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Eastern Tree Seed Laboratory

The old saying that "nothing succeeds like success" is well illustrated by the story behind the Eastern Tree Seed Laboratory at Macon, Ga., formerly the "Region 8 Tree Seed Testing Laboratory." From humble beginnings as a small laboratory at the Ashe Nursery in Mississippi, testing seed for the U. S. Forest Service nurseries in the area, it has grown to a facility capable of handling the seed testing and research needs of the entire Eastern United States.


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Author(s): W. A. Campbell

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 47 (1961)