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BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — Tree connoisseur Steven Thompson is responsible for making Christmas trees look like Christmas trees.
He is with MMB Trees, a farm that supplies Christmas trees near the Canadian border in northern Maine.
He told WBZ NewsRadio that they trim and cut off the "buds,” at the tip of the stem on each tree every year, “and [that’s how] you’ll end up with the Christmas tree shape that you think off.”
MMB Trees grows three different types of Christmas trees: fraser firs, balsam firs, and Korean-balsam, a new hybrid species.
Thompson said, the perfect Christmas tree depends on what you care about, like the smell or if it'll shed needles.
“The fraser firs will retain their needles longer,” he added. “They’ll last all the way up until March.” Balsams, meanwhile, have a stronger pine smell.
All these trees are available at The Station in Fenway, where the farm is set up for the season.
WBZ NewsRadio’s Emma Friedman (@EmmaFriedmanWBZ) reports.