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Growth of Some Selected Exotic Firs (Abies spp.) Over Three Growing Seasons in Wolcott, Vermont

In the spring, 1972, several fir transplants (including Abies alba, A. x bornmulleriana, A, cephalonica, A. concolor, A. firma, A. fraseri, A. grandis, A, homolepis, A. lasiocarpa, A. procera, A. sachalinensis, and A, veitchii) were outplanted for evaluation as Christmas trees to be produced in northern New England. Differences in survival, growth, and development have been observed. Differences in preference by mice and deer have been expressed.


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Author(s): Maxwell L. McCormack, Jr.

Publication: Tree Improvement and Genetics - Northeastern Forest Tree Improvement Conference - 1975