Abalone (P Hone and A Fleming); Barramundi (C Barlow); Eels (J Goolay); Inland production of marine fish (S Fielder and GL Allan); Marron (C Lawrence); Prawns (PC Rothlisburg); Redclaw crayfish (CM Jones); Silver perch (SJ Rowland); Trout (J Goolay); Yabbies (C Lawrence);

Burdock (VQ Nguyen); Chinese broccoli (S Moore and W Morgan); Chinese cabbage (B Tomkins and P Daly); Chinese chard (S Moore, W Morgan and M Chew); Chinese flowering cabbage (S Moore and W Morgan); Chinese waterchestnut (D Midmore); Culinary bamboo shoots (D Midmore); Edamame (vegetable green soybean, VQ Nguyen); Long white radish (daikon, VQ Nguyen); Loofahs, gourds, melons and snake beans (TK Lim); Wasabi (M Barber and M Buntain);

Bushfoods (C Graham and D Hart);

Culinary herbs (K Fletcher and S Fraser);

Eucalyptus oil (R Davis); Fennel oil (L Peterson); Lavender (R Holmes); Peppermint oil (L Peterson and F Bienvenu); Spearmint oil (L Peterson and F Bienvenu); Tea tree oil (J Murtagh);

Durian (T K Lim); Lychee and longan (C Menzel and C McConchie); Mangosteen (J Downton and E Chacko, deceased); Persimmon (R Collins); Rambutan (T K Lim and Y Diczbalis);

Adzuki bean (P Desborough and R Redden); Black gram (B Imrie); Buckwheat (C Bluett); Cool season pulses (J Hamblin); Cowpea (B Imrie); Guar (R Fletcher and H Murphy); Lima bean (R Redden); Moth bean (R Fletcher and G Beech); Mung bean (B Imrie); Sesame seed (M Bennett);

Medicinal herbs (P Purbrick); Ginseng (C Hosemans); Jojoba (P Milthorpe);

Coffee (J Drinnan and D Peasley); Japanese green tea (A Monks); The olive industry (S Sweeney and G Davies);

Cashews (E Chack,o deceased), P O'Farrell and S Blaikie); Chestnuts (L Snare); Hazelnuts (B Raldwin); Pistachios (B Robinson); Walnuts (HH Adem);

Plant fibre crops (IM Wood and S deJong);

Spices: Coriander and fenugreek (M Jongebloed)

Acacias (M Sedgley and E Horlock); Banksias (M Sedgley); Blandfordia (K Johnson); Boronias (JA Plummer); Eucalypts (M Sedgley); Flannel flowers (C Offord and L von Richter); Geraldton wax and relatives (JA Considine and D Crowns); Ixodea daisy (GE Bath); Kangaroo paw (R Worrall and K Young); New South Wales Christmas bush (R Worrall and P Dalley); Protea, leucadendron and waratah (D Tranter); Riceflowers (P Beal, C Carson, L Turnbull and L Forsberg); Smokebush (K Seaton and MG Webb); Stirlingia (A Reid); Thryptomene (D Beardsell and AT Slater);

570pp, 1998
Available from RIRDC
AUD40 plus AUD8 postage and handling

Mrs Kim Fletcher
Focus on Herb Consultancy and Information Service
PO Box 203
Launceston Tas 7250

Networking and access to information are critical for the success of individual enterprises and for the development of any industry as a whole. Finding the necessary contacts to satisfy both of these needs can be a time consuming and frustrating exercise.

In the herb industry, the task has been made easier by the production of the Australian Herb Industry Resource Guide. Now in its third edition, this book provides a comprehensive list of the sources and resources available within the industry with hundreds of useful contacts for anyone with an interest as a buyer, seller or information seeker.

The publishers of the Resource Guide are currently updating information on the industry for a fourth edition of the book to be released in early 1999.

Inclusion in the book is free with businesses being listed in categories including consultants, equipment, societies, growers organizations, importers, suppliers of plants, seeds, culinary and medicinal herbs, manufacturers, display gardens, specialist herb shops, essential oils, craft materials, herbal events, magazines, courses and technical support services.

For the first time, the forthcoming edition of this book will include a supplement on the herb industry in New Zealand.

Herb related businesses in Australia and New Zealand are invited to send details of the products and services they provide, together with a current catalogue, to the publishers:

Focus on Herb Consultancy and Information Service
PO Box 203
Launceston Tas 7250
Information is required no later than September 20.

For further information contact:
Kim & Michael Fletcher
Telephone: 03 6330 1493
Facsimile: 03 6330 1498

[Focus on Herbs is currently developing a web site for the herb industry to provide updates on industry news, issues, research, marketplace, events, publications etc. The site is expected to be accessible by the end of August at: htpp://www.focusonherbs.com.au ]

Greg Whitten

Herbal Harvest is a comprehensive 555 page guide to organic and biodynamic production of dried herbs outlining the general principles and practices of organic herb production with particular emphasis on harvesting, drying and processing to produce premium quality dried herbs that contain the vital qualities of the living plant.

The book details growing, harvesting, drying, processing and marketing of 109 species and is based on the author's twenty years of experience in producing and marketing quality dried herbs.

