MUSSER FORESTS, Inc.— INDIANA, PENNA. 
Growers of Thoroughbred Christmas Tree Stock 
Christmas 
ASA A NOTE a5 Et PYRG EONS INT Sig RIT 


PEs A wo 
i a { ¥ h EA 
ST, RMOK IVY mH 
of & vest 
EL 

Scene at Musser Forests Nursery, showing part of the 
8,000,000 TREES THAT GRCW! 

Christmas Trees as a Gash Crop 
General Considerations we do not hesitate to furnish to anyone, any information 
that we have gathered together over a long period of 
For the past twenty years we have been growing and years. The custom of using Christmas Trees. started a 
sh‘pping Christmas Trees. We have shipped large quan- . 8feat many years ago and will undoubtedly continue to 
tities to most of the important markets in eastern United do so, in both good and bad times. 
‘ é Aree CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE 
States. The business of growing Christmas Trees is in its 
infancy. 

Some people have the mistaken idea that there will 
soon be an over production of Christmas Trees. During 
the past number of years, we have inspected practically 
every source of supply of Christmas Trees in the United 
States and Canada. We have made a thorough study of 
the markets and the demand for QUALITY *treesseirom 
our experience, we are convinced that there will be a very 
good market for high grade Christmas Trees for a great 
many-~-yeaxs-to--come:* -The~ market -for select, “PEANTED 
PINE trees is practically unlimited. Although in the past 
Spruce and Fir trees have been generally used for Christ- 
mas trees, PLANTED PINES are rapidly replacing them. 
ALL PINES are much faster growing than Spruce. ALL 
PINES retain their long needles and fresh appearance for 
months after being cut, whereas the short needled trees 
which are commonly shipped in, begin to shed within a 
day or two after being decorated. 



We offer in this bulletin some of the information we 
have gathered from our own experience. Although, we 
have a large acreage growing Christmas Trees, we know 
that ALL we can possibly produce, will not fill even a 



Scotch Pine seedlings showing difference between tree 
: grown from ordinary seed (left) and one from Musser 
small part of the demand for quality trees. For this reason, special strain certified seed (right). 
