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Plantation time and other details:
- March is planting season, however, it takes 7 to 15 years for Christmas trees to grow anywhere tall enough to sell.
- Beginning in mid-June, after the trees grow fully, shearing begins. Each tree is sheared by hand, top to bottom, by workers wearing long sleeves, hats, and gloves regardless of the heat. A five-acre farm might have 3,000 trees, and it takes several minutes to shear each one.
- Shearing gives the bush the beautiful shape of Christmas tree.
- The top branch of the Christmas tree, where the angel goes, is called the leader. The length of the leader determines the actual shape of the tree and quite often it is responsible for the sale of tree.
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