There is a chapter on wildcrafting, i.e. the gathering of herbs from the wild and a comprehensive chapter on effective and efficient weed control.

There is information about yields, prices and expected returns, financial outlays and running costs. The book focusses on small to intermediate scale herb growing operations, with areas of up to 0.4 hectares in production. Much of the information is also relevant for smaller home gardens or for larger broadacre operations.

There are two information charts to facilitate quick access to information on each herb, which enables comparisons to be made between species.

This book has received widespread acclaim for its attention to detail and is easy to read. There is information of value also to other sectors of the herb industry, practitioners and those interested in the general use of herbs.

It is being used by TAFE Colleges and as a reference by horticulturists and botanists.

The second edition will include a fully revised index with higher quality paper and stronger binding than previous edition.

Available after August from:

Greg Whitten
134 Maudleys Road
Allens Rivulet Tas 7150
Telephone: 03 6239 6356
Facsimile: 03 6267 2902 (until late August)
Price will be less than the current price (AUD95)

By Ian Parkin, Director
Australian Gum Products Pty Ltd

Contents:Introduction, guar gum uses, soil requirements for guar, temperature requirements, moisture requirements, as a rotation crop, planting dates, recommended varieties, seed bed preparation, fertilizer requirement, inoculation of planting seed, row spacing and seeding rate, planting equipment, weed control, insects and other pests, plant diseases, harvesting seed, seed yield, guar as a multi-purpose crop: green manuring, grazing or green chop feeding, standover winter feed, hay and silage, planting with fodder sorghum, millet, etc., as a concentrate for feeding to cattle, sheep and horses, sale of seed for processing.

Available from:

Australian Gum Products Pty Ltd
16 Westridge St
Brookfield Qld 4069
Telephone 07 3374 1368
Facsimile 07 3878 1433
International facsimile 61 7 3878 1433
24pp

ACIAR Monograph 48
By JN O'Sullivan, CJ Asher and FPC Blamey
ISBN 1 86320 210 2

Contents: Introduction, managing sweet potato nutrition (causes of nutrient disorders, diagnosing nutrient disorders, correcting nutrient disorders, nutrient requirements of sweet potato), disorders producing symptoms mainly on the older leaves (phosphorus deficiency, potassium deficiency, magnesium deficiency, boron toxicity, manganese toxicity, salinity), disorders producing symptoms on leaves of any age (nitrogen deficiency, sulphur deficiency, manganese deficiency, copper deficiency, molybdenum deficiency, zinc toxicity, copper toxicity), disorders producing symptoms mainly on the younger leaves (calcium deficiency, iron deficiency, boron deficiency, zinc deficiency), disorders producing no specific leaf symptoms (aluminium toxicity), foliar symptoms produced by pathogens and pests, references.

Available from:

Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
GPO Box 1571
Canberra ACT 2601
136 pp, 1997

Donald S Loch
1996 Churchill Fellow

Contents: Background: development of different forms of cultivar protection (US Plant Patent Act, plant breeder 's rights, utility patents), comparison of different forms of cultivar protection (plant patents, plant breeder 's rights, utility patents, trade secrets, trademarks), operation of PBR (rationale, different approaches to DUS (Distinctness, Uniformity, Stability) testing, distinguishing characteristics, enforcement of rights), current issues and trends (farm-saved seed, international trade, globalisation), Commercial impact on herbage seed supply: seed supply systems (public cultivars. proprietary cultivars), plant breeders (what is breeding?, biotechnology, private breeders, public breeders, enforcement of rights, farmers' rights and germplasm exchange, seed companies, seed producers, end-users, sources of leakage such as farm-saved seed and unnamed seed, the change to a proprietary system), Conclusions, Recommendations, Acknowledgments, References, Appendix 1: the case against PBR, Appendix 2: Australian Seed Industry and research issues (comparative advantages and performance, future directions, quarantine facilities and support, building international contacts, research support for seed industry development: organisation, future research directions, encouraging and rewarding innovation, misc- ellaneous matters).

Available from:

Dr DS Loch
Queensland Department of Primary Industries
PO Box 395
Gympie Qld 4570
Telephone 07 4821 522
Facsimile 07 4821 529
Email: lochd@dpi.qld.gov.au
50pp, 1998

By Olives Australia

Contents: Health, selecting a site, olive information, soils, climate, land preparation and planting, irrigation, orchard maintenance, pests and problems, harvesting, making olive oil, pickling your fruit, market overview (imports, exports, marketing), varieties of olives, olive tree varieties, prices and freight, financial assumptions for an irrigated olive orchard, financial assumptions for a fully irrigated oil only olive orchard, Olives Australia, grower support and information services, olive agencies, Olives Australia Information Service, seminars and expos.

Available from:

Olives Australia
16 McGarva Rd
Grantham Qld 4347
Telephone: 07 5466 1333
Facsimile: 07 5466 1592
Email: oliveaus@ozemail.com.au
Web Site: http://www.oliveaustralia.aust.com
28pp

Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 946
By Laura Butterfield
Email: laurajwb@connix.com

Report of a study on the growing of eleven of the most popular and common medicinal herbs in Conneticut, USA. The herbs included catnip, horehound, feverfew, Echinacea, lemon balm, borage, hyssop, valerian, German chamomile, calendula, mint, and bee balm (Monarda). It contains seed germination rates for different seed suppliers, foliage harvest data and a time course for the calendula and chamomile harvests.

