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Cone Collection from the Hoodtown Seed Production Area

This report describes seed collection from a longleaf seed production area. In August 1964, a cone count with binoculars was made, and approximately 190 trees, with at least 1 bushel per tree, were selected to be climbed. These trees were marked with plastic surveying ribbon. The trees were climbed by personnel of a "tree expert" company whose operations extend throughout South Carolina. Ranger district employees picked up the cones after they were felled from the trees. Francis Marion Seed orchard personnel hauled the cones to the State Nursery at Wedgefield for extraction of seed.


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Author(s): James L. McConnell

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 72 (1965)