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 ...

The Fraser fir is arguably the most popular Christmas tree species. It’s chosen for its hardiness, which means it survives being cut and can be shipped across long distances.

Fraser fir is a beloved type of Christmas tree that also offers privacy, beauty, and wildlife value to gardens. arlutz73 / Getty Images The Fraser fir tree (Abies fraseri) is a comparatively rare ...

Christmas tree growers in Atlantic Canada are monitoring the spread of a disease and looking for ways to combat it.

Smith’s Mountain Top Fraser Fir farm in Newland has long been a cornerstone of the industry, even providing the official White House Christmas tree in 2018, a moment when Smith met then ...

The Fraser fir tree is always a popular choice because of its appealing blue-green color and the fact that it holds ornaments well with the stiff branches. You can typically cut your own from tree ...

Simmons is talking about the most popular Christmas tree, the Fraser fir, which 90 percent of his customers buy. But this year, this tree is in short supply.

Fraser fir is becoming the go to Christmas tree, edging out balsam. That's because of Fraser's blue underside, and because it doesn't drop its needles as quickly.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS/WVAH) — Finding the perfect Christmas tree: if you haven't already done so already, now is the time. A nationwide shortage of Fraser firs is affecting supplies and prices ...

Danny Hubbard, manager of NYC Trees, poses with a 14 ft. Fraser fir Christmas tree that sells for $1200 on 9th Ave. and W.44th St. Helayne Seidman “Even in normal times, this is a grade-A ...

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: 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 ...

Transcript MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: 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.