Article: Saturdayshopping: Best Buy; tip-top trees: Consumer journalist Linda Shand gives you the lowdown on the top fake tree buys for Christmas.(Features)

Article: Low Supply of Noble Fir Tree Could Disappoint ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  November 27, 2001 ;     662 words ... ... Tribune Business News Nov. 27--If the noble fir is your Christmas tree of choice, you ... shopping now. A dip in the supply of noble fir trees from the Pacific Northwest could ... Christmas Tree Association said. The noble fir's sturdy branches and thick needles ...

Article: State's growers again sell most Christmas ...
The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR);  September 29, 2009 ;     677 words ... ... favorite variety in Oregon, with 3.4 million sold last year, followed closely by Noble fir, with 3.3 million sold. The number of Doug firs sold has decreased every year since 2003, while Noble fir sales have increased 54 percent since 2001.

Article: Boy Scouts on lookout for fine firs.(General News)(Christmas: A ...
The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR);  November 25, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... said. Troop 175 won't be the only ones unable to meet the noble fir demand. The trees are in short supply because demand has grown ... said. SCOUTING FOR TREES Boy Scout Troop 175 is looking for noble fir trees to sell at its Christmas tree lot. Contact John McDowell ...

Article: BUYERS FLOCK INTO LOTS TO GET A TRULY GRAND FIR.(General ...
The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR);  November 28, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... said. Most lots offer an assortment of Douglas, grand and noble fir trees. In addition to those popular choices, the Gorham tree ... sugar and a splash of 7-Up to the bowl at the base of her noble fir. "It makes the water icky, but it's worth it. That tree ...

Dictionary definition: noble fir
Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      128 words ...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 noble fir a very large fir (Abies procera) of the W U.S. Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Article: Noble fir towers at White House: (WILD ...
The Washington Times;  December 3, 1999 ;     253 words ...Hillary Rodham Clinton is on hand for yesterday's Blue Room acceptance of an 18 1/2-foot Noble fir from Washington state as this year's official White House tree.

Article: Geographic variation in chloroplast haplotypes in the California ...
Canadian Journal of Forest Research;  October 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... been considerable taxonomic disagreement regarding the relationship of California red fir (Abies magnifica A. Murray) and noble fir (Abies procera Rehder) as well as the status of the variety Shasta red fir (Abies magnifica var. shastensis Lemmon ...