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North Carolina is the nation's second-largest Christmas tree producer behind Oregon and harvests more than 5 million trees each year, most of them Fraser firs grown high in the Appalachian Mountains at altitudes around 4,000 feet.
And a North Carolina Christmas tree is in the White House this year! Delete the scoop?
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North Carolina State University Christmas Tree Research and Extension Programs... Check our site for a description of our research and for publications! Delete the scoop?
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Did you know NC is the 2nd largest Christmas tree producer in the country? Check out our Christmas Tree Research & Extension Program web site here: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/fletcher/programs/xmas/research/index.html
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"New CALS Dean Richard Linton is on the road, getting to know North Carolina and how the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is making a difference every day in the lives of the state’s people.
Day One: Mills River and the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center. The center, near Asheville, serves as a hub for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in the western part of North Carolina.
More than 40 faculty and staff members conduct applied research and empower western North Carolina’s people through extension education programs related to agriculture, the environment, family and community.
The center is known for its innovative work related to tomato breeding, fish farming, herbs and organics, Christmas trees — and much more. ITINERARY: A hops yard, sturgeon four to five feet long, energy crops considerably higher than an elephant’s eye – these were just a few of the things new College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Dean Rich Linton encountered during a day at the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center in Mills River. ..."
The Mountain Horticul;tural Crops Research & Extension Center, iMills River, web site http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/fletcher/
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