For more information contact:

Mr. Paul Gough
The CT Agricultural Experiment Station
PO Box 1106
New Haven CT 06504-1106 USA

Edited by M Hermann and J Heller
Promoting the conservation and use of underutilized and neglected crops. 21.
Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research
Gatersleben/International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome Italy

This monograph covers the biology, biosystematics, economic botany
and genetic resources of ahipa (Pachyrhizus ahipa, Fabaceae), arracacha (Arracacia xanthorrhiza, Apiaceae), maca (Lepidium meyenii, Brassicaceae) and yacon (Small-anthus sonchifolius, Asteraceae). Written by crop experts from several institutions, the book not only provides the newest research findings, but it also draws heavily on a sizeable body of grey literature in Spanish and Portuguese which is hardly accessible to the non-specialist.

Copies can be obtained by contacting:

IPGRI (International Plant Genetic Resources Institute)
Via delle Sette Chiese 142
00145 Rome, Italy
Telephone: 39 065 189 2233
Facsimile: 39 065 75 0309
Email: p.stapleton@cgnet.com
256 pp 1997

This volume is a member of a series of 22 volumes dealing with a wide range of neglected and under-utilized crops for food and industrial uses. The total series includes:

With their emphasis on genetic resources and providing analyses of crop potentials and
constraints, these monographs will form a reference source for those concerned with the conservation, improvement and promotion of minor crops.

The series is co-published by the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) and the Institut fur Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflan-zenforschung (IPK) and its production was funded by the German Ministry of Cooperation (BMZ).

A web site will shortly be available containing almost all of these volumes in pdf form.

Related web sites include:
http://www.cgiar.org/ipgri/feature/index.htm
http://www.cgiar.org/ipgri/publicat/promot.htm

Held in Beijing, China
In English
US$30 + postage, US$35 by air
799 pp

The money for these Sweet Sorghum publications can be paid by bank transfer to:
Institute of Botany, CAS, at the Headquarters, Bank of China, Account number No.
1404773.
For further information, contact
Prof Li Dajue
Beijing Botanical Garden
Institute of Botany
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing 100093 China
Email: lidj@ns.ibcas.ac.cn

Held in Beijing, China
In English
US$25 + postage, US$30 by air
Approximately 2000 abstracts
605 pp

The money for these Sweet Sorghum publications can be paid by bank transfer to:
Institute of Botany, CAS, at the Headquarters, Bank of China, Account number No.
1404773.
For further information, contact
Prof Li Dajue
Beijing Botanical Garden
Institute of Botany
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing 100093 China
Email: lidj@ns.ibcas.ac.cn

By Vic Cherikoff
ISBN 0 646 07470 9
Published by Bush Tucker Supply Australia Pty Ltd
482 Victoria Rd, Gladesville
PO Box B103
Boronia Park, NSW 2111
Telephone: 02 9817 1060
International telephone: 61 2 9817 1060

Contents: Preface, acknowledgments, bush cooking, home cooking, fine dining, sweet things, bushfood glossary, recipe index, ingredient index, menu ideas.

Available from booksellers
206pp, 1994
AUD35

By Vic Cherikoff

ISBN 0 646 15496 6
Published by Bush Tucker Supply Australia Pty Ltd
482 Victoria Rd, Gladesville
PO Box B103
Boronia Park NSW 2111
Telephone: 02 9817 1060
International telephone: 61 2 9817 1060

Contents: Preface, introduction, Australian food, bush food and aborigines, foraging in the city, creating your own backyard foraging patch, recipes, a taste from the bush, survival in the bush, regional listings of food species, bibliography, index, acknowledgments, a few words of wisdom and warning.

Available from booksellers
208pp, 1997
AUD35

By John Brock
ISBN 0 7301 0407 9
Published by Reed Books, a part of Reed Books Australia
35 Cotham Rd
Kew Vic 3101

Contents: List of illustrations and colour plates, acknowledgments, introduction, how to use the book (guide to plant communities and descriptions), plant communities (introduction; sandstone habitats: eucalypt woodland-scrubland; lowland habitats: eucalypt communities, lowland wetlands; coastal habitats: sand dunes and beaches, mangrove communities; monsoon forest: general overview, flora, dispersal, aboriginal usage, vegetation, sandstone vine-forests, vine forests on rock outcrops, lowland vine-forests, coastal vine-forests), plant descriptions (283 pages, 1-2 descriptions per page, with colour photographs), references, bibliography, glossary, family list, appendix- plant name changes, index.

Available from booksellers.
356pp, 1997
AUD50

By Anne Urban
ISBN 0 949318 03 5
Published by Portside Editions Pty Ltd
261 Salmon St
Fishermens Bend Vic 3207

Contents: Dedication, acknowledgments, introduction, Pterdophyta (ferns), Gymnospermae (conifers), Angiospermae (flowering plants: sorted into genera within families; colour photographs), glossary, refer- ences, index.

