[Magdalen] Rescue (No Anglican Content)

[Charles Wohlers]

None of those trees grow here - too cold. Even oaks aren't found wild 
here, although they are quite common just south of here in Montpelier.  
We do have *lots* of trees - just not a great variety. Of large trees on 
our property, we have sugar & red maple, beech, black cherry, yellow & 
paper birch, white & red pine, spruce (forget which one), balsam fir and 
hemlock. That's about it.

Speaking of rescue trees, one shouldn't forget the franklinia, which was 
first discovered in a very small stand in Georgia in the mid-1700's, and 
just 50 years later it was extinct in the wild. But, seeds were saved 
and it has since been propagated widely.

One might also mention the Torrey pine, which only exists in two small 
areas, one near San Diego and the other on Santa Rosa Island in the 
Channel Is. Nat. Park. We visited there a few years ago, and pictures 
(in case you're interested) are at 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cwohlers/albums/72157671565824634 - look 
in the 2nd & third rows. They seem to be doing well there, I suspect 
'cause the place is no longer one big cattle ranch.

And, speaking of trees, if anyone out there wants a 50+ foot balsam fir 
Christmas tree, we have a couple dozen or more here. You'll have to 
arrange transportation, however.   ;-)

-- 
Chad Wohlers
chad at satucket.com
Woodbury, VT   USA


On 12.11.2019 19:13, cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
> Such a nice note.  I didn't think anyone on list would relate to my
> post, but I felt compelled tosend it anyway.
> 
> I've told on these pages, I think, the story of my 80' Tulip Tree
> which I dug (reallypulled) out of a crack in the local Procathedral
> parking lot about 25 years ago.It was almost root-bare, and about 18"
> in length.  I planted it not really expectingit to grow, and it is now
> 80' and over-topping the natural oaks.  I have two verytall Dawn
> Redwoods that are about 30 years since planting, and three muchyounger
> trees.  Then there are several larch species in the yard, including
> a50' Tamarack from Wisconsin, plus my 3  prized Red Spruce, dug up
> along thehighway in the Adirondacks of New York.  I have lots of
> magnolias, etc., etc.
> I got the tree disease from my father, who was a Johnny Appleseed for
> AmericanLinden Trees.
> 
> David Strang.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> In a message dated 11/12/2019 6:08:30 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> cadyasoukup at gmail.com writes:
> 
> I keep thinking I will find the time to ID more of our trees,