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more commonly called red or yellow
The Douglas fir of the Northwest, more commonly called red or yellow fir, is an excellent illustration.
— from Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest Protecting Existing Forests and Growing New Ones, from the Standpoint of the Public and That of the Lumberman, with an Outline of Technical Methods by E. T. (Edward Tyson) Allen

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