Available from booksellers.
240 pp, 1993
AUD17

By Simon Fisher and Damian Fisher
ISBN 1 86287 2929
Published by The Federation Press
PO Box 45
Annandale NSW 2038
Telephone: 02 9552 2200
Facsimile: 02 9552 1681
Email: marketing@fedpress.aust.com

This new book blends commercial and legal understanding of how Australian traders can use agents, distributors and other intermediaries more effectively when expanding their business offshore. This is a practical account of how to select and manage agents and distributors, with advice on the use of export sales contracts in product-based international trade.

It covers knowledge-based trade, the use of technology transfer and licensing, joint ventures, strategic alliances and other market entry options. There are case studies, checklists, tables and other visual aids, as well as precedent agency and distribution contracts.

The authors have had long experience in advising traders, one from a standpoint which has been primarily legal and the other primarily commercial.

Contents: Building an integrated export marketing strategy; agency; agents in some key export markets; distributorships; direct sales; export sales contracts; joint ventures, strategic alliances and market entry options; manufacture under licence and technology transfer; appendices including Precedent Agency Contract, Precedent Distribution Contract, how to build an export selling price for sea freight and airfreight shipments.

Available from:
Reply Paid AAA201
The Federation Press
PO Box 45
Annandale NSW 2038
AUD75 (AUD72.50 if cheque with order; plus AUD5 postage/handling within Australia; overseas add AUD15 for sea mail, AUD20 for economy airmail plus AUD5 per subsequent extra volume)

By JC Doran and JW Turnbull
Published by Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
GPO Box 1571
Canberra ACT 2601

This book builds on Multipurpose Australian Trees and Shrubs: lesser- known species for fuelwood and agro-forestry published by ACIAR in 1986.

The new title contains expanded digests on those species with the greatest potential and includes many of the better-known and more widely-planted species which were not included in the earlier book. Shorter digests on the minor species bring the total number of species described to 166.

The first third of this book contains a description of the Australian environment, the vegetation, the selection of species and provenances for planting and an introduction to the digests themselves.

Each of the 112 major species is illustrated with a colour photograph and all species have a distribution map showing known natural occurrence within the Australasian region.

Available from:
Reply Paid 440
Bibliotech, Anutech Pty Ltd
GPO Box 4
Canberra ACT 2601
Telephone: 02 6249 2479
Facsimile: 02 6257 5088
International facsimile: 61 2 6257 5088
AUD84.00 plus AUD5 posting and packing. AUD8 Asia/Oceania posting and packing. AUD12 Overseas posting and packing

Farming Alternatives: A Guide to Evaluating the Feasibility of New Farm-Based Enterprises

NRAES-32

This book has been designed to assist rural and farm residents in New York state in the US who are considering alternative enterprises. The case study and workbook format helps in evaluating personal and family consider- ations, resources, market potential, production feasibility, profitability, cash flow, and all factors combined. The guidebook also offers research sources for enterprise ideas. Each chapter includes exercises, self-tests, checklists, and worksheets that allow the reader to analyze an enterprise idea.

Available from:
Northeast Regional Agricultural Engineering Service (NRAES)
152 Riley-Robb Hall,
Cooperative Extension
Ithaca NY 14853-5701 USA
Telephone: 1 607 255 7654
International facsimile: 1 607 254 8770
Email: NRAES@cornell.edu
$US8 plus postage and handling
88 pp, 1988

Bramble Production Guide

NRAES-35

Bramble fruits, raspberries and blackberries, are highly nutritious and popular in yogurt, juices, jams, and wines. In response to rising interest among growers in the US, this guide provides detailed information about all aspects of bramble production for both potential and established growers in the US. Topics discussed include site selection and preparation, plant selection, pruning and trellising, pest and disease management, spray technology, harvesting and handling, and marketing. The guide contains 15 chapters, 10 pages of color illustrations with over 115 photos, a glossary, a
disease diagnostic key, a list of supplementary materials, and an extensive reference list.

Available from:
Northeast Regional Agricultural Engineering Service (NRAES)
152 Riley-Robb Hall
Cooperative Extension
Ithaca NY 14853-5701 USA
Telephone: 1 607 255 7654
International facsimile: 1 607 254 8770
Email: NRAES@cornell.edu
$US45 plus postage and handling
189 pp, 1989

The Commercial Storage of Fruits, Vegetables, and Florist and Nursery Stocks

USDA-66

The goal of fruit, vegetable, and cut flower storage is to provide an environment that minimizes deterioration until the final steps in marketing. General topics such as quality, precooling, relative humidity, respiration rates, and supplements to refrigeration are covered in the first section of this book. Subsequent sections cover optimum storage conditions for specific fruits, vegetables, cut flowers, and nursery stock.

Available from:
Northeast Regional Agricultural Engineering Service (NRAES)
152 Riley-Robb Hall
Cooperative Extension
Ithaca NY 14853-5701 USA
Telephone: 1 607 255 7654
International facsimile: 1 607 254 8770
Email: NRAES@cornell.edu
$US15 plus postage and handling
130 pp, 1986

Facilities for Roadside Markets

NRAES-52

Selling produce from a roadside market can be satisfying and profitable, but only with careful planning. This publication from the US is valuable for persons considering a roadside market or looking to improve or expand a current one. Three chapters cover site considerations (visibility and accessibility, utilities, drainage, zoning, and building ordinances); market layout (areas for sales, preparation, and shipping and receiving); and market structure and facilities (parking, lighting, fire protection, security, and more). Also included are twenty-six illustrations, four tables and two sets of plans.

