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Planting 1-year-old Ion gleaf pine seedlings in heavy broomsedge cover (January 1931). 



The seedlings shown above have grown to about 20 feet in height and 3 to 4 inches in diameter 



(July 1938). F-366988 



Longleaf pine grows slowly during the first 3 years or so, making a 

 small top growth but a large, deep taproot. The young seedlings may be 

 successfully transplanted from nursery beds to woods or field by exercising 

 care. Longleaf is a sturdy tree, unusually resistant to attack by insects 

 and disease. The farmer-owner of the tract pictured on this page is re- 

 foresting several hundred acres of very sandy land which he cannot make 

 pay in field crops. 



