One Good Tree Deserves Another
The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station is cloning pines, which the agency says will allow growers to save time by breeding a couple of good trees, then multiplying them.
“The cloned tree is the future for Christmas trees in the South,” said grower Don Kachtik. “We only have one type of tree that grows well in southeast Texas, the Virginia pine, so we need a good one.”
Kachtik says he has several hundred perfect pines ready to be cut for the holidays.
Perfect means a straight trunk that slips easily into a stand and lots of limbs to hold ornaments.
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