Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 11, Number 4, DeMotte, Jasper County, 12 December 1940 — Christmas Tree Industry ‘Aims to Please’ [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Christmas Tree Industry ‘Aims to Please ’

A highly developed industry , Christmas tree production aims to satisfy all types of 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 low-ceilinged living rooms, only medium and shorter sizes find ready market. The most popular kind of Christmas tree is the fir. It is generally preferred 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.