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Most of the bonafide Christmas trees grew their first needles in 3,200 nurseries located in almost all of the states. When about 18 months old, they were transplanted to tree plantations for the next six or 12 years.
As Christmas approaches--their first and last as center-stage celebrities --the tree are cut, zipped off at the ground by a man with a long-handled power saw.
Ecology-minded homeowners account for about two percent of the Christmas tjree business by buying live trees, their roots balled and burlaped with 50 to 100 pounds of soil for replanting later. Cut-yourown tree farms also are increasingly popular with those gifted at urging a suddenly expansive Christmas
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