As used in ORS 571.510 to 571.580, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) �Acre of Christmas trees� means an acre of land upon which Christmas trees are growing at the time of application for the license required by ORS 571.525.
(2) �Christmas tree� means a cut evergreen tree:
(a) Of a marketable species;
(b) Managed to produce trees meeting U.S. No. 2 or better standards for Christmas trees as specified by the Agricultural Marketing Service of the United States Department of Agriculture; and
(c) Evidencing periodic maintenance practices of shearing or culturing, or both, for all Christmas tree species; weed and bush control and one or more of the following practices: Basal pruning, fertilization, insect and disease control, stump culture, soil cultivation and irrigation.
(3) �Dealer� means a person who purchases Christmas trees for resale.
(4) �Department� means the State Department of Agriculture.
(5) �Grower� means any person who grows Christmas trees for sale.
(6) �Natural timber stand� means any site where Christmas trees are growing with a spacing greater than 9.5 feet by 9 feet.
(7) �Sell� or �sale� means to offer or hold for the purpose of sale, or to solicit orders for sale or to deliver, distribute, exchange, furnish or supply. [1985 c.197 §1; 1989 c.561 §1]
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