SEATTLE — In the lumber-centric Pacific Northwest, Douglas and noble fir are the classic choices for a Christmas tree — aromatic, good for ornaments and able to last a few weeks. But with hotter and ...
Gary Chastagner, a Washington State University professor called "Dr. Christmas Tree" shows an example of a less-desirable tree due to fewer top branches, grown in a small plantation of Turkish fir ...
Fraser fir is the classic Christmas tree — popular, shapely, with great needle retention and strong, silvery branches. It's the Cadillac of the cut-your-own tree lot. But what would it take to send ...
Gary Chastagner, a Washington State University professor called "Dr. Christmas Tree" shows an example of a less-desirable tree due to fewer top branches, grown in a small plantation of Turkish fir ...
In the lumber-centric Pacific Northwest, Douglas and noble fir are the classic choices for a Christmas tree — aromatic, good for ornaments and able to last a few weeks. But with hotter and drier ...
Christmas tree farmers in the North Carolina mountains are experimenting with trees from Turkey that they hope will help in the fight against a damaging pathogen. A destructive rot called Phytophthora ...
Gary Chastagner, a Washington State University professor called "Dr. Christmas Tree," shows Turkish fir trees grown from seedlings to find ways to produce disease and insect-resistant Christmas trees ...
Christmas tree breeder Jim Rockis knows what it looks like when one dies long before it can reach a buyer. Rockis farms trees in West Virginia and Pennsylvania, where he and other producers often grow ...