Johnson, James E.2015-07-282015-07-282005-09-01http://hdl.handle.net/10919/54913When selecting a species to plant for Christmas trees, it is important to consider characteristics, local growing conditions, handling/marketing requirements at harvest, seedling cost and availability, and market potential. Variation for many traits within a given species exists, particularly with color, needle length, growth rate, and form.6 pagesapplication/pdfen-USVirginia Cooperative Extension materials are available for public use, re-print, or citation without further permission, provided the use includes credit to the author and to Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, and Virginia State University.ForestryExtension publicationhttp://pubs.ext.vt.edu/420/420-082/420-082_pdf.pdfChristmas treesProductionCharacteristicsSelection