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Mexico’s High Altitude Pines Yield Turpentine Riches
Carey B. Townsend reports on Mexico’s Long-Leaf pine belt covering 6 to 7 million acres, where turpentine flows best at 60 degrees or higher. He notes thicker bark, shorter needles, and higher altitudes from 5,000 to 9,000 feet, with yields about 25 percent below U.S. best outputs, but resin quality improving with older trees.
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United States
Carey B. Townsend
New Orléans
Mexico
Michoacan
Cape Fear
Sabine River