Available from:
Northeast Regional Agricultural Engineering Service (NRAES)
152 Riley-Robb Hall
Cooperative Extension
Ithaca NY 14853-5701 USA
Telephone: 1 607 255 7654
International facsimile: 1 607 254 8770
Email: NRAES@cornell.edu
$US7 plus postage and handling
32 pp, 1992

Highbush Blueberry Production Guide

NRAES-55

Blueberries, native to North America, have become increasingly popular with growers and consumers throughout the world. This book is the first comprehensive resource for blueberry growers and the advisers who assist them. Written by 29 experts from across the US, it covers all aspects of blueberry production including site selection and preparation, plant
selection, blueberry growth and development, maintenance, pest manage- ment, harvesting, and marketing. Topics that other fruit-production guides rarely address, such as nuisance wildlife management, water management, spray technology, and budgeting, are discussed as well. The guide features 168 full-color photos, 27 tables, 24 figures and charts, and a key to problems.

Available from:
Northeast Regional Agricultural Engineering Service (NRAES)
152 Riley-Robb Hall
Cooperative Extension
Ithaca NY 14853-5701 USA
Telephone: 1 607 255 7654
International facsimile: 1 607 254 8770
Email: NRAES@cornell.edu
$US48 plus postage and handling
200 pp, 1992

Produce Handling for Direct Marketing

NRAES-51

Successful direct marketing of fresh fruits and vegetables depends on providing quality items in a clean and customer-friendly environment. This publication produced in the US is valuable for growers who sell seasonal produce at local farmers' markets or roadside markets. It describes postharvest physiology, food safety, produce handling from harvest to storage, refrigerated storage, produce displays, and specific handling and display recommendations for over forty types of fruits and vegetables. Eleven tables and eight figures are included.

Available from:
Northeast Regional Agricultural Engineering Service (NRAES)
152 Riley-Robb Hall
Cooperative Extension
Ithaca NY 14853-5701 USA
Telephone: 1 607 255 7654
International facsimile: 1 607 254 8770
Email: NRAES@cornell.edu
$US7 plus postage and handling
26 pp, 1992

Refrigeration and Controlled Atmosphere Storage for Horticultural Crops

NRAES-22

Refrigerated storage extends the period of acceptable eating quality of perishable seasonable products.

General construction procedures for storage facilities are discussed in this handbook produced in the US, such as site selection, structural considerations, thermal insulation, vapor barriers, and attic ventilation.

Different refrigeration systems are explained, including descriptions of equipment and operating procedures. Controlled atmosphere storage construction, testing, and operation are discussed, especially in relation to apple storage.

Available from:
Northeast Regional Agricultural Engineering Service (NRAES)
152 Riley-Robb Hall
Cooperative Extension
Ithaca NY 14853-5701 USA
Telephone: 1 607 255 7654
International facsimile: 1 607 254 8770
Email: NRAES@cornell.edu
$US8 plus postage and handling
44 pp, 1990

by Lee Sturdivant
ISBN 0 962 1635 2 X

Contents: Growing herbs (My Place, San Juan Island: starting out in fresh cut culinary herbs; Elliott Gardens, Denver: three hundred pounds of herbs every day; Seabreeze Organic Farm, California: herbs, salads, and cooking greens; Good Earth Farm, Maine: acres of dried herbs and flowers; Selling Herbs in Pots, Lois Kenyon, New Hampshire: small backyard grower; Sally Barksdale, Georgia: potted herbs by the truck load; Engeland and Pugh in Washington State: growing the best garlic; Reference Section on Herb Growing), Herb farms (Windbeam Herb Garden, Vermont: a new dream takes shape; Silver Bay Herb Farm, Washington State: gourmet herbal picnics; Meadowsweet Farm, Vermont: a Victorian herb farm; Summers Past, San Diego: reviving the past, with a difference; Long Creek Herb Farm, Missouri: open only on Wednesdays; Reference Section on Herb Farms), Herbal products (Dona Flora, Washington: body care products and edibles; Balsam Fir, Maine: aromatic pillows; UniTea Herbs, Boulder: medicinal teas; herbs, etc., Santa Fe: herbal extracts; Reference Section on Products), Wildcrafting (Native Scents, Taos: incense to dream pillows; Brian Horne, Ladrona Island: medicinal herbs from the wild; Plantation Botanicals, Florida: collecting and growing the unusual; Reference Section on Wildcrafting), Teaching about herbs (Carole Tashel, New Mexico: herbal walks and classes; Kaye Cude, Florida: newsletter on tropical herbs and plants; Tinkerer's Retreat, British Columbia: herbal weekends; Reference Section on Teaching), Other possibilities (Herb Shops, Herb Restaurants, Aromatherapy, Flower Remedies, etc.; Bibliography on Medical Herbalism), Index.

