GROWTH 13 



slopes of the mountains is very rapid in growth, 

 as the annual rings of the original Pine show it 

 to have been at a corresponding period. There is 

 every reason to believe that this second growth, 

 if allowed to continue its development under 

 like circumstances with the first growth, will 

 eventually be just as valuable. But at present 

 the sap-wood is broad, and hence the name Sap 

 Pine is given to the trees. 



Upon entering a group of young Sap Pine 

 the attention is first attracted to the scrubby, 

 knotty trees with heavy tops, while the small- 

 crowned, long-boled trees may be overlooked by 

 the casual observer. These large-crowned trees 

 are advance growth, usually several years older 

 than the main crop. The latter is often disre- 

 garded altogether, and an unfavorable opinion 

 of the second growth is based on trees which 

 do not properly form a part of the forest. 



