The view south through the Motueka Valley at Birdhurst Orchard in Nelson, New Zealand in February 2018. Below, the first group of International Fruit Tree Association New Zealand Study Tour attendees learns about how the Wilkins brothers transitioned the farm from cattle and tobacco to 500 acres of Gala, Jazz and Braeburn apples. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower) To those who’ve never been there, New Zealand brings to mind acclaimed movies — the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies — or perhaps the national bird and symbol, the kiwi, a nickname also applied to a native New Zealander. Tourists might […]