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Improved Technique for Harvesting Amur Honeysuckle Seeds

Pruning the branches of Amur honeysuckle, followed by mechanical removal of the fruit, reduced harvest time compared to handpicking. Although the pruned plants produce seed only in alternate years, they then produce seeds in greater quantities than unpruned plants. Because of this and the higher seed recovery rate using mechanical methods, the overall seed orchard productivity was increased.


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Author(s): Cluster R. Belcher, Donald W. Hamer

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Volume 33, Number 3 (1982)

Section: General

Volume: 33

Number: 3