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Better Scotch Pine Christmas Trees by Seed Source Testing in the Nursery

Since 1945 the writer has tested over 200 known lots of Scotch pine seed including sources from Austria, Belgium, France, England, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, Poland, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland Turkey and Yugoslavia. These have been studied for growth habits, needle and branch characteristics as well as winter color in 1- and 2-year-old seedlings and 3- and 4-year transplants.


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Author(s): C. E. Height

Publication: Tree Improvement and Genetics - Northeastern Forest Tree Improvement Conference - 1965