He also planted laurel trees to sell firewood and built a tomato-plant nursery.

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Ms. Fox planted about 100 seeds instead of starting new plants from female-plant cuttings, which are normally used to prevent pollination.

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At the Aiken County truck plant, 400 of the 560 acres are given up to mixed-pine forests, and the company has planted tens of thousands of native and threatened longleaf pines, which can grow to 90 feet.

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