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Safe For Birds
Keim looked into his options further. “1 found that Christmas trees are the only renewable crop that won’t interfere with bird life,” he said. He first planted in 1961 and now keeps about 1,000 to 1,200 trees ready for harvest each year.
A former present and director of the Virginia Tree Growers, Keim started with Scotch pine. The tree with its straight trunk, bright green color and short needles, was the focus of an intensive improvement program. But everything, even Christmas tree production is subject to the fads and whims of a fickle public. The Scotch pine improvement program was abandoned because growers quit planting that variety, Keim noted.
The growers quit planting because shoppers quit buying. “The demand has changed. In 1965 and ’66, you’d sell one white nine for every Scotch. Now it's about 50-50." Keim said.
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