Newton Nursery 1981 Forest Research Station

Date Added: 24 October 2011 Contributor: Norman Davidson Year of Photo: 1981 Picture No: 1018

Photographs courtesy of Alan Duncan, Newton Nursery.

This photograph shows an example of the practice of girdling a tree to encourage heavy productions of cones. Note the two opposed half girdling cuts through the bark and the cambium layer (now well healed over) one cut below the other, the ends of which just passes the ends of the other.

Groups: Forest Nurseries, Forest Research, Forestry in Action

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