Christmas Trivia

The harvesting method Canadian farmers are using makes it possible to harvest another tree from the same

• tree farm

• root system

• country

• soil

Stump-culturing is often attributed to _______ ______ (HINT: this person served 2x as president of the Christmas Tree Growers Association of Massachusetts & was named the 1977 National Outstanding Tree Farmer of the Year by the American Forest Institute)

• Eli McGee

• Linwood Lesure

• Paige Lindell

• Scott Brady

One regeneration technique, coppicing, is one where the tree is cut at ______ level.

• knee

• ground

• eye

• chest

In another regeneration technique, __________, the tree is cut chest high to develop a dense stand of canopy branches.

• pollarding

• coppicing

• stump-culture

• photosynthesis

_____ _______ is an intermediate knee-high cut that preserves a few whorls of lower branches, necessary for photosynthesis needed for regrowth.

• stump culture

• tree cutting

• extreme drought

• new seedlings

True or False: About 44 percent of the contiguous US experienced moderate to extreme drought in 2022.

• True

• False

Why do many farms mechanically pull stumps as one of their stump removal strategies?

• to save space

• to pass their yearly inspection

• to provide more room for seedlings

• to avoid tripping over the stumps

Planting a new seedling could take how many years to get a tree back (as opposed to using stump culturing)?

• 0-2

• 3-4

• 5

• 6-8

True or false:

In one instance, a farmer was able to grow two or three trees from the same stump simultaneously.

• True

• False

The mature skirt branches that are cut back every year can be a maintenance hurdle, but are also seen as valuable because they:

• are used to make wreaths

• are free food for the deer

• can be burnt

• can attract bears