DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS FOR 1932 



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NURSERY STOCK AVAILABLE FOR 1933 SHIPPING 

 Conifers 



Species 



1 Year 



2 Year 



3 Year 



4 Year 



5 Year 



White Pine. . . . 



Red Pine 



Scotch Pine. . . . 



Jack Pine 



White Spruce . . 

 Norway Spruce 

 White Cedar. . . 

 Austrian Pine . . 

 Larch 



Total 



170,000 

 250,000 



280,000 

 700,000 

 280,000 

 225,000 



200,000 

 400,000 

 200,000 

 4,000 

 150,000 



200,000 

 300,000 

 400,000 



3,759,000 



Hardwoods 



Orono 



During the past nursery season, growth conditions have been favourable. 

 While the very open winter of 1931-32, with little snow and high winds, caused 

 a certain amount of damage in the transplant lines and seed beds, almost all 

 species wintered well. The drouth, which was experienced during the past two 

 years, extended through the winter and, as a result, when spring opened the 

 soil was exceptionally dry. Well distributed rains, with a moderate temperature, 

 remedied this condition during the spring and early summer, however, so that 

 tree survival has been good and nursery stock is in excellent condition for the 

 approaching winter. 



(a) Fertilizers: 



(1) Nursery Operations 



Green manure crops of sweet clover and field peas were plowed under during 

 the summer. Sweet clover has been used with success on these areas which 

 could be left idle for a full year, both tilth conditions and nitrogen content being 

 markedly improved. Field peas were used in the seed bed areas, however, as an 

 early maturing crop is essential in these sections since it is necessary to re-seed 

 in the fall those areas cleared of seed beds in the spring. A light top dressing of 



