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1961. Dorena seed orchard western white pine grafting Field-14 in 1961. Cottage Grove, Oregon.
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c.1962. The Dorena Project Site in the early 1960s. Western white pine grafts can be seen in Field 14 on the left. The white spots are pollination bags on the grafts. The Project Office was in the Inoculation Chamber Building seen on the right.
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c.1962. Grafting western white pine at the Dorena Site in the 1960s. A side graft technique was used. Note the foil covers used to nurture the new grafts in the background. Dorena Genetic Resource Center. Cottage Grove, Oregon.
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1962. The side graft was used in western white pine and sugar pine grafting at Dorena. Dorena Genetic Resource Center, Cottage Grove, Oregon.
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1962. Western white pine and sugar pine side grafts were enclosed in a plastic bag protected from direct sunlight by aluminum foil. A drain hole was left in the cover. The cover was removed when the graft was established and the natural tree top cut off..
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1962. Completed graft. Dorena Genetic Resource Center, Cottage Grove, Oregon.
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1962. Current year western white pine graft. Dorena Genetic Resource Center, Cottage Grove, Oregon.
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c.1962. A one year old western white pine side graft at the Dorena Site in the 1960s. Dorena Genetic Resource Center. Cottage Grove, Oregon.
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c.1962. Erma Rogers and Cliff Woody grafting western white pine at the Dorena Site in the 1960s. Dorena Genetic Resource Center. Cottage Grove, Oregon.
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1962. Ted Degerstrom making full-sib crosses in Champion Mine western white pine (WWP) major gene resistance (MGR) tree. Dorena Genetic Resource Center, Cottage Grove, Oregon.
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c.1962. Western white pine inoculation were originally sown in metal pots at Wind River Nursery. The progeny was sown in 1958 and 1959 and inoculated there. The pots were transported to the Long Creek Site in 1960 and inoculated two more times in '61&'62.
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c.1962. Early sugar pine grafts at Dorena. Dorena Genetic Resource Center, Cottage Grove, Oregon.
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c.1962. A youth crew moving irrigation pipe at the Dorena Site in the 1960s. Dorena Genetic Resource Center, Cottage Grove, Oregon.
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c.1962. Irrigating the western white pine fields at the Dorena Site in the 1960s. Dorena Genetic Resource Center, Cottage Grove, Oregon.
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c.1962. Youth crew hoeing fields at the Dorena Site in the 1960s. Dorena Genetic Resource Center, Cottage Grove, Oregon.
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c.1964. Gero Mitschelin. Dorena Genetic Resource Center Tree Breeding Supervisor in the 1960s. Cottage Grove, Oregon.
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1964. Regional Geneticist Tom Greathouse in a select western white pine tree at the Champion Mine site in 1964. Umpqua National Forest, Oregon.
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c.1964. The "minibag" made from sausage bag material was developed to produce controlled pollinations on young grafts. One or two cone buds could be pollinated without damaging the developing graft. Dorena seed orchard, early 1960s. Cottage Grove, Oregon.
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1964. Early western white pine side grafting technique. Dorena Genetic Resource Center, Cottage Grove, Oregon.
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c.1964. Dorena seed orchard, mid-1960s. Cliff Woody with one of the larger grafts in Field 14. Dorena Genetic Resource Center, Cottage Grove, Oregon.
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c.1964. Dorena seed orchard, mid-1960s. Cliff Woody with small western white pine graft in Field 14. Dorena Genetic Resource Center, Cottage Grove, Oregon.
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c.1964. Dorena seed orchard, mid-1960s. Cliff Woody in western white pine Field 14. Dorena Genetic Resource Center, Cottage Grove, Oregon.
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c.1964. Tom Greathouse, R6 Regional Geneticist, examining pine pollen.
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c.1964. Syringe used for pine pollen in the early days. Dorena Genetic Resource Center. Cottage Grove, Oregon.
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c.1965. Youth corp employee clearing brush and grass around seed orchard. Dorena Project in the 1960s. Dorena Genetic Resource Center, Cottage Grove, Oregon.
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c.1965. Youth corp employee working with seed orchard irrigation pipe. Dorena Project in the 1960s. Dorena Genetic Resource Center, Cottage Grove, Oregon.
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c.1965. A youth corp employee setting up a progeny frame for filling and sowing with western white pine seedlings for artificial inoculation. Dorena Project in the 1960s. Dorena Genetic Resource Center, Cottage Grove, Oregon.
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c.1965. Youth corp employees setting up progeny frames. Dorena Project in the 1960s. Dorena Genetic Resource Center, Cottage Grove, Oregon.
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c.1965. A youth corp employee setting up a progeny frame for filling and sowing. Dorena Project in the 1960s. Dorena Genetic Resource Center, Cottage Grove, Oregon.
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c.1965. Western white pine progeny frames placed in inoculation chamber. Dorena Project in the 1960s. Dorena Genetic Resource Center, Cottage Grove, Oregon.
