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In 2015, Washington State had approximately 250 Christmas tree farms with a combined 23,000 acres, yielding 2.3 million Christmas trees valued at approximately $35 million. The majority of Christmas tree production occurs in the western and southern portions of the Puget Sound region including Kitsap, Lewis, Mason and Thurston counties. [7]
The North Carolina Fraser fir is the most popular Christmas tree, and the state produces about 20% of all real Christmas trees, according to the North Carolina Christmas Tree Association.
A Christmas tree farmer in the U.S. state of Florida explains the pruning and shearing process of cultivation to a government employee.. Christmas tree cultivation is an agricultural, forestry, and horticultural occupation which involves growing pine, spruce, and fir trees specifically for use as Christmas trees.
Cut evergreen trees were used in 1923 and from 1954 to 1972. Living trees were used from 1924 to 1953, and again from 1973 to the present (2011). In the list below, the height of the cut tree is the height of the tree when raised at the White House. The height of the living tree is the height when it was first planted.
North Carolina is the nation's second-largest producer of Christmas trees. In 2022, North Carolina's Christmas tree sales totaled $119.6 million, making up a quarter of nationwide sales.
There are close to 15,000 farms growing Christmas trees across the 50 states, with approximately 350 million trees growing on them, according to the National Christmas Tree Association. U.S. tree ...
NEWLAND, N.C. (AP) — The Cartner family had known since last year that one of their farm’s Christmas trees would be headed to the White House this winter. But then Hurricane Helene struck, unleashing a deadly deluge across western North Carolina, including Avery County, where Cartner’s Christmas Tree Farm has stood for decades. Though the ...
The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services estimates the Christmas Tree crop's value at around $100 million annually.