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Dave Smith[_1_]

On 2018-11-24 4:59 PM, wrote:

>> Today I'll bring the Christmas tree up from the basement and set it up.
>> Sad that we have to use an artificial tree, but DH is allergic to pine
>> pollen.

I could live with an artificial tree but my wife insists on a real one.
She always wins that one.

> Then get a fir tree or a spruce tree... Canadian hemlock makes an
> attractiove Christmas tree too I doubt you will find any pine trees
> sold as Christmas trees... pine trees are grown for lumber. they get
> very large and as they grow they lose their lower branches so don't
> have that conical Christmas tree shape.

We picked up our tree today, a 7 foot Fraser fir. There were pine trees
being sold there. Pine trees may be grown for lumber, but they are also
grown specifically for Christmas trees, which is probably more
profitable than lumber. They are ready to harvest in a few years and
need only a little pruning to develop a conical shape.