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There are different trees from the 50ties/60ties. There are pinetrees, birches, deciduous trees, appletrees and bushes. At the beginning these trees could only be bought in a seperate box, later they appeared in the LEGO boxes together with buildings etc.
One of the first models that came with the trees is set 309 (pine with flat bottom). There are different designs of the trees, the first trees had a flat bottom, the newer one had a bottom that could be clickt on a LEGO baseplate.
Painted trees were produced from the 1950's through the early 1970's. They appeared in two base versions and at least 2 paint variations. The first version has a flat base. These flat bases were meant to be used with the flat printed town plan boards.
The second version has a hollow base. These were meant to be placed over studs of the new base bricks which replaced the town plan boards.
In 1960, a new set of trees appeared with the same flat base and dark green paint. In 1965, an updated version of trees appeared with hollow bases. All versions were painted at the factory, probably by hand. Similar unpainted trees were produced by Samsonite™. Painted trees were replaced by granulated trees.
Later models had a bottom that could be clicket on a basplate. The first models with these bottoms came together with sets 322 (bushes), 341 and 342. Houses with trees came with set 344 and 345
From the 70ties LEGO produced new 3D trees. These were made from granules. Saddly the granules easy came off when children were playing with the trees. The trunk could be easily broken. Later editions of set 344 and 345 came together with a granule tree. Set 347 (and others) always have had a granule tree. After a short period the granule trees were replaced trough the tree we know till today.
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