No exceptional vigor found in hybrid pines tested

S. Little; H. A. Somes

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No exceptional vigor found in hybrid pines tested

Informally Refereed

Authors:

S. Little, H. A. Somes

Year:

1951

Type:

Forest Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Forest Research Note NE-10. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 4p.

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Abstract

Hybrid trees, like hybrid corn, may have exceptional qualities their parents did not have. But extensive tests are needed to pick out the hybrids that have desirable characteristics such as exceptionally fast growth and good form.

Citation

Little, S.; Somes, H. A. 1951. No exceptional vigor found in hybrid pines tested. Forest Research Note NE-10. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 4p.