CHRISTMAS LOSES TOP BILLING AT FOREST.Byline: ALEX DOBUZINSKIS Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, -- Frosty's Forest Christmas Tree Christmas tree Evergreen tree, usually decorated with lights and ornaments, to celebrate the Christmas season. The use of evergreen trees, wreaths, and garlands as symbols of eternal life was common among the ancient Egyptians, Chinese, and Hebrews. Farm will be offering a tad fewer trees and a lot more plants as the owner converts half the farm to a nursery operation. Owners said the move comes because the California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). Monterey pines the tree farm has sold for years are becoming less popular. Nowadays, families want their Christmas trees to be Douglas fir Douglas fir: see pine. Douglas fir Any of about six species of coniferous evergreen timber trees (see conifer) that make up the genus Pseudotsuga, in the pine family, native to western North America and eastern Asia. or noble fir The Noble Fir (Abies procera) is a western North American fir, native to the Cascade Range and Coast Range mountains of extreme northwest California and western Oregon and Washington in the United States. instead, and those are imported from Oregon and Washington. The tree farm had 20,000 trees last year but sold fewer than 500, said Barbara Schuurs, business manager at Sunset Nursery, which has the same owner as the tree farm. "We know that people look forward to the experience of coming out and chopping chop 1 v. chopped, chop·ping, chops v.tr. 1. a. To cut by striking with a heavy sharp tool, such as an ax: chop wood. b. down their own trees, and we don't want to do away with that," Schuurs said. Some of the trees also were damaged when a cell phone tower was built on part of the property, and that contributed to the decision to scale back the tree-growing effort, Schuurs said. The tree farm covers 6 acres, and 3 acres will continue to be used for Christmas trees. Other plants and backyard trees will be grown on the remaining 3 acres, Schuurs said. The nursery operation will be closed to the public, but the plants grown there will be sold at Sunset Nursery a few blocks away from the tree farm. "We have no intention of closing Frosty's Forest," she said. alex.dobuzinskis@dailynews.com (661) 257-5253 |
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