Greek fir

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Scientific Names

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Read about Greek fir in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Loud. Tree, 60-70 ft.: trunk 2-4 ft. in diam.: lvs. broad, rigid, sharp-pointed, standing. out from the branches at right angles: cones cylindrical, slender, pointed, gray-brown, 5-6 in. long; bracts longer or rarely snorter than their scales. Mt. Enos, on the Isl. of Cephalonia. —Doubtfully hardy in northern states.

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Varieties

Var. Apollinis (syn. A. Apillinis), with narrow and blunter lvs., is remarkable in its power to produce vigorous shoots from adventitious buds. Mts. of Greece and Roumelia; often gregarious; more hardy than the type in the northern states.

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