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Next popular Christmas tree 4? tljp, fi?., Also called,,, Canada balsam or Balm of Gilead, according to The Encyclopedia Americana, balsam grows from Newfoundland to Virginia, west to Iowa and north and west deep into Canada.
Balsam retains needles well and give off a pleasing fragrance. It is especially wellliked in the Eastern United States.
Included among the many other Christmas choices are the Eastern red cedar, black spruce and Scotch pine.
Canadian Christmas trees, from seven provinces, are part of the holiday scene in many countries. The United States, alone, accounts for about 90 per cent of Canada's annual production of trees. Still others are shipped abroad, from Ethiopia to Venezuela.
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