SEED PRODUCTION OF WESTERN WHITE PINE. 9 
TaBLeE 3.—Clussification of trees according to character o of crown and presence or absence 
of cones; number of cones and amount of seed eta by sample trees, and total seed 
production on plot No. 8, Kaniksu National orest (area, one-half acre) —Continued. 
NUMBER OF CONES AND AMOUNT OF SEED PRODUCED BY SAMPLE TREES. 
Number of cones, by inch lengths. 
Cones, |__ 
Tree No. ps Diameter.| Age. | Height. | open or 
, closed. 3to4 | 5to6 | 7to8 | 9to10 Total 
inches. | inches. | inches. | inches. a 
Inches. | Years. Feet. aa A : 
Ose feerslewe soo 1 7 
1 wee eee A 18 150 151 Open LAER | operas esy a: 3 8 2 13 
See tiene A pe 18 130 139 eed Beco elcatintawe 5 a Beet ieee 17 
SHUSCS aA lsaher bas 3 16 
ae eee ale 17| 145 136 ones ariel es eel eae 5 a 
BRS. sala cs 1 Bat a 13 153 129 | Closed MyES 02 4 741 Soenseeiee 6 
sae ese. 15 145 NS Se sec GON seats (ER Rete 5 bial eee eee 10 
Se Senay se sce cele ce clccmraciibe © ciajele wists @oa|iticje dactje [a eaeas sicfswae tia as|aiecne es «| pmpueee 
é: Sees ERNCONEROCS) raters | oncals Grate. © |. =.0 se cise |latee crete re stele sisieeisleieleidie cl lcrsliewieie’s 4 25 50 11 86 
Per cent 
Average Total Total : Number of| Percent 
Tree No. length weight volume pen ot clean seed | of germi- per natine. 
EF of cone. of cones. | of cones. per pound.| nation. days of test. 
E wee a 
| eee : TEU zo Caren i eas 
} 7 14.1 
Meee 6 eeeeeeeeeeeee 6.9 rea 183 8. 106 32’ 000 19 5 13 5 
| A 6.3 1.4 255 10. 183 26, 960 36.5 22.5 
7.4 1.6 255 9. 280 28, 267 \ 46.5 42.0 
eee te On: i ba, . 292 13. 855 25, 472 : 
| Ee ose 5.5 .5 045 6. 130 34, 560 22 18.5 
. eee 6.5 1.0 073 14, 385 29, 312 35.5 23.0 
eee fee ea on eee te ke 6. 130 34.560) |i ieee en eee 
Total (5 trees)... 6.9 8.1 1,159 SZ DAO ass Sire Ie Le pee ce ok 
TOTAL SEED PRODUCTION. 
Yield from sample trees.| Yield of germinable seed. 
Crown class. Total trees. |. L0tal sample 
trees. Germi- 
Cleaned Per 
Cones. seed nable plot. Per acre. 
No. | Perct.| No. | Perct.| Bush. |Grams.| Grams.|Grams.| Grams. No. 
_ eee beE aS SSeS 10 10 2 20 0.49 | 32.47} 8.064 | 40.320 80. 640 5, 560 
Jest ciccoaeeee 22 23 3 14 -66.| 43.65 | 17.214 | 86.070 172.140 | 10,380 
_ See bicaeefaz 18 Iie) ee cee bee sae pEpcesoe 6.13 | 1.349} 4.047 8. 094 570 
~ SE ee ee 34 332), | SRS aol BOGE AAs BBS chic Selec Rae aes sie ee |S See Ne hes at. 
Benes ie Siete 14 Me NE Be eset eke Senet cata (apa cr] [ERDAS Pers TAGE a scan FRSC a) (ae yop it ten 8 
Total...... 98 100 5 5 1D S252) | eee 130. 437 | 3% 260.874 | 16,510 
1 Results of tree No. 2, Crown Class II, used for this tree. 
2 Weight of pure seed multiplied by their percentage of germination. 
8 Equivalent to 0.6 pound. 
