Browse resources Displaying 1 - 1 of 1 resources Photo: Judith Ann Kowalski (Cropped from original) Cone harvests for noble fir seeds Every four years or so, noble firs produce a bumper crop of cones. One recent collection effort at two seed orchards yielded about 5,000 cones, enough seed for about 700,000 seedlings. Chal Landgren, Judy Kowalski | Sep 2020 | Article