436 Forestry Quarterly. 



forests in Alsace-Lorraine were in bad condition after the Franco- 

 Prussian war, when the Germans assumed control. In the fir 

 stands all age classes were represented, but there were very few 

 mature trees. Likewise the pine stands were for the most part 

 immature. With the hardwoods, too, frequent coppicing made 

 it necessary to return to high forest. 



K. W. W. 



Die Reinertrdge der Staatswaldungen in Blsass-Lothringen, Baden und 

 Wurttemberg. Forstwissenschaftliches Centralblatt. January, 1913. Pp. 

 10-20. 



UTILIZATION, MARKET AND TECHNOLOGY. 



De Lapasse, until recently conservator of 



Tapping the French Waters and Forests Service 



Pine in Corsica and now stationed at Bordeaux 



in in charge of the Landes and Gascogne 



Corsica- Maritime Pine forests, writes at length of 



the results of tapping the Corsican and 



Maritime Pine in the Island of Corsica. 



The 65,500 hectares of pine forests in Corsica are of much 

 greater commercial importance than the 74,800 hectares of balm, 

 oak, beech, cork oak, etc., but their commercial use has been re- 

 tarded by lack of communication. 



During the period 1856 to 1872, only the Corsican Pine was 

 tapped, and in 1871 the officiating conservator concluded that 

 the wood of the trees tapped was made heavier and more dif- 

 ficult to work, that the tapping seriously interfered with their 

 development, and greatly increased the fire hazard. It is now 

 evident, states De Lapasse, that the wounds do not readily heal 

 and that tapping Corsican Pine is inadvisable from the silvicul- 

 tural standpoint. The group selection system, under which the 

 pine is now worked, is not suited to turpentine operations, the 

 ground is rough and difficult to cover, and De Lapasse is not in 

 favor of tapping the Corsican Pine. On the other hand, the 

 turpentine industry was introduced with success in Maritime Pine 

 forests beginning in 1908-1909. The main problem has been the 

 labor supply. De Lapasse concludes that in the future Corsican 

 Pine will not be tapped, but that the Maritime Pine will be bled 

 where the ground is not too rough, where there are sufficient 



