. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. 1HRISTMAS TREES from seedling to sales y Bill Rawlings merican Agriculturist Will this be your year to start aising evergreens for the ornamen- al and Christmas tree market? 'erhaps you might benefit from our |!0 years of experience in raising, (haping, harvesting and selling ever- Ireens. j Were I to start today, my goal vould be to raise only as many frees as I could care for individu- ally., rather than as many as I could j)lant. Perhaps a thousand a year vould be enough, with the aim of completely turning over one thou- sand tr
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. 1HRISTMAS TREES from seedling to sales y Bill Rawlings merican Agriculturist Will this be your year to start aising evergreens for the ornamen- al and Christmas tree market? 'erhaps you might benefit from our |!0 years of experience in raising, (haping, harvesting and selling ever- Ireens. j Were I to start today, my goal vould be to raise only as many frees as I could care for individu- ally., rather than as many as I could j)lant. Perhaps a thousand a year vould be enough, with the aim of completely turning over one thou- sand trees annually, starting with (he seventh year. This would give a Person plenty to do, assuming he iould inspect each tree annually md give it the individual attention t needs. . pruning, shaping, and to attain premium quality. Tree-growing is hard work, and /ou should obtain a decent return for the hours of toil that go into a marketable specimen, i. .ikes years to grow a tree to salable size, and every tree repre- sents a major investment of time, labor and talent. I am amazed that some growers can market a tree for as little as a dollar and feel that they have a profit. Either their labor must cost them almost noth- ing, or they must have extraordinar- ily poor-quality trees! Planting Work starts the minute the seedlings arrive, for they should be unpacked immediately, set in a slit trench about as wide as a shovel and as deep as the average round- point shovel, with the dirt tightly packed around their roots and thoroughly saturated with water. Let no air reach the roots. The dirt should cover the roots; the rest of the seedling should be exposed. The backbreaking labor comes when the seedlings are planted. Put several bundles of seedlings in a bucket and mix some water and dirt to make a muddy slurry deep enough to keep the roots wet. Get someone else to carry the bucket, while you take a round-pointed shovel with a long handle. Push the shovel into the
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