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Larsen's Own--A Spectacular Hybrid Larch

The hybrid larches are among our most convincing examples of the value of interspecific crossings among conifers. Almost without exception, those that we have seen here in the Northeast are the result of open pollination, where the mother tree is known but where the identity of the pollen parent is no better than an educated guess. While we have made substantial progress in cultivating and observing these hybrids, there is still much to be learned about their genetic behavior and how to get even better trees in the forest.


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Author(s): David B. Cook

Publication: Tree Improvement and Genetics - Northeastern Forest Tree Improvement Conference - 1973