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Show Christmas Tree Industry 'Alms to Please' Iw , i i v-sA V ' ; j f L , - - - ' V i ' I , A highly developed industry, Christmas tree production aims to satisfy all types oj customers. Here a workman after bundling his trees according to size and grade is sawing the butts to even lengths. In cities where ceilings are high, as in old communities, taller trees are desired. For modern mod-ern low-ceilin ged living rooms, only medium and shorter sizes find ready market. The most popular kind of Christmas tree is the fir. It is generally preferred pre-ferred because it tends to hold its needles longer than any other evergreen tree. Spruces, pines, hemlocks and red-cedars are also used as Christmas trees. |