' -Youug trees destined to be plauted at high altitudea in ffioUiitaiiiouS country are now trained to witlistand frigid temperatures by a special icing treatment. Before they are Set out, the trees are placed in an ice house which is ^kept at a constant tempcrature of tiiirfy-two degrees Fnh., and at a relative humidity of elght-seven. By tlius adjusting themselves to the cold, mountainous clim.ato they will soon havo to meet, the trees are said tp have a Mucli i better cliaiiee of BurvivaL .
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 176, 12 August 1937, Page 5
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83Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 176, 12 August 1937, Page 5
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