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Combination Cone Kiln and Extractor

Forest nurserymen throughout the United States are constantly fighting two basic problems in seed extraction: (1) rising costs of getting the seed out of the cones and (2) maintaining the viability of that seed at the highest level possible. We at the Idaho Nursery1 have developed a combination cone kiln and extractor that has contributed greatly to solving both problems.


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Author(s): Franklin H. Pitkin

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 48 (1961)