North Carolina's Fraser fir is a popular Christmas tree, but it's under threat from disease and scientists are racing to try to save it. North Carolina is a leading producer of Christmas trees, and ...

Christmas trees provide a significant source of revenue in southern Appalachia. The most popular species in the region is Fraser fir but they are under attack by a pathogen that causes root rot, kills ...

The 2014 growing season turned out to be a nearly ideal one for Christmas tree growers, but the process still is never easy. (Pennsylvania Christmas Tree Growers Association) September was a little ...

Fraser Fir Christmas tree fields can be spotted along the back roads and not so back roads all over Glenville. Farmers began growing these beautiful Fraser Fir trees when their money crop, the famous ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Ninety-five million American homes will display a Christmas tree, but those who prefer a real tree may find a shortage as Christmas approaches. "I believe there will be a shortage ...

An invasive sapsucking insect is wreaking havoc on the Fraser fir, one of the most popular Christmas trees in America. Even President Joe Biden has an 18-foot-tall Fraser fir as his family’s Christmas ...

North Carolina is a leading producer of Christmas trees, and the Cadillac of trees is their native Fraser fir. It is, though, an evergreen under siege. Paul Garber from member station WFDD reports on ...