Cone Collecting Loch Maree Islands
Photograph courtesy of Jim McIntyre
The Scots pine cone collecting team on the Loch Maree Islands. The Aultbea forestry team are;
1: Jim McIntyre
2: Ian Beaton
3: Willie Grant,
4: Billy Turner.
Were the Scots pine classed as native Caledonian pine trees?
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It may be of interest that HF Tom Galt`s wife (Jean) was one of the most nimble of cone collectors when they were at Slattadale. The collections were identified in the seed register and sown in the Black Isle nursery as I recall. A boat was brought up from Sunart to take the workers across. Tom`s successor MacPherson kept the boat as long as possible after collections for family picnics on the island.
Comment left on 31 January 2013 at 12:26 by David Paterson
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