Available from:
San Juan Naturals
PO Box 642W
Friday Harbor
Washington 98250 USA
Telephone: 1 360 378 2648
Facsimile: 1 360 378 2584
Email: naturals@bootstraps.com
250 pp
$US16.50 postpaid
$US24.95 airmail to Australia included

or contact
Cobbers Seeds, Summerhill Farm, Nubeena Tas 7184
Telephone: 03 6250 2652
Email: summerhill@tassie.net.au
AUD20 plus AUD3.50 postage per order

by Lee Sturdivant
ISBN 0 962 1635 3 8

Contents: Preface; From your garden to the world of herbs; Fresh cut culinary herbs (planning and growing, twelve basic culinary herbs, additional possibilities, edible flowers), Marketing culinary herbs (the spiel, improving sales, restaurant sales), Harvesting, packaging and kitchen use (package and label, how much to pick, harvesting hints, herb use in the kitchen), Getting into business (billing details, taxes), A potted herb business (wholesale and retail selling, pricing, what to grow, supplies needed), More on growing herbs (seed starting, propagation, a place to start herbs, fertilizers and pesticides), Other herb business possibilities, References and resources, Index.

Available from:
San Juan Naturals
PO Box 642W
Friday Harbor
Washington 98250 USA
Telephone: 1 360 378 2648
Facsimile: 1 360 378 2584
Email: naturals@bootstraps.com
120 pp
$US12.50 postpaid
$US20.95 airmail to Australia included

or contact
Cobbers Seeds, Summerhill Farm, Nubeena Tas 7184
Telephone: 03-6250 2652
Email: summerhill@tassie.net.au
AUD15 plus AUD3.50 postage per order.

by Lee Sturdivant
ISBN 0 962 1635

Contents: Welcome to the garden, A flowery idea (looking at how flowers are sold in the neighborhood and finding a first niche for your garden fresh flowers), First steps taken (the six steps in a bouquet business: choosing a location for sales, selling the idea to the store, arranging space in the store and how to use it wisely), Details, details, details (the partnership that was and wasn't, equipment: rubber stamp to old refrigerator, so many ways to do things, invoice books, terms, payments, licences, tax write-offs), Collecting from the wild (that special addition to bouquets and the fun of going out where the wild things grow, how to find out what you're doing and how to do it well, being careful, having fun), Harvest and conditioning (from the old days of scissors and water to the new days of six month old 'fresh' carnations, we keep it simple: water, cleanliness and a little powder power, knowing when to cut and how, buy or make your own preservatives: woody stems, hollow stems, flowers with sap, forcing flower branches), Putting it all together (designing and arranging, how to prepare, supplies and space, how to price, selling by the stem, taking it to market, dealing with the rejects), Other ways to sell your flowers (flowers for parties and weddings, plus edible flowers, and selling to florists, more talk of taxes), Island flower growers (from inns to offices and restaurants, herb farms to roadside stands, flower cream to flowery pictures, more ways to sell your flowers), Talking flowers (getting out and talking to both growers and buyers in three states: a money hedge, harvesting flowers from fruit trees, zucchini to zinnias, snap seeds in the tundra, garden flowers for all occasions, better blossoms with brain power, wealth among the weeds, gambling on flowers, wheels of growers' fortune, how the pros do it, the cut flower catalog: author's and expert's choice of cut flower perennials, annuals and biennials, trees, vines and shrubs, bulbs, corms, tubers, herbs), Flowers for drying, Associations, References, Seed sources, Bibliography, Index.

Available from:
San Juan Naturals
PO Box 642W
Friday Harbor
Washington 98250 USA
Telephone: 1 360 378 2648
Facsimile: 1 360 378 2584
Email: naturals@bootstraps.com
200 pp
$US16.50 postpaid
$US24.95 airmail to Australia included

or contact
Cobbers Seeds, Summerhill Farm Nubeena, Tasmania 7184
Telephone: 03 6250 2652
Email: summerhill@tassie.net.au
AUD17.50 plus AUD3.50 postage per order.

Compiled by Rosemary Hook
ISBN 0 643 05979 2

This directory of dryland farming models and modelling groups arose from a workshop held as part of the CSIRO Dryland Farming Systems for Catchment Care Program in May 1994. A symposium in 1996 reviewed current knowledge about the links between dryland farming and land and water quality and our capacity to predict the effects of dryland farming on land and water condition. The directory includes information about modelling groups in Australia and describes in a uniform manner models which are relevant to dryland farming and/or land and water quality in catchments affected by dryland farming. It includes both dynamic and static models, as well as some of the Expert Systems or Decision Support Systems (DSSs) which incorporate mathematical models and which are designed for use by land managers and those without a scientific background. The production of this directory has been supported by the Land and Water Research and Development Corporation (LWRRDC) and the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC).

Available from:
CSIRO Publishing
PO Box 1139
Collingwood Vic 3066
Telephone: 03 9662 7666 or
1 800 645 051 toll free in Australia
Facsimile: 03 9662 7555
International facsimile: 61 3 9662 7555
Email: sales@publish.csiro.au
320 pp, 1997
AUD40.00 plus AUD8.00 postage and handling per order
Overseas customers please pay in $US

PROSEA is an international programme focused on plant resources of South-East Asia. Its objectives are to collect, evaluate and summarize existing knowledge on about 6000 useful plants of the region and publish it in a 20-volume Handbook. It is an interdisciplinary project covering the fields of agriculture, horticulture, forestry and botany.

