A silvicultural guide for developing a sugarbush

Kenneth F. Lancaster; Russell S. Walters; Frederick M. Laing; Raymond T. Foulds

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A silvicultural guide for developing a sugarbush

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Kenneth F. Lancaster, Russell S. Walters, Frederick M. Laing, Raymond T. Foulds

Year:

1974

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Res. Pap. NE-286. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 11p.

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Abstract

A practical guide for the management of a sugarbush. Guidelines are established for the manipulation of stand density and stocking to promote the development of healthy vigorous trees with deep, wide crowns, the necessary attributes for highest possible yield of sugar-rich sap. Specific treatments are prescribed for sapling, poletimber and small sawtimber stands and a procedure is provided for testing a sugarbush for sweetness, to select trees for thinning.

Citation

Lancaster, Kenneth F.; Walters, Russell S.; Laing, Frederick M.; Foulds, Raymond T. 1974. A silvicultural guide for developing a sugarbush. Res. Pap. NE-286. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 11p.