70 THE WHITE PINE. 



most rapid growth, so that the difference, in view of the steady growth of White Pine and the 

 marked decrease in rate of growth in the Scotch Pine, would be markedly greater if older timber 

 had been compared. 



Just as in its native range, the White Pine is decidedly a heart pine, the sapwood changing 

 early into the durable and more valuable heartwood. In timber one hundred years old grown in 

 the Palatinate the sap in many cases is less than 1 inch thic.k, so that 75 per cent and more of 

 the entire stem is composed of heartwood. 



In view of these facts it is quite safe to say that the White Pine in the future will be one 

 of the prominent forest trees of Germany, and perhaps of Europe, as it will always be the king of 

 woods in our Northern and Eastern States. 



