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Nursery Behavior of Red Pine Stock of Different Seed Origins

The importance of seed origin is becoming more widely recognized in American forestry. Since 1939 the U. S;. Department of Agriculture has had a seed policy which stressed this matter., Tree seed certification laws were enacted by the States of New York in 1939 and Georgia in 1941. In 1949 a group of West Coast forest industries set up their own tree seed certification rules. Aside from these formal rules and regulations, a great many foresters have begun to believe in the need for growing trees from seed of good origin, As a result, forest nurserymen have had to segregate their seed and stock more closely than before.


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Author(s): Paul O. Rudolf

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 8 (1951)