• Zarges, R.V.
  Department of Forest Products, College of Forestry, University of Minnesota
  
• Neuman, Ronald D.
  Department of Forest Products, College of Forestry, University of Minnesota
  
• Crist, John B.
  U.S.D.A. Forest Service, North Central Forest Experimental Station, Forest Experimental Station, Forest Sciences Laboratory
  

Kraft pulp made from three Populus clones grown using short-rotation intensive culture were compared to pulps made from mature, debarked native aspen stemwood. At comparable levels of delignification, the Populus clones had slightly lower pulp yields but required less refining than the mature aspen to develop acceptable handsheet strengths. Handsheets from the Populus clones grown for 5 to 7 years had similar (or even superior) strength properties than those from the mature aspen.