Can trees really grow to 30'-35' in 3-4 years? ("Austrees")

[Toby Bradshaw]

In article <CMItuI.DLp at happy-man.com>,
Joshua_Putnam <josh at happy-man.com> wrote:
>In <2lq42c$klo at news.ysu.edu> ao944 at yfn.ysu.edu (Jack Decker) writes:
>
>>The big sales point on these is, of course, their extremely FAST
>>growth.  If the testimonials on the enclosed double-sided sheet can be
>>believed, growth of up to 30 feet or more in three years is not
>>uncommon.  
>
>I don't know anything about this company or its trees, but the 
>Wall Street Journal did a front-page story not too long ago about 
>research into using fast-growing hardwoods for electric power 
>generation, and there were big companies involved in developing 
>trees growing at this sort of speed.  Can't recall all the 
>details, but a good library search should turn up the article.  

2 Dec 93.  It described the US DOE program from which I get some of
my funding.

Toby Bradshaw                       |
Department of Biochemistry          |  Will make genetic linkage maps
and College of Forest Resources     |            for food.
University of Washington, Seattle   |
toby at u.washington.edu               |