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Freezing of Nursery Stock

In 1966, the Payette National Forest received some frozen nursery stock to be planted in a seed orchard. Considerable expense was involved so planting proceeded, and because of the seed orchard, complete survival records have been maintained. The first year survival was 95 percent and second year survival was 91 percent. This is good survival under any conditions. The thought occurred that freezing could possibly be an acceptable storage treatment.


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Author(s): Bob Patee