. Bulletin. Forests and forestry -- United States. 60 A PRIMER OF FORESTRY. THE CULMINATION OF JFlG. 58.—An old Longleaf Pine with tiat- tened crown. Eastern North Carolina. While the youug trees are making clean trunks so rapidly during the pe- riod of greatest yearly height growth they are also making their great- est annual gains in diam- eter, for these two forms of growth generally cul- minate about the same time. A little later, if there is any difference, the young forest's highest yearly rate of growth in volume is also reached. For a time these three kinds of growth keep on a
. Bulletin. Forests and forestry -- United States. 60 A PRIMER OF FORESTRY. THE CULMINATION OF JFlG. 58.—An old Longleaf Pine with tiat- tened crown. Eastern North Carolina. While the youug trees are making clean trunks so rapidly during the pe- riod of greatest yearly height growth they are also making their great- est annual gains in diam- eter, for these two forms of growth generally cul- minate about the same time. A little later, if there is any difference, the young forest's highest yearly rate of growth in volume is also reached. For a time these three kinds of growth keep on at the same rate as in the past, but afterwards all three begin to decrease. Growth in diameter, and in volume also, if the trees are sound, goes on until extreme old age, but height growth sinks very low while the two others are still strong. For many years before this happens the struggle be- tween the trees has not been so deadly, because thev have been almost. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Division of Forestry. Washington : G. P. O.
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