![]() ![]() “There’s a lot of work to it,” said Crouse, who has been growing Christmas trees since he was 11. In the 2016 Census of Agriculture, there were 319 farms in Nova Scotia reporting Christmas trees grown for sale with 6,179 hectares of land in Christmas tree production. I think there is a great future for the Christmas tree and greens industry in Nova Scotia and Atlantic Canada.” “These trees will grow in rural areas and will create jobs. “I think it’s going to be a huge game-changer,” he said. It will help producers be more prepared when they take this new product to market.”Ĭonsidering it took 20 years to get the honeycrisp apple brought to market and commercialized in numbers, Crouse estimates they are about halfway there with the SMART tree. This step will give producers a chance to plant SMART seedlings and to learn more about their growth characteristics and potential benefits. “The research and development plan has been completed and various plots across the province have been selected and prepared for the field trial project. “The work has been going well,” said Nova Scotia Minister of Agriculture Keith Colwell. The Department of Agriculture provided funding to support the development of the SMART tree through the province’s Building Tomorrow Fund. The true test will be when you take a branch off and let it dry out and shake it.” “The balsam fir is not giving up its secrets like the spruce tree would. “The technology to clone these trees has thrown us a few curveballs,” he said. Working with “the best balsam fir trees that nature had to offer,” the trees were cloned and are now on trial in the ground, said Crouse. You can beat it and it never gives up its needles. has developed the Fraser fir, a breed of tree that grows in New England that doesn’t lose its needles but has no aroma. ![]() The problem, said Crouse, is that although balsam firs have a lovely aroma, they tend to shed their needles. SMART trees were developed at the Atlantic Christmas Tree Research Centre in Truro and are healthier, longer-lasting trees that have been naturally selected to hold their needles for up to three months, making them more attractive to international markets.Ĭrouse said the project was started about 10 years ago. … there’s going to be a lot of interest in these trees when they start getting out in numbers.”Īndrew Crouse, president of the Lunenburg County Christmas Tree Producers’ Association, talks about the Christmas tree industry at a holding lot, where locally grown trees await export to the U.S. “We’ve had interest from Quebec, New Brunswick, P.E.I. “It’s a game-changer for us,” said Andrew Crouse, president of the Lunenburg County Christmas Tree Producers’ Association. I wish Prague could borrow some of them, we live near the old town and we’ve seen 3-4 trees tops in total this season, which is very sad since it’s the best time of the year.Field trials are underway for naturally made in Nova Scotia balsam fir Christmas trees that are SMART (senescence modulated abscission regulating technology). the more you have the more chances you can lure Santa into your chimney? Also, do you have an idea where they all go afterwards? We’ve seen some of them carefully potted, but some were just randomly attached to a platform of some sort.Įdit: Thank you all for responses, I couldn’t expect to learn a couple of new things so quickly, never knew it’s Ardennes’ speciality sort of. Is this some sort of traditions and is there any meaning behind this e.g. Bruges Christmas market is literally encircled with trees serving as some sort of fence and each cafe has like 2-5 of them. And by abundance I mean there are places with a full fence made of Christmas trees or hotels with 6-8 quite large trees lined up along facades. It looks like there’s an abundance of Christmas trees all around. Hi everyone! Me and my girlfriend are currently on a trip around Belgium. Looking to move to Belgium? Check out our Belgian Survival Guide for what you need to know. Tourist PSA: before asking a question you might want to check out one of our guides/maps:Ĭheck out the wiki for more related subreddits! To find out what these rules mean exactly, please read more about them in the wiki We adhere to Belgian copyright laws pertaining paywalled/off-line articles. Maps should specify the context/relevance for Belgium. ![]() Only post content that is relevant specifically to Belgium or Belgians. A subreddit for everything about Belgium!ĭo not editorialise titles of articles (see wiki for further clarification).ĭo not advocate serving Belgian beers in beer glasses that weren't specifically designed for those beers.ĭon't ask for, or give advice on or advertise stuff that is illegal under Belgian law. ![]()
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