—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 20, 1973
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Christmas Tree Growers Meet
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Douglas fir seeds for Christmas
trees grown in Pennsylvania, it
was reported at the 57th Farm
Show.
Seed from the Santa Fe
National Forest of central New
Mexico produced 15 percent top
quality trees in Pennsylvania
studies begun in 1966, said Dr.
Henry D. Gerhold, professor of
forest genetics at the Penn-
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sylvania State University. He
addressed the Pennsylvania
Christmas Tree Growers
Association.
Dr. Gerhold and associates are
comparing trees grown from the
wild seed with trees in controlled
breeding experiments at Penn
State. One specimen selected
from the experimental trees
produced 10 percent top quality
trees. Another Douglas fir
selected at Penn State produced 8
percent top rated trees in the six
years studies.
The work is part of tree im
provement programs carried out
in cooperation with the Christ
mas Tree Growers Association
and funded partially by the U. S.
Department of Agriculture.
Heading up much of the field
research is Edgar H. Palpant,
research assistant in forestry.
The trees were rated primarily
for growth in height, density and
shape, color, and freedom from
defects such as the tendency to
fork The top rated trees do not
require shearing, Dr. Gerhold
said. The trials represent 15 wild
seed sources within the Rocky
Mountain area from Canada to
the New Mexico border and 15
control-mated lots made from
selected specimens at Penn
State.
One of the objectives of the tree
improvement program, Dr.
Gerhoid pointed out, is to arrange
for commercial collection of high
quality seed. This can be done
through private negotiations or
through commercial forest tree
seed supply houses, he indicated.
The findings show that certain
geographic areas produce trees
with superior tolerance for
Pennsylvania growing con-
ihe Old ifrnez.
“You can't win by trying
to even the score.”
ditions, he observed. From his
breeding work he also found that
careful selection of parent seed
trees can produce superior off
spring for Christmas tree in
dustries. And knowledge and
selection of seed sources likewise
can improve the percentage of
first quality trees, he added.
The Christmas Tree Growers
Association, through its Penn-
Sylvan tree improvement
program with Penn State, has
produced its third annual plan
ting stock Buyer’s Guide. The
guide lists sources of the better
seedlings for growing trees under
Pennsylvania conditions. As the
studies mature, they will provide
added evidence for improving the
Buyers’ Guide, Dr. Gerhold af
firmed.
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