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VERMONT AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



WHITE PINE 

 Cone and leaf cluster, X%. 



white pine. Pinus Strobus Linn. 

 The white pine, growing as it sometimes does to the immense height 

 of two hundred feet or more, was one of the loftiest trees of the primeval 



New England 

 forest. Lum- 

 bermen have 

 removed most 

 of the patri- 

 archs and only 

 the younger 

 trees common- 

 ly remain. The 

 species, though 

 widely scatter- 

 ed in Ver- 

 mont, occurs 

 most abund- 

 antly in the 



Champlain and Connecticut valleys. The slender lustrous leaves are borne 

 in close clusters and give a beauty and delicacy of foliage possessed by no 

 other pine. 



The white pine takes its name from the color of its wood, which is soft, 

 easily worked and is much used in all kinds of light woodwork. It is es- 

 pecially sought for inside house finishing. It is one of the most valuable 

 and most rapidly growing timber trees in the state. The renewal of the 

 pine forests should therefore be encouraged. 



bed pine (norway pine). Pinus resinosa Ait. 



The red pine is much less common in Vermont than the white pine. 

 Scattered groups or small groves of it occur on the dry, rocky headlands of 

 Lake Champlain and it may be found in similar soils in the river valleys 

 throughout the state, although it is less frequent in the southern portions. 

 Its heavier clusters of foliage with long leaves in pairs, serve to make its 

 recognition easy. The cones are about two inches long at maturity. 



The name red pine is appropriate both because of the pale red color of 

 the heart-wood and the distinctly reddish cast of the bark. This species 

 does not grow in Norway or elsewhere in Europe, and it is said that it 

 received the name from the town of Norway, Maine. The name Norway 

 pine has so little fitness as applied to this tree, and is so evidently mislead- 

 ing that its use is to be discouraged. 



The Latin name suggests a resinous wood, but in fact it is less so than 

 either of the other pines. The wood is light, hard, close grained, and is 

 largely used for bridge and building timbers. The picturesqueness and in- 

 dividuality of the red pine commend it for wider use as an ornamental tree. 



