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A Quarter Century of Progress in Tree Improvement in the Northeast

Tree breeding started in the Northeast in 1923. The region has been the home of much of the pioneering research on hybrid poplars and other groups. Tree breeders everywhere owe a great deal to E. J. Schreiner, H.I. Baldwin, and others who set the stage for the research to come later. The hybrid poplar research has produced many valuable clones and is even more noted for the lessons it provides to breeders of other groups. Dave Cook's continued efforts with the larches produced a considerable body of information about their culture and set the stage for new variety development. Research on eastern white pine has produced faster growing trees for almost every part of the region as well as improvement in research technique. Work with balsam fir, white spruce and black cherry has resulted in new varieties ready for immediate planting. There have been some lost opportunities, however, and it is necessary for us to be sure we have no more such lost opportunities in the future.


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Author(s): Johnathan W. Wright

Publication: Tree Improvement and Genetics - Northeastern Forest Tree Improvement Conference - 1981