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HarzResin (resin tapping): The grooved bark of the Austrian pine (Pinus nigra var. austriaca) and the clay pots fastened underneath for collecting the resin for a long time dominated the re-afforested pine forests of the Steinfeld (Lower Austria) and until after the war supplied a part of the population, the so-called "Pecher" (pitchers), with an extra income (Gutenstein woodland farmers´ museum). In Alpine regions resin was also extracted by tapping larch trees and injuring the bark of spruce trees. Literature: K. Mazek-Fialla, Die Harz-Gewinnung in Österreich, 21946; H. Grünn, Die Pecher, 1960.
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