A family outing walking through the snow, searching out and cutting down the perfect tree among our fields is a wonderful way to start your holiday season. The tree farm elves are always happy to answer your questions or lend a hand, and when you return with your tree we are happy to bail it for you to make transportation easier, and then help you get it into or tied down on top of your car.
For our customers who prefer the convenience of a precut tree, we keep our racks stocked with fresh, Vermont grown trees. We maintain several fields of trees up in the mountains of Lincoln, VT where most of our precuts come from. The rest come from other Vermont tree growers. This allows us to ensure that our precut trees are fresh and were grown with the same care and expertise as the trees in our choose & cut fields.
Below you can find a brief description and pictures of the varieties of Christmas trees we offer to help you decide which kind is best for your family. The first five fir species listed account for most of our trees, but we also have limited numbers of spruces and pines for our customers who prefer them.
For our customers who prefer the convenience of a precut tree, we keep our racks stocked with fresh, Vermont grown trees. We maintain several fields of trees up in the mountains of Lincoln, VT where most of our precuts come from. The rest come from other Vermont tree growers. This allows us to ensure that our precut trees are fresh and were grown with the same care and expertise as the trees in our choose & cut fields.
Below you can find a brief description and pictures of the varieties of Christmas trees we offer to help you decide which kind is best for your family. The first five fir species listed account for most of our trees, but we also have limited numbers of spruces and pines for our customers who prefer them.
Balsam Fir, a
tree native throughout much of Canada and the northeastern US, is the
most traditional Christmas tree choice in New England. They have short,
soft needles, good needle retention, and are famously fragrant. When
you walk into the Christmas Shop and it smells wonderful, this is
primarily what you’re smelling. They range from emerald green to
blue-green. Fraser Fir are close relatives of the Balsam, and have become a very popular choice of Christmas tree in recent years for their excellent needle retention. Their branches are slightly stiffer, and they tend more towards a blue-green color, but are otherwise very similar to a Balsam Fir. Balsam-Fraser Crosses, sometimes called Fralsams, are hybrids between the two species. How much each parent comes out in a Fralsam varies from one tree to the next, but they generally succeed in bringing out some of the best traits of each. Cannan Fir is another close relative of the Balsam from the Cannan Valley in West Virginia. They tend more towards emerald green and have slightly longer needles than a balsam. Their excellent frost tolerance and adaptations to heavy clay soil allow them to grow very well in the Champlain valley. Veitch Fir is an exotic fir, native to Japan. They have long, soft, jewel-green needles, and have a very thick and lush growth habit. They also have good needle retention and fragrance. Corkbark Fir is from high elevations in the southern rocky mountains, and has soft, bluish needles. The ones we planted are just starting to get big enough to harvest, so we have limited quantities this year but will have more in future years. Scotch Pine have long needles and grow very densely, making for a very full-looking tree. They tend towards a warmer shade of green. Serbian Spruce have short, moderately stiff needles, and gracefully sweeping branches that give them a very distinctive appearance. They are sometimes called the most elegant of all spruces. Blue Spruce is the most traditional choice for a blue Christmas tree. They are a beautiful shade of blue with stiff needles. They have especially strong branches, making them an excellent choice for heavier ornaments, and their stiff, prickly needles are very useful for keeping pets from climbing on them. White Spruce is another very traditional choice for Vermont christmas trees, especially in southern Vermont. They have short, stiff needles and a very distinctive fragrance. Like the Blue Spruce, they are an excellent choice for people with pets who like to get into mischief. |           |
