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Southeastern Report Rutgers University, New Jersey - Last month we reported that Dr. John Kuser was growing selected coast redwood clones that he planned to deliver to several southeastern arborists. The arborist who received these clones during the week of March 15th included: Martin Mathes, Williamsburg, VA; Drayton Hastie, Charleston, SC; Kunso Kim, Norfolk, VA; and Larry Daniel, Chapel Hill, SC. The 5 clones are: D-03-5 Del Norte County, CA, French Hill Rd., elevation 2,000 ft. This was the tallest survivor at Clemson, SC plantation. H-16-1 Humboldt County, CA, Rockefellow Grove, Bull Creek, near Eel River. Dr. Libby says New Zealanders think this is the perfect redwood. N-03-4 Napa County, CA. Napa has a more continental climate, therefore Napa clones should respond better to the eastern temperature extremes. Andre Franclet reports that in France that N-03-4 "le plus resistant au froid". N-04-2 Napa County, CA. Parent tree was a 30 foot tree growing next to Route 128 at the Napa/Sonoma county line. A striking tree with a dense crown and glaucous (bluish) needles. RB-20 Humboldt County, CA. This Simpson Timber "plus tree" has thus far outgrown other clones at plantations in Derby, Bedgbury and Westonbirt (all in England). These trees are some of the best clones from the ongoing "Widerange Provenance Study". |
RT Targets LaGrange Quadrangle - Redwood Technology has adopted the LaGrange Quadrangle as a region in the southeast with the greatest potential for growing redwood timber and plans to provide growers in this area with limited free assistance in establishing redwood groves. The LaGrange Quadrangle is the region of eastern Alabama and western Georgia between 33.0 and 33.5 degrees north latitude and 85.0 and 86.0 west longitude. This region was selected because it has a January mean temperature above 42 degrees F and because it includes the southern end of the Appalachian mountains which tend to reduce mean summer temperatures in the region. The first activity associated with promoting redwood production within the LaGrange Quadrangle was the delivery on March 19th of approximately 200 P-1 redwood seedlings of two different Simpson Timber production clones (RB-2 and RB-18). These trees were delivered to Joe Phillips, LaGrange, Georgia and John Anderson, West Point, Georgia. Mr. Phillips is currently developing a private arboretum near LaGrange and Mr. Anderson is the US Army Corps of Engineers, General Manager for West Point Lake. Mr. Anderson has already planted several thousand bald cypress in and around the lake during the past 12 years. The RB-2 and RB-19 clones are both Simpson Timber "plus trees" that were developed by Simpson for excellent form and fast growth. |