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Cone and Seed Collections From Seed Orchards

Establishment of seed orchards in the N.C. State Cooperative Tree Improvement Program began in 1958. In 1966, when the oldest orchards were coming into commercial seed production, we were well on the way toward the 3,000 acres of orchard that exist within the Cooperative today. The 1966 cone and seed crop was meager by comparison to later crops but it was large enough to concern seed orchard managers as to how the cones and/or the seeds of the future were to be harvested. That concern, which has been a constant companion ever since, was the reason for formation of a Seed Harvest Committee, consisting of the Advisory Committee member from six organizations within the Cooperative. This report is primarily the saga of the actions of that Committee.


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Author(s): Robert C. Kellison

Publication: National Nursery Proceedings - 1972

Event: Southeastern Nurserymen's Conference Proceedings
1972 - Wilmington, NC