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Photos from ...
Cranston's Christmas Tree Farm—Ashfield, MA • Evergreen Farm—Sterling, MA
Seekonk Tree Farm—Great Barrington, MA • Vandervalk Family Tree Farm—Mendon, MA
Photos from ...
Crane Hill Tree Farm—Washington, MA • Cranston's Christmas Tree Farm—Ashfield, MA
Herrick Tree Farm—Haverhill, MA • Pine Crest Farm—Westport, MA • Seekonk Tree Farm, Great Barrington, MA
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It will take this newly planted
5-year old Christmas tree another
7 years to reach market size.
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Growing Christmas trees is
ecologically beneficial to bird habitat,
wildlife, and the environment.
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Christmas trees require a lot of care. Every year, after a tree reaches three to four
feet in height, it is trimmed. Trees are trimmed mechanically or by hand.
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Experts in Christmas tree culture and diseases speak to
MCTA members at Association twilight and annual meetings.
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In the fall, a wholesale Christmas tree
grower will select and grade, according
to USDA standards, the number of trees
he has for sale. Then in mid-November,
the harvest process begins for both
the retail and wholesale grower.
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Members of MCTA donated trees
to "The Trees for Troops"
nationwide humanitarian project.
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