Christmas trees for pleasure and profit / Robert D. Wray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wray, Robert D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christmas tree growing.

Christmas trees.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 p.)

Edition:

4th ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Christmas Trees for Pleasure and Profit is for anyone who enjoys being and working outdoors and is seeking a profitable hobby or small business venture. Robert Wray has updated this fourth edition to include the latest techniques and tools for harvesting trees, new methods of transport, the most recent data on herbicides, and advice on how to run a Christmas-tree business today. A perennial bestseller, this illustrated guide covers selecting land, choosing species, planting, harvesting, and managing a plantation. Wray provides guidance for choosing species suitable for the grower's situation, where and how to get planting stock, and how to care for it. The planting process is described in detail, including both hand and machine methods. The book presents useful techniques for protecting the growing trees from weeds, animals, fire, insects, and disease, and offers a full description of shearing or shaping trees to improve their form and densityùkeys to a successful crop. As the grower's job is not done until the trees are sold, issues of grading, harvesting, advertising, and marketing are examined. A chapter on finances deals with costs, profits, and taxes. From novice to experienced grower, there is something in this book for everyone.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Preface

1. A Growing Business

2. Selecting Land

3. Species to Grow

4. Where to Get Trees

5. Choosing the Planting Stock

6. Preparing the Ground

7. When to Plant Trees

8. Care and Handling of Planting Stock

9. Planning and Managing the Plantation

10. Spacing of Trees

11. The Planting Job

12. Keeping Plantations Clean

13. Shearing

14. Protecting the Plantation

15. Grading Christmas Trees

16. Harvesting

17. Going to Market

18. Other Products of the Plantation

19. Profits—and Taxes

20. A Parting Word

Suggested Literature

Index

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-87897-9

9786611878979

0-8135-4581-1

OCLC:

476205582