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- From: woodley@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Judy Woodley)
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 18:52:07 GMT
- Subject: Re: Christmas tree alternative?
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- References: <1992Nov17.092118.5813@athena.cs.uga.edu>
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- Around here, the tree farms insist that you leave at least one layer of
- branches when you cut your Christmas tree. That means you're not killing
- the tree, you've just given it a pruning. The branches that are left provide
- enough nourishment for the tree to send out another leader that will one
- day be another Christmas tree.
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- Trees sometimes come from state and national parks. These trees are cut
- down entirely, but the purpose is to thin the forest a bit to improve the
- conditions for the remaining trees. (I got to go along with the Humboldt
- State University Forestry Club one year when they were invited to cut
- some trees in the Lassen Forest. The cut trees were sold and the funds
- went into the Club's coffers.)
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