The following statement is by Ernst J. Schreiner, Forest Geneticist, USFS and can be found on page 1254 in the 1937 USDA Yearbook of Agriculture. .... seed-origin and progeny studies are of the greatest importance if the errors responsible for the poor quality of many of the early European plantations are to be avoided. According to Baldwin, approximately 25 percent of the forest stands in Germany are inherently so poorly adapted to their environment that the Government has ordered clear cutting to prevent their regeneration. ======================= Question: Were these inherently poorly adapted stands clearcut or were they allowed to mature? Question: If they were allowed to mature, could some of the forest decline in Germany today be related to the inherently poorly adapted genotypes identified by Baldwin 60 years ago? David South School of Forestry Auburn University, AL 36849-5418 USA dsouth@forestry.auburn.edu 334-844-1022 334-844-1084 (FAX) http://www.forestry.auburn.edu/coops/sfnmc/sfnmc.html ========================================================================= "Here was my chance. Biltmore could be made to prove what America did not yet understand, that trees could be cut and the forest preserved at one and the same time." Gifford Pinchot Consulting Forester Biltmore Estate 1892-1895 =========================================================================
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