KRAFT PULP QUALITIES OF 11 RADIATA PINE CLONES

The kraft pulp and fibre properties of eleven 16-year-old radiata pine clones are assessed. Kraft pulp qualities and chip basic density of i ndividual trees are not correlated one with another in the clone popul ation. Furthermore, handsheet properties of the clones are determined by the interactive influence of fibre length, coarseness and width, ra ther than by length and/or coarseness alone. The 11 clones contain fib res which are generally wide, large, and of high coarseness (wall area ) and wall thickness when compared with seedling trees of radiata pine of the same age.