Show HERES HOW TO SELECT A TREE how can we select a christmas tree that holds boldi its needles Is a question fathers and mothers ask I 1 I 1 year after year the answer depends on the type of tree you buy and the care you give it once you set it up all trees tend to drop their leaves after they are cut and stored in a dry room but some borne kinds naturally hold their needles longer aw than others trees used most commonly on christmas are the spruced spruces fir hemlock pine and red cedars spruce are the first to shed their needles too A spruce cin can be identified by grasping a branch tightly its sharp needles will prick your hand the ideal christmas tree Is the ft fir it resembles the cpr spruce except that its needles are not sharp the needles stay on the tb tree for a long time and become a golden brown before they finally drop off needles of the douglas fir ar are fiarand fia flat tand and soft to the touch this popular tree can be easily identified by examining the cones which have small appendages pen dages on each side pines have never been very popular as christmas trees in spite of the fact that they do not shed their needles easily this Is most likely due to their unsymmetrical appearance which does not closely resemble the traditional christmas tree no mo matter what kind of 0 christmas tree you select it will hold its needles longer if it is standing in water place a little water in the base of your tree stand and you will be bothered less with tailing falling needles than you were last year |