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SEEDING AND PLANTING 



DATA ON THE COLLECTION OF LODGEPOLE PINE CONES IN 



NATIONAL FORESTS IN THE LODGEPOLE REGION OF 



THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. 



10. TREATMENT OF THE FRUIT AND SEED OF FOREST 

 TREES AFTER COLLECTING 



During the process of collecting, the fruit of forest trees is 

 usually sacked in order to facilitate transportation to the place 

 where it is subjected to the treatment necessary to cure it for 

 storage or shipment or put it in suitable condition for seed ex- 

 traction. The length of time that the freshly picked fruit can 

 remain in the sacks without becoming heated, moldy or otherwise 

 deteriorating depends upon the species and the condition of the 

 weather. In all cases an effort should be made to get it to the 

 place for treatment as quickly as possible. Even pine and spruce 

 cones if left in the sack more than three or four days often mold 

 during warm weather. Although in this case molding does not 



