Balsam Fir trees are grown in northern NH, VT, ME, NY and Canada.
They cut the trees starting the last week in October. They are cut on TREE FARMS where they have nice neat rows of trees that have been pruned to that perfect conical shape since they were a year or two old. It takes about eight to ten years before they are cut.
Then they load about 700-900 of them on a flatbed truck and send them south to the cities. There is a lot next to my office here in Nashua. The same guy rents the lot every year. He owns a tree farm up north. He lives in a camper right next door the whole month of November. He started setting up a couple weeks ago. As of today he is ready to start selling.
Far out. I starting using a real looking fake tree a number of years ago. Not to save da environment but so I can keep it up until June if I feel like it. I do love real trees though. I use a fake one for my own convenience.