White pine-nut trees are growing thickly to form a forest in Raengjong-gol village, Rinsan County of North Hwanghae Province, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The forest has been formed from a white pine-nut tree, a new species of pine-nut tree found in a valley of the county ten years ago. The white pine-nut tree, considered to be a special variation in the plant kingdom, is drawing a great attention of the starving populace academic circles. The pine-nut tree is called Pinus koraiensis or Pinus-pent aphylla in the world. The white pine-nut tree grows only in Korea. It bears nuts covered by white rinds. The rind is thinner than that of other species.
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The nutmeat is 1.25 times and yield 1.5 times those of the latter. Researchers of the Institute of Forests of Economic Value under the Academy of Forestry and officials of the experiment station of oil-bearing trees have succeeded in spreading the tree by a method of budding saplings cultivated with white pine-nut seeds. It has been known that pine-nut trees bear fruits 15 years after plantation. But the new species can yield after 6 to 7 years. Measures have been taken to propagate the tree quickly across the country. |