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.

Comparison of roots of natural (N) and Ontario tube seedling (T) after 3 growing seasons. N.B. similarity. Engelhart Management Unit

Comparison of red pine 3+0 and 1+2 stock planted after preparation with double mouldboard plow. Lindsay

Comparison of Ontario (Kapuskasing) left and NB spruce (right). Provenance, black spruce, 2+0.