First lady Jill Biden on Monday unveiled one of the surviving trees, a 20-foot Fraser fir, as this year's White House Christmas tree. "The Cartner family lost thousands of trees in the storm ...

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 ...

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. Search Query Show Search TEXAS NEWS ...

"We do not expect the aftermath of Hurricane Helene to have a significant effect on the supply of real North Carolina Fraser fir Christmas trees this holiday season," it read. "Christmas tree ...

With a $7.5 million grant from the USDA, they’re embarking on a groundbreaking project to genetically improve Fraser firs, a staple of North Carolina’s Christmas tree industry, to better ...

In Avery County, between 750,000 to over a million Fraser firs are sold annually, Moody said. The sale of Christmas trees is the largest money-maker in the county, bringing in around $40-46 ...

Field upon field in the region serves as an incubator for Fraser firs, among the most beloved American Christmas trees. But when the remnants of Hurricane Helene sent raging floodwaters through ...

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 ...