| Did You Know... | The genetics of the seed used to grow a Christmas tree are directly related to the quality and beauty of a tree ready for market. Therefore, if you want quality Christmas trees you must begin with quality parent trees. |
Seed Harvest
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This is one of our oldest and favorite seed trees. We call her "Old Blue." She is about 30 years old and stands out from the rest of the trees because of her beautiful silver blue color. Quality seed trees like this one provide the seed for our superior Christmas trees. |
| Our cones are usually
harvested about the first of September. Here Bev Willey is picking the cones off another
one of our quality seed trees. This is one of our late budding trees with a beautiful
silver green color.
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Harvesting seed is a tedious job. Here Ken Willey is doing the first of many steps by breaking apart the dried cones. The seed (about 100 per cone) will fall through the screen. The brackets, which make up the cone, will be discarded. Note the cones drying in the warm sun. |
The next step in the process is planting the harvested seed. Continue on the journey to Seed and Transplant Bed.