- Saws: We have loaners, but feel free to bring your own.
- Field map for 2016. (We’ll have copies of these at the farm for you to use.)
- If you want, read a few paragraphs about the Christmas tradition at Hutton-Loyd
- Tips for selecting cut Christmas trees
- Tips for selecting dug Christmas trees
- Cutting the tops out of Christmas trees (it’s okay!)
- Care guidelines for cut Christmas trees
- Care guidelines for dug Christmas trees
- Height definition for Christmas trees (dug and cut)
- Purchase terms and conditions – general
- Purchase terms and conditions – dug Christmas trees
Tree Info
Here’s a comparison table of different Christmas tree species. (We do not sell all of these.)
| Species | White Pine | Scotch Pine | Fraser Fir | Douglas Fir | Nordmann Fir | Norway Spruce | Colorado Blue Spruce |
| Needle Length | 2”-5” | 1”-3” | ½ ”-1” | 1”- 1½” | ¾”- 1¼” | ½”-1” | 1”-1½” |
| Needle Shape | Long and thin | Medium-long and thin | Short and stubby | Medium length and thickness | Medium-short and stubby | Short and thin | Medium-long and thin |
| Needle Sharpness | Very soft | Sharp | Blunt | Semi-sharp | Blunt | Sharp | Very Sharp |
| Needle Gloss | Semi-lustrous | Dull | Very shiny | Shiny | Very Shiny | Semi-lustrous | Dull |
| Max. Ornament Weight | Light | Moderate | Heavy | Heavy | Heavy | Heavy | Medium-heavy |
| Needle Retention* | Consistently very good | Consistently excellent | Poor and inconsistent | Fair, but inconsistent | Poor and inconsistent | Consistently bad | Consistently fair |
| Fragrance Strength | Faint | Faint | Strong | Very Strong | Strong | Strong | Very Strong |
| Color | From Blue-Green to Yellow-Green | Dark green | Deep blue-green with silver | Blue-green to yellow-green | Dark-green | Green to light-green | Silvery-blue to blue-green |
* Gauged by the number of needles retained on January 1st by a tree cut on Thanksgiving and well cared for thereafter. Poor does not mean the tree will simply be a bunch of barren twigs – it will still look presentable, but significantly sparser than when it was cut.
Even more information on each tree can be found through the links below: