The Passion Vine
The Passion Vine – June 2013
Post Office Box 321 Pomona QLD 4568
Executive Report
As most of you will be aware, Cabrio has been approved by APVMA for a one day WHP. This follows on from work that was undertaken by Crop Protection in alliance with BASF to provide residue data to bring the WHP from 21 days to 1. The permit’s revised conditions appear later in Passion Vine and the full permit is on the PAI web site. As advertised and commented upon in the March Passion Vine, PAI now has a quantity of Passionfruit Growing Guides available for sale. The best news is that the Problem Solver Field Guide is at the printers and should be available by the end of June. All those who have been waiting for a copy, please contact me so I can organise for you to receive your copy promptly. The Executive Committee met at Redland Bay May 15 and the main
June 2013 Newsletter of Passionfruit Australia Incorporated
By Jann Bonsall The sun is shining and all is well in the world, for now. From all reports there’s plenty of fruit heading to market which is timely as there has been a concerted PR campaign carried out over the first three weeks of June in Brisbane and Sydney including taste testing at retail outlets.
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topics of discussion were centred around R&D projects. There will be a report from DAFF Q on the Overcoming Passionfruit Viruses later in Passion Vine and the outcomes of other parts of the discussions will be presented to the IAC in a teleconference later in June and from there will be part of the reporting at the Annual Levy Payers’ Meeting in August. Speaking of which, the Annual General Meeting and Annual Levy Payers’ Meeting is being held in Far North Queensland at Steve Gray’s property, Wonga Beach. I have reserved twenty rooms at QT Resort in Port Douglas for those of you travelling from the south and there will be a bus to pick everyone up from there to head to Steve’s on the Saturday morning, returning later in the afternoon. There is more information later in the magazine. There is also an overview of the progress of the Fruit Spotting Bug Project in which the passionfruit industry is an active partner. Tina McPherson in her role as Chair of the PAI Marketing Sub Committee, attended the HAL
Tropical Fruit Blogger’s Workshop in Sydney on May 23rd which involved passionfruit and papaya and their respective brand ambassadors. Tina has provided us with an outstanding report about the happenings on the day. As a follow up there has been a lot of coverage in the media and there is an overview of that coverage later in the magazine. There have been new season recipes worked up by Sammy & Bella (the passionfruit industry ambassadors) and one of those appears later also. Tina then fronted up the following week in Sydney to represent the passionfruit industry at the HAL Forum and again, an excellent report later. And down to the serious business of Passionfruit Australia. It is membership renewal time so included in this mailing is your membership renewal invoice, tax invoices for plant orders and a plant order form. Please make sure you put them in a place that isn’t too safe (never to be seen again), remembering that if you have placed an order with one of the nurseries and you haven’t paid your royalties, delivery is withheld.