Key to common Chestnut Varieties
About
us
Local
Producer Organisations
Books
on Sweet Chestnut Production
Useful
cookbooks
Links
to relevant sites on sweet chestnuts
For
more information about Tasmania
Recipes
and Nutritional information by courtesy of the Chestnut Growers of Australia
Ltd
Hazelnut
information
Living
with Wildlife
PLANTATION
ISSUES
History of Preolenna
About Us
Introducing Preolenna Chestnuts,
a 25 acre chestnut and hazelnut enterprise established by Colleen and Daryl
Dibley 20 kilometres south of Wynyard at Preolenna on the North West coast
of Tasmania. The property retains over half its area as native wet eucalypt
forest habitat and has been declared a Land for Wildlife property under
the Tasmanian Government’s Bushcare programme.
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Local Producer Organisations
Chestnut Growers of Australia
PO Box 4
CHILTON VIC 3683
Australian Nutgrower:
journal of the Australian Nut Industry Council Ltd.
Inquiries to: The Editor,
Jennifer Wilkinson
P.O. Box 1
DARGO Vic 3862
Phone: 51401258
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Books we have found useful
on Sweet Chestnut Production
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Allen, Anthony
Growing nuts in
Australia
Shepparton, VIC, Night
Owl Publishers, 1986
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Australian nutgrower:
conference proceedings
1996 Australian
Nut Industry conference
1997 Australian
Nut Industry conference
1998 Australian
Nut Industry conference
1999 Australian
Nut Industry conference
Yarra Glen VIC, ANIC
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Bull, Peter and others
Edible tree nuts
in New Zealand
Wellington, Government
Printer, 1985
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Chestnut Growers of Australia
Proceedings of ACHINC99.
future directions - the Australian Chestnut Industry National Confererence,
1999.
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Crawford, Martin
Chestnuts: production
and culture
Devon, UK, Agroforestry
Research Trust, 1995
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Jaynes, Richard A
Nut tree culture
in North America
Connecticut, Northern
Nut Growers Inc., 1979
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Rapley, Paul
Tree nuts for Tasmania
Tasmania, Dept. of
Agriculture, 1989
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Ridley, D. and Beaumont,
J. eds.
The Australian Chestnut
Growers' Resource Manual
Dept. of Natural Resources
and Environment, 1999
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Woodroof, J G
Tree nuts: production,
processing, products. 2nd. ed.
Connecticut, AVI Publishing
Co., 1979
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Useful cookbooks
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Bhagwandin, Annie
The chestnut cook
book: recipes, folklore and practical information regarding the most
diverse of culinary nuts.
US, Shady Grove Publications,
1996
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Julian, John and Guiney,
Robyn
Chestnut cookbook:
a special collection of recipes and advice about chestnuts, one of the
healthiest nuts available.
Write for price and
postage to: Wandi Valley, PO Box 178, BRIGHT VIC 3741
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Rogers, Ford
Nuts: a cookbook
Sydney, Simon and Schuster,
1993
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Versatile Chestnuts:
the new taste sensation for desserts, poultry stuffing, side vegetable,
stirfry, traditional roasting and more.
CHESTNUT GROWERS OF
AUSTRALIA LTD., 1999
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VICTORIAN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION
INC
Recipe book:
Recipes for almonds, chestnuts, hazelnuts and walnuts
Melbourne, the Association,
1986
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Cookery writers such as
Elizabeth David, Claudia Roden, Elizabeth Romer, Stephanie Alexander and
Maggie Beer have included sweet chestnut recipes in their collections and
articles.
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Links to relevant sites
we have found on sweet chestnuts
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More Information on Tasmania
Link to Tasonline
for more information about Tasmania
Contact us
Please email us at cdibley@tassie.net.au
with any comments or suggestions. We would particularly like to hear from
growers or potential growers in Tasmania.
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