Christmas Trivia

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The harvesting method Canadian farmers are using makes it possible to harvest another tree from the same

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root system

Front

Stump-culturing is often attributed to _______ ______ (HINT: this person served 2x as president of the Christmas Tree Growers Association of Massachusetts & was named the 1977 National Outstanding Tree Farmer of the Year by the American Forest Institute)

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Linwood Lesure

Front

One regeneration technique, coppicing, is one where the tree is cut at ______ level.

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ground

Front

In another regeneration technique, __________, the tree is cut chest high to develop a dense stand of canopy branches.

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pollarding

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_____ _______ is an intermediate knee-high cut that preserves a few whorls of lower branches, necessary for photosynthesis needed for regrowth.

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stump culture

Front

True or False: About 44 percent of the contiguous US experienced moderate to extreme drought in 2022.

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True

Front

Why do many farms mechanically pull stumps as one of their stump removal strategies?

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to provide more room for seedlings

Front

Planting a new seedling could take how many years to get a tree back (as opposed to using stump culturing)? Options: 0-2, 3-4, 5, 6-8

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6-8

Front

True or false: In one instance, a farmer was able to grow two or three trees from the same stump simultaneously.

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True

Front

The mature skirt branches that are cut back every year can be a maintenance hurdle, but are also seen as valuable because they:

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are used to make wreaths