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Are Bare Root Nurseries Obsolete?

Before we can decide whether any concept or operation is obsolete, we must state our objectives. In forestation, our objective is to obtain high survival, rapid growth, and greatest economy measured in cost per established tree. Those are the objectives, and everything said from hereon is a means to that end. In order to come to a decision, we must discuss the total system, which includes the genetic base and physiological condition of the trees, the handling logistics and economics in the nursery, transportation, planting, and maintenance care. With respect to each of these items, let us see how the greenhouse container system compares with the bare root nursery.


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Author(s): Richard W. Tinus

Event: Proceedings of Meeting Intermoutain Nurserymen's Association
1975 - Missoula, Montana