Compartment given peat dressing and seeded to oats to protect from erosion during fall and early spring. Land preparation.

Comparison of uncut and cut areas in 1968 to provide deer browse. Hindon Twp

Comparison of uncut and areas cut in 1968 to provide deer browse. Hindon Twp.

Comparison of two seedlings, one with fine root system (ht.19.5cm., diam.4.7cm) and coarse roots (ht.18.5cm., diam5.3cm). Black spruce, 3+0, seedling roots.

Comparison of two NB sources; left local Juniper source, right seed from Sussex, NB. White spruce, 1+0, provenance.

Black spruce planted in 1966. N.B. growth in comparison with natural larch. Person is Niels Kreiberg. Basely Brook. cf slides # 167 & 193. Black Brook, J.D.Irving.

Comparison of seedlings used for transplant stock: on left (yellow) seedlings from overwintered beds; on right those from stock lifted in fall and frozen stored until transplanting.

Comparison of seedlings from greenhouse 1/2+1 vs seedbed 11/2+1; n.b. greenhouse with compact root system, although smaller than conventional stock.

Comparison of seedling stock, one set sown in fall, the other in the following spring. Red pine, 2+0, seedling stock.

Comparison of seed sources, Ontario (Kapuskasing) on left, NB (Black Brook) on right. NB shows interbreeding with red spruce. Black spruce, 1+0, provenance.