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The Importance of Geographic Orgin of Seed

Seed origin is just as vital in a forest as it is in a field or garden. The only difference is that if a mistake is made it takes a forest owner longer to find it out -- as perhaps a 100 years or so. All sorts of ills can beset trees grown from seed of the right species but of the wrong geographic origin -- ills such as abnormal susceptibility to disease or insects or cold weather, abnormally slow growth, poor form, and perhaps zero survival in the first place.


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Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 22 (1955)