Thuraday, December 16, 1962
White House Christmas Tree Grown In The Mountains Os N.C.
—By Bob Cairo—
This Christmas the White
House has something in com
mon with morftthan a million
American V homes—a
Christmas tree grown in the
mountains of North Carolina.
The 18-foot short-needled
Fraser fir in the Blue Room
was supplied by Hal Johnson
of Ashe County. Johnson is the
1882 winner of an annual con
test sponsored by the National
Christmas Tree Association.
A second tree was provided
by Johnson for the Reagan’s
living quarters.
“Johnson typifies the
Western Carolina farmer who
has helped make Christmas
trees a full-fledged
agricultural crop in the
state,’’ said Wiliam T. Hux
ster, Jr., a N. C. State Univer
sity extension specialist in the
School of Forest Resources.
Johnson’s 1982. harvest,
planted approximately eight
yfears ago, includes more than
8,000 short-needled Fraser
firs—trees cut from moun
tainous acreage once used for
less profitable crops.
He is one 1,500 North
Carolina farmers who allotted
acreage for Fraser fir
Christmas trees in 1982.
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The short-needled Fraser
firs harvested in Western
Carolina this year will ac
count for more than 60 per
cent of the state’s $23 mUlion
Christmas tree harvest.
Back in the 1950 s the N.C.
Forest Service, the Tennessee
Valley Authority and the N.C.
Agricultural Extension Ser
vice began a cooperative ef
fort to identify a more prac
tical crofpbr the small land
owners up Western North
Carolina,. Huxster said.
“We were looking for a
labor intensive crop, one that
would generate a high income
for smaU farmers,” he said.
The short-needled Fraser
fir, North Carolina’s only
native fir Christmas tree, fit
the bill. The bluish-green tree
has horizontal branches, an
attractive crown and a plea
sant fragrance.
“It has all the essential
characteristics that con
sumers look for in a quality
Christmas tree,” Huxster
said.
The warm days and cool
nights, the high-organic,
porous soil and the short
growing season found in the
state’s high elevation areas
(2,000 feet and up) make an
ideal environment for grow
ing firs.
“Counties such as
Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga,
Avery, Mitchell, Jackson,
Transylvania, Haywood and
Macon all produce large an
nual crops of Fraser firs,”
Huxster said.
The Christmas tree crop
has an approximate growth
rotation of 15 years from sow
ing to cutting, and it isn’t
raised without risk. “But, if
all goes well and there’s no
problem with weather or
disease, a fanner can gross in
excess of $30,000 per acre per
cutting,” Huxster said.
North Carolina, which
ranks eighth nationally in
Christmas tree production,
has come a long way since
NCSU and other state agen
cies began assisting the
industry.
“A gross production income
of $3-milllon in 1973 had doubl
ed by 1978,” Huxster said.
Now in 1982 the state’s
growers of firs, pines and
cedars are expecting an in
come which should exceed
$23-mil!ion.
The pricing of the trees in
any given year is based on a
variety of factors, Huxster
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said.
“The cost of labor,
maintenance, shipping and
the 14-year investment of
time by the farmers must all
be considered,” he said.
This year N.C. trees are
retailing for approximately $4
to $6 per foot and are being
shipped as far as Los Angeles
and Caracas, Venezuela.
According to Huxster, the
state’s high national ranking
in production hasn’t stopped
the N.C. industry from setting
its sights on an even greater
share of the country’s
Christmas tree market.
N.C. State University forest
geneticists, the N.C. Forest
Service and the state’s
Christmas tree growers
believe genetically improved
trees could play a major role
in attaining the goal, he said.
“We’re still a generation
away from a real tree im
provement but selecting firs
and crossing the superior
stock would eventually supply
is with genetically improved
seed in great quantity,” Hux
ster said.
Through this selection and
breeding process the growers
will be able to raise
Christmas trees faster, with
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Christmas is a magic word
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people. For some, it
conjures up the image of roar
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for others, warm weather and
a picnic at the beach. But
whatever your personal
customs are, Christmas pro
bably includes a big family
meal.
Shirley and Art Weiner,
Area Directors for Weight
Watchers of Delmarva, Inc.
say, “If you are conscious, the
holidays may present certain
challenges, Weight Watchers
can help, by offering some
good advice and a Christmas
menu so delicious, it’s hard to
believe it’s part of a weight
control plan.”
Start the day off right by
following this advice from Dr.
Reva Frankie, Nutritionist for
Weight Watchers Interna
tional :. “Plan on eating three
balanced meals to ‘save
calories’ for special holiday
foods and end up overeating.
Be forward, and arrive at the
holiday table in control and
able to enjoy the festivities.”
This year, Weight Watchers
suggests you start off your
meal with very special stuffed
artichokes. Then, enjoy
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roastpork with apple-raisin
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vegetable medly, accom
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it could easily become a fami
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