Every winter, millions of Americans descend on farms and lots across the country with the express purpose of inspecting, and ultimately choosing from, their local selection of coniferous evergreen ...

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“This here is a fir that would be classified as a Charlie Brown tree,” Greg Williams declared, of a spare little cutting of balsam fir. “But prune it severely the first year and you can make a good ...

“O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, how steadfast are thy branches.” So goes the age-old marketing song of Christmas tree sellers. Well, you would be forgiven for thinking that, because one thing ...

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Needle drop is one of the traits plant scientists at the Christmas Tree Research Center at Dalhousie University are hoping to improve. Flickr user Hannah Gilbert There’s nothing like the site of a ...

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Nothing beats the smell of a live Christmas tree in your home, but how can you keep the needles on your tree and off your carpet? Rick Bates, professor of horticulture at Penn State University, offers ...