HortNews - Asparagus Crops Caught By Frosts
Asparagus growers say their outdoor crops in some regions have been hit hard by this week's frosts but expect the plants to make a speedy recovery - provided the weather is in their favour. HASTINGS 10/10/2003 - Asparagus growers say their ... [... more] HortNET New Zealand
Best Lawns for Winter
Don visited turf farms at Clarendon and Windsor, on the outskirts of Sydney. Recently, this area has had severe frosts with temperatures as low as -6°C. He compared lawn varieties being grown at the farms for frost and cold tolerance. Couch is a ... [... more] Burke's Backyard
Hawke's Bay Grape Growers Wait On Re-Growth Of Vines
Grapegrowers say they are anxiously watching new shoots emerge after a series of late frosts. HASTINGS 31/10/2002 - Grapegrowers say they are anxiously watching new shoots emerge after a series of late frosts. Growers from central Hawke's Bay to ... [... more] HortNET New Zealand
HortNews - Weather Cuts Pear Crop 75 Percent
Pear crops in the Horowhenua region have been cut 75 percent this season by the frosts and cold wet weather in spring and early summer. LEVIN 30/4/2001 - Pear crops in the Horowhenua region have been cut 75 percent this season by the frosts and ... [... more] HortNET New Zealand
HortNews - Frosts Not All Bad News For Orchardists
Frost has left fruit more than 50 percent lighter in Central Otago orchards than at the same stage last year but growers are not crying under their trees. DUNEDIN 16/10/2002 - Frost has left fruit more than 50 percent lighter in Central Otago ... [... more] HortNET New Zealand
HortNews - Italian Frosts Set To Send $1m Chill Down ...
The speculative underwriter floated to backstop Zespri International's drive to year-round sales in northern hemisphere markets is about to be asked to make up a million-dollar shortfall. WELLINGTON 9/03/2004 - The speculative underwriter floated ... [... more] HortNET New Zealand
HortNews - Wine Exports May Slump Due To Frosts
New Zealand's wine vintage may slump by a third this year after frost slashed grape crops, threatening to slow export growth for winemakers. BLENHEIM 10/04/2003 - New Zealand's wine vintage may slump by a third this year after frost slashed grape ... [... more] HortNET New Zealand
Frosts Threaten Much-Needed Bumper Kiwifruit Harvest
A bumper kiwifruit season - just when growers need it most - is being threatened by frosts. TAURANGA 6/04/2004 - A bumper kiwifruit season - just when growers need it most - is being threatened by frosts. Parts of the Bay of Plenty, the main ... [... more] HortNET New Zealand
Jennifer Vandever
Jennifer Vandever is a graduate of Columbia University's film program and the cowriter of the film Just One Time. The Brontë Project is her first novel. She lives in Los Angeles. Visit her at jennifervandever.com. Young scholar Sara Frost's ... [... more] Random House
HortNews - Frosts Destroy Chardonnay Crops
Frosts have ruined up to 70 percent of Hawke's Bay's Chardonnay crop and wiped millions of dollars from the region's economy, grape growers said today. HASTINGS 18/11/2002 - Frosts have ruined up to 70 percent of Hawke's Bay's 'Chardonnay' crop ... [... more] HortNET New Zealand
Frosts Knock $48 Million Off Pipfruit Growers' Incomes
Last month's frosts will knock $48 million off Hawke's Bay pipfruit growers' incomes. HASTINGS 21/11/2002 - Last month's frosts will knock $48 million off Hawke's Bay pipfruit growers' incomes. Fruitgrowers' Association pipfruit sector chairman ... [... more] HortNET New Zealand
Frosts Have Made It A Spring From Hell - Fruitgrowers
Hailstorms and late frosts have left fruitgrowers in the North and South Islands watching the skies anxiously as they cope with a season dubbed by Otago growers as a spring from hell. DUNEDIN 31/10/2002 - Hailstorms and late frosts have left ... [... more] HortNET New Zealand
