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By Wesley P. Judkins Virginia Tech Extension Horticulturist
AS WE move into the last hectic days of holiday shopping, let’s consider the selection of a Christmas tree. There is still plenty of time for this job because you should not have the tree in the house too long, anyway. If you set it up a few days before Christmas, it should remain in good condition until New Year’s day.
Most people prefer to decorate real evergreen trees, although a rather large number of the artificial type are now being used. During recent years, nearly 40 million natural trees have been sold each year and over three million artificial trees.
Many Christmas trees are purchased directly from the grower, by rural and city families who go to the woods to cut their own. This can be a fine family outing if you can locate a farmer who will sell you a tree on the stump.
Many types of evergreens may be used as Christmas trees. The
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