A Network Office in Indonesia coordinating the activities of offices in six South-East Asian countries and a Publication Office in the Netherlands have been established. While the Handbook is still being published, extension material for education, industry, research or for interested people is being developed.

The project is committed to conservation of biodiversity and to rural development through ecologically balanced land-use systems.

Further information is available from the PROSEA Web site:
http://www.bib.wau.nl/prosea/

One of the main objectives of the project is to publish an illustrated 20-volume handbook, each volume dealing with a commodity group. So far, eleven volumes of this handbook have been published:

The first eight volumes of the PROSEA handbook (Pulses, Edible fruits and nuts, Dye and tannin-producing plants Forages, Major commercial timbers, Rattans, Bamboos and Vegetables), have been simultaneously published on one CD-ROM. In total, over 1500 species have been treated in detail.

The more important or potentially important plant species are given a full format textual description, the remainder are dealt with in a brief form. In addition to this, this CD-ROM contains an extensive bibliography, containing references to literature from South- east Asian countries on the species and commodity groups treated and an illustrated glossary of botanical terms.

The PROSEA Handbook on CD-ROM runs on any computer which can run MS-Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT or Macintosh (and has a CD-ROM drive).

The Prosea Handbook on CD-ROM can be ordered from:
PUDOC-DLO
P.O. Box 4, 6700 AA Wageningen
The Netherlands
Facsimile: 31 317 484 761
Email: de.helpdesk@pd.bib.wau.nl
Developed country price: $US390
Developing country price: $US190

A second line of electronic publication is the commodity approach: a CD-ROM is developed for every commodity group. This is done in a cooperative manner with ETI (Expert Centre for Taxonomic Information) of the University of Amsterdam.

The first CD-ROM published deals with the Vegetables of South-East Asia. This interactive multimedia CD-ROM is easily accessible and attractively illustrated with botanical line drawings and many photographs. At this moment the second commodity-based CD-ROM dealing with the Timbers of South-East Asia is being developed. It will combine the 3 sub-volume published in printed form in 1 CD-ROM with detailed information on 400 genera and 3000 species, an expert system on interactive wood identification, fast and easy access to wood properties and a hyperlinked, illustrated glossary of technical terms.

The commodity-based CD-ROM's can be ordered from:
Springer-Verlag:
Email: orders@springer.de
PROSEA 8: Vegetables:
Developed country price: $US 99
Developing countries: refer to UNESCO Publishing:
Facsimile: 33 1 4273 3007.

The third line of electronic publication from the PROSEA Databank is the project with other organizations, like the cooperation with CABI. For the Crop Protection Compendium PROSEA provided many data sheets for the crops and PROSEA, CIFOR and CABI together are developing the Electronic Forestry Compendium which will cover 650 tree species. Within the first module, the emphasis is on the Asian-Pacific area.

More information can be obtained from the CABI Web site:
http://www.cabi.org

By Dan Anderson
Department of Agricultural Economics
University of Illinois-Urbana
305 Mumford Hall
1301 W Gregory Drive
Urbana IL 61801 USA
Telephone: 1 217 333 1588

This guide is a resource for farmers interested in participatory on-farm research. Basic research principles are explained and easy-to-use guidelines are provided for conducting simple on-farm experiments. Some example problems, worksheets, and pages for notes are included in the guide. The guide itself can be downloaded from: http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~vista/abstracts/aGUIDEBK.html

Contents: What is research; your responsibility; sampling and replication; sampling and randomization; normal distribution; variation; the three Rs (replication, randomization, requesting help); ask a question; draw a diagram of the plot plan; choose the field and location; measure off the field; apply the treatments; collect the data and harvest plots; analyze the data (step-by-step instructions with tables for data entry and calculations); draw inferences; an example problem; worksheets.

22p.

Edited by Louis Glowinski

Contents: Pomoidae or pome fruits (apples, pears, nashi, medlar, quinces, hawthorns, sorbs, loquats, amelanchiers), Stone fruit (peaches, nectarines, plums, cherries, apricots), Nuts (hazels, almonds, walnuts, pecans, hickories, pistachios, macadamias, chestnuts, ginkgo, araucarias, pine nuts, oaks, beeches), Bramble berries (raspberries, blackberries), Strawberries, Blueberries and others (including cranberries, lingonberry, huckleberries), Gooseberries and others ( including currants, black currants), Elderberries and others (including the goumi, buffalo berries, barberries, may apples, Mahonia species, gaultheria species, the snowberry, bearberries, man-zanitas, the twinbeny, hackberries, Viburnum species, Fuchsia berries, umbinza), Citrus fruits (sweet oranges, grapefruit, the pummelo, sour oranges, kumquats, mandarins, tangelos, lemons, limes, citrons), Subtropical fruits (white sapote, yellow sapote, custard apples, American pawpaw, jujubes, the Japanese raisin, the wampi, carissas, Dovyalis species, Kaffir plum), The Mediterraneans (olives, carobs, the cornel, the strawberry tree, pomegranates), Moraceae (figs, mulberries, the che), Native fruits (native berries, the ballarts, quandong, tropical rainforest trees, native nuts), Palms and others (papayas, the babaco, Cactaceae, prickly pears, cactus fruits), Other fruiting succulents (Yucca species, Hottentot figs), Vines (grapes, passionfruits, kiwifruits and relatives, other vines, chokos or chayotes), Tropical fruits (mangoes, lychees, longans, papayas, bananas, carambolas, sapodillas, caimito or star apple, lucmo), Myrtaceae (feijoas, strawberry or cherry or cattley guavas, yellow-fruited cherry guavas, the Brazilian guava, the pitanga, the ugni, the luma, the guava, the jaboticaba, the grumichama, the cherry of the Rio Grande, the downy myrtle), Persimmons (the Oriental persimmon, the American persimmon, Diospyros lotus and other species), Avocados, Monstera (Ceriman), Solanaceae (the tamarillo, the casana, the pepino, cape gooseberries, the garden huckleberry, the naranjilla), Rose Hips, Further reading, Nurseries, Useful organisations, Index.

