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A research forester climbing a selected

imageID: 28053
Description: A research forester climbing a selected "superior" or "plus" loblolly pine tree by means of a Swedish ladder to install a device to spray the crown with an insecticide to protect the young cones.
Keywords: tree improvement
experimental forest
Organisms: loblolly pine
Photographer: Daniel Todd
Original collection id: 505654
Media: black/white print
Collection: Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images
Location: Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas
Date(mm/yyyy): 3/1963
Citation: Use of this image is governed by Creative Commons CC BY. If you use the image, please include the following citation:

Bragg, Don C. 2020. A century of Forest Service research and development in the southern United States: Historical documents and images. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2020-0047


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