A Federal Income Tax Primer for North Carolina Christmas Tree Growers
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/nreos/forest/xmas/tax/
A tax guide for christmas tree production.
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Christmas Tree Genetics
http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/users/f/frampton/www/ctg.htm
Recently, tree improvement programs for species important to North Carolina's Christmas tree industry have been intitiated. Each of these program is uniquely tailored to the individual species according to their biologic constraints and importance to the state's industry.
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Christmas Tree Management: Shearing and Pruning Safely with Hand Tools
http://www.rce.rutgers.edu/pubs/pdfs/fs592.pdf
In managing a Christmas tree operation, shearing Christmas trees is one of the most important cultural activities for the grower.
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Christmas Tree Marketing
http://www.umext.maine.edu/onlinepubs/htmpubs/7009.htm
You’ve grown Christmas trees for some eight to 10 years, and now you are ready to reap the benefits of your harvest. Sell the trees to savor the profits. Is it that easy? Well no, not exactly.
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Christmas Tree Shearing
http://cecommerce.uwex.edu/pdf/G3268.PDF
This fact sheet is prepared to assist growers in mastering the art of shearing to produce quality salable trees.
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Christmas Tree Species for North Carolina
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/nreos/forest/xmas/ctn_030.html
One of the more important decisions for a Christmas tree grower is which species to plant. Each potential species has its own identifiable characteristics and is uniquely suited for certain areas and selling methods. The following is a brief summary of the various trees often grown in North Carolina for Christmas tree production.
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Coloring Christmas Trees Before Harvest
http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/forestry/420-638/420-638.html
For some species, such as Fraser fir, the deep green color can be maintained by adequate levels of soil fertility. The application of nitrogen fertilizers on a regular basis is sufficient to maintain healthy trees with the desired color. Many species, however, are not so responsive to fertilizers, and for these, the most common way to maintain the desired color is to spray them with a colorant.
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Commercial Christmas Tree Crops
http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/forestry/soiltestnotes/note23.html
Christmas trees, like any other crop, require balanced nutrition for best health and growth. Christmas trees are unique among most crops, though, since their value is based on their aesthetic quality and not their biomass yield. In order to assure balanced nutrition, it is necessary to insure that the soil contains enough available nutrients to satisfy the trees' demands.
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CRP Alternative: Christmas Tree Production
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/CRP19.pdf
Christmas tree production can be a profitable option for CRP land. This publication examines the costs to consider when producing Christmas trees.
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Evaluation and Use of Improved Choctawhatchee Sand Pine for Christmas Trees
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FR011
This publication offers documentation as to why the Choctawhatchee sand pine--a Florida native shows promise as a fast-growing, reasonably priced Christmas tree with greater freshness than cut trees shipped from out of state.
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