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Christmas tree prices surge as real firs outshine artificial
St Boniface credited with dedicating the fir tree and the tradition fuels a booming real-tree market. Nationwide sales rise with 45 million trees expected in 1969 at about 160 million dollars, while artificial trees cost 20 to 30 dollars. Prices vary by region from 99 cents for a two-foot Douglas fir in San Francisco to 25 dollars per eight-foot balsam in Manhattan.
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Ronald E. Cohen
United Press International
St. Boniface
Germany
America
Boniface
American Forest Institute
Yale
Institute
Gilstrap
Christmas Tree Co
Dallas
San Francisco
Bill Freshout
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Bay Area
Freshout
Garden World
New York
Queens
Manhattan
Rialto Florists
Lexington
East 56Th Street
Seattle
Washington
D. C
Nixon
Ohio
White House
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Gifford Pinchot
Hawaii