Published in Australia

Available from:
Granny Smith's Bookshop
PO Box 27
Subiaco WA 6008
Telephone: 08 9388 1965
Facsimile: 08 9388 1852
Email: granny@AOI.com.au
Price: AUD39.95
382pp, 1997

Ken Fern
Plants For A Future
The Field Penpol Lostwithiel Cornwall PL22 0NG UK

This book contains information on a great many alternative food plants and otherwise useful plants. It also offers alternative methods of growing these plants in ways that are in harmony with the local environment and can help to improve the overall health of the planet. Whilst many of the plants discussed here are reasonably well known in the UK (even if their uses are not so well known), a number of the plants are much more experimental in their nature. The author hopes that the book will stimulate interest in these plants and help people to increase the range of foods in their diet. He also hopes that it will encourage people to experiment with some of the plants in the book and thereby increase the knowledge available about them.

Plants for a Future is a charity which has been gathering information on the many useful plants that can be grown in temperate climates and has also been gathering together a collection of these species. The intention is to become a resource and information centre that is able to supply the plants and give information on how to grow them.

Contents: The Practice, Trees and Shrubs, Plants for Shade (climbing plants, bulbs and herbaceous perennials to grow in a woodland), The Flower Garden (ornamental herbaceous perennials and their uses), Perennial Vegetables (productive herbaceous perennials), The Pond and Bog Garden, The Edible Lawn, Hedges and Screens, Ground Cover Plants, A Few Annuals and Biennials (less well-known annual vegetables), The Conservation or Wild Garden (how to provide habitats for native flora and fauna, whilst still producing food), Future Possibilities (a look at some plants which look exciting but of which we do not yet have experience), Further Reading, Useful Addresses of Organisations, plant and seed sources, Plants for Specific Habitats (Lists of plants for dry soils, windy sites etc.), Plant Toxins (An explanation of the various toxins that are found in plants), Native Plants Included in the Book, Plant Uses.

Available from:
Granny Smith's Bookshop
PO Box 27 Subiaco WA 6008
Telephone: 08 9388 1965
Facsimile: 08 9388 1852
Email: granny@AOI.com.au
Price: AUD59.45
302pp, 1997

Edited by Dr Stan Blade

The Alberta Hemp Symposia were held in March, 1998 at Red Deer, Alberta and in April, 1998 at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The proceedings are now available and include reports on field research (varietal screening, agronomy, seed and fibre yield) in Alberta (Dr. Stan Blade) and Manitoba (Dr. Jack Moes). Dr. Nancy Kerr's paper on evaluating textile properties of hemp is included, as are those of Dr. Ken Domier (Potential of Agricultural Fibres) and Wayne Wasylciw (Manufacture of Hemp Panel Prototypes). Dr. Nicole Charest has contributed a review paper on Industrial Hemp: Markets, the Next Challenge.

In addition there are contributions from farmers who have grown research plots on their farms in Alberta (Val and Morley Blanch, John and Faye Kloberdanz), a paper maker recounts her experiences with hemp fibre grown in Alberta and several processors and retailers discuss hemp opportunities.

This 85-page collection of sixteen presentations includes a useful collection of information on this interesting new crop, with specific reference to research work done in western Canada in the past three years. All work has been limited to low-THC hemp cultivars which have less than 0.3% THC.

The Alberta Hemp Symposium Proceedings are available from:
The Publications Office
Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
Telephone: 1 403 427 0391
The cost is C$12.00 + GST (which includes shipping and handling charges).
Orders from outside Canada must add C$3.00.

For further information contact:
Dr. Stan Blade, P.Ag.
Plant Breeder/Agronomist
New Crops Development Unit
Alberta Agriculture
Food and Rural Development
17507 - Fort Road, R.R. #6
Edmonton Alberta Canada T5B 4K3
Telephone: 1 403 415 2311
Facsimile: 1 403 422 6096
Email: blade@agric.gov.ab.ca

Contact: Dr Rob Fletcher, School of Land and Food, The University of Queensland Gatton College, 4345; Telephone: 07 5460 1311 or 07 5460 1301; Facsimile: 07 5460 1112; International facsimile: 61 7 5460 1112; Email: r.fletcher@mailbox.uq.edu.au

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