| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest tree improvement |
| Organisms: | loblolly pine |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Air layering loblolly pine at the Crossett Experimental Forest. Man in photo may be Hoy Grigsby. |
| Date: | 3/1963 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest tree improvement |
| Organisms: | loblolly pine |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| 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. |
| Date: | 3/1963 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest tree improvement |
| Organisms: | loblolly pine |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Another view of 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. |
| Date: | 3/1963 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest tree improvement |
| Organisms: | loblolly pine |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Caption reads: "William E. Fulton air layering a loblolly pine tree at CEF headquarters." |
| Date: | 1962 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest tree improvement superior pine |
| Organisms: | loblolly pine |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Even though the Crossett Experimental Forest is primarily known for its contributions to the study of naturally regenerated southern pine forests, it did play an important role in parts of the early tree improvement programs in the southeastern US. In this picture, Hoy C. Grigsby scales a ladder to the crown of one of the best pine trees found on the Crossett Experimental Forest. |
| Date: | 1960s |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest tree improvement superior pine |
| Organisms: | loblolly pine |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | A plus tree on the Crossett Experimental Forest. |
| Date: | 1960s |
![Caption reads: "Cryptomeria japonica growing on east side of nursery at [CEF] Headquarters. A fast growing tree with good form but the new growth in top is killed back in severe winters."](/rds/imagedb/images/_thm/28050.jpg "Caption reads: \"Cryptomeria japonica growing on east side of nursery at [CEF] Headquarters. A fast growing tree with good form but the new growth in top is killed back in severe winters.\"")
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest tree improvement |
| Organisms: | Cryptomeria japonica |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Caption reads: "Cryptomeria japonica growing on east side of nursery at [CEF] Headquarters. A fast growing tree with good form but the new growth in top is killed back in severe winters." |
| Date: | 1960 |
![Caption reads: "[Crossett] Exp. For. Nursery. View showing seed beds. High beds filled with special loamny sand for better drainage. View from south side looking north."](/rds/imagedb/images/_thm/28048.jpg "Caption reads: \"[Crossett] Exp. For. Nursery. View showing seed beds. High beds filled with special loamny sand for better drainage. View from south side looking north.\"")
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest tree improvement |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Caption reads: "[Crossett] Exp. For. Nursery. View showing seed beds. High beds filled with special loamny sand for better drainage. View from south side looking north." |
| Date: | 4/19/1959 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest tree improvement sprouting |
| Organisms: | shortleaf pine |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Caption reads: "Prolific sprouting of young shortleaf pine whose stem was cut off." |
| Date: | 7/1956 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest tree improvement superior pine |
| Organisms: | loblolly pine |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Caption reads: "Grafting of scions from loblolly pine plus trees to the leaders of 2-yr.-old nursery grown seedlings." |
| Date: | 6/21/1955 |