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Some results of chemical debarking on sitka spruce, western hemlock, and red alder.

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Abstract

Chemical treatment of standing trees to facilitate bark removal has received a great deal of attention in Eastern United States and Canada during the past decade. The potential advantages of removing bark or extending easy peeling throughout we year have stimulated tests of many chemicals and methods of application.

Citation

Berntsen, Carl M. 1954. Some results of chemical debarking on sitka spruce, western hemlock, and red alder. PNW Old Series Research Notes No. 104, p. 1-7