“This here is a fir that would be classified as a Charlie Brown tree,” Greg Williams declared, of a spare little cutting of balsam fir. “But prune it severely the first year and you can make a good ...

Every winter, millions of Americans descend on farms and lots across the country with the express purpose of inspecting, and ultimately choosing from, their local selection of coniferous evergreen ...

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The Christmas tree, that staple of holiday merriment, seems like it would be a prime source of home fires. For instance, Christmas trees contain some flammable compounds, as well as plenty of organic ...

Chal Landgren is a Christmas tree specialist at Oregon State University’s North Willamette Research and Extension Center in Aurora. Credit: Michelle Klampe, Oregon State University For those who ...

“O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, how steadfast are thy branches.” So goes the age-old marketing song of Christmas tree sellers. Well, you would be forgiven for thinking that, because one thing ...