State Forest Nursery, Mont Alto, Pa. Seed beds are 4 x 25 ft. Those in the foreground are spring sown red pine mulched with straw until germination starts. The straw is usually held in place by heavy paper or burlap under the shade frames and stakes which are put in place when the mulch is removed. Men in the rear preparing beds which are sown to produce about 7000 2-0 white pines, or 5000 red, scotch or pitch pine. Small tree over the center man is Pinus pungens, others practically all shortleaf. Losses in European are so heavy from grubs and natural thinning they average only 2500
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Location: average distance Identification: exact ground location unclear, appears unknowable Group picture, names unknown
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fritz_metcalf-7918
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Pennsylvania Nurseries Mont Alto State Forest (Pa.) State forests - Pennsylvania - Mont Alto Seed beds Picea pungens Pinus echinata Pennsylvania
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