2709.26g,70 Contents Page 1 of 2 FOREST SERVICE HANDBOOK DENVER, CO FSH 2709.26g - TREE IMPROVEMENT HANDBOOK Region 2 Amendment No. 2709.26-96-16 Effective July 5, 1996 POSTING NOTICE: Amendments are numbered consecutively by Handbook number and calendar year. Post by document name. Remove entire document and replace with this amendment. Retain this transmittal as the first page of this document. The last amendment to this Handbook was Amendment 2709.26g-96-15 to 2709.26g,60. Document Name New (Number of Pages) 2709.26g,70 Contents Digest: 70 - This is a technical amendment to reformat contents. ELIZABETH ESTILL Regional Forester 2 R2 AMENDMENT 2709.26g-96-16 EFFECTIVE 7/5/96 2709.26g,70 Contents Page 2 of 2 FSH 2709.26g - TREE IMPROVEMENT HANDBOOK R2 AMENDMENT 2709.26g-96-16 EFFECTIVE 7/5/96 CHAPTER 70 - PROGENY TESTING Contents 71 71.1 71.2 71.3 71.4 OPEN-POLLINATED PROGENY TESTS Number of Open-Pollinated Progenies Controls Number of Progeny Test Plantings Test Design 72 SEEDLING PRODUCTION AND CARE 73 TEST SITE SELECTION 74 TEST SITE PREPARATION AND MAINTENANCE 75 PROTECTION OF PROGENY TESTS 76 PROGENY TEST EVALUATIONS 77 CONVERSION TO SEEDLING SEED ORCHARDS 78 PROJECT WORK PLAN AND ESTABLISHMENT REPORT