. Berry 1971 book : Rayner Bros. ^Evergreen Seedling?! Rayner's pines and spruces are excellent for Christmas tree plantings. Seedlings that cost only a few pennies now will soon be worth dollars. Make poor land or hillsides produce a real profit. Ideal for erosion control, windbreaks, and hedges. For ornamental use plant in a nursery bed and soon you will have ideal specimen trees for your own use and for sale. SCOTCH PINE This is one of the best trees for Christmas plant- ings since it grows very fast and will reach saleable size in five years. Grows well in dry or moist soil and makes a nic
. Berry 1971 book : Rayner Bros. ^Evergreen Seedling?! Rayner's pines and spruces are excellent for Christmas tree plantings. Seedlings that cost only a few pennies now will soon be worth dollars. Make poor land or hillsides produce a real profit. Ideal for erosion control, windbreaks, and hedges. For ornamental use plant in a nursery bed and soon you will have ideal specimen trees for your own use and for sale. SCOTCH PINE This is one of the best trees for Christmas plant- ings since it grows very fast and will reach saleable size in five years. Grows well in dry or moist soil and makes a nicely shaped tree with very little j shearing. Excellent for ornamental use. AUSTRIAN PINE Will grow well in nearly any soil from sand to ! clay and will tolerate industrial smoke and fumes I that kill other pines. Needles are dark green and I I quite stiff. Develops into nice bushy saleable tree |iir in about seven years. DOUGLAS FIR This has long been a favorite tree for Christmas plantings since it has a naturally compact type of ,1 growth. With relatively little shearing it will i produce high-grade trees. Needles of Douglas fir 1 are short and have a blue-green color. Our trees are of the special San Isabel, Colorado, strain. WHITE PINE One of the most beautiful of all trees with soft, slender needles having a fine light green color. ' White pines grow well in nearly any soil type and I will give good results in poorly drained land where most other pines will not grow. For Christmas L li trees shearing is NORWAY SPRUCE Norway spruce has long been a favorite specimen tree in northern gardens where its stately beauty cannot be excelled. Prefers moist soils rather than dry land and will make a nice tree in about eight years. COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE A truly magnificent tree with an outstandingly different blue-green color. In contrast with other evergreens this blue spruce is most unusual and thus is highly prized for its ornamental value. Gives good results in moist, f
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