Norways were introduced to the United States in the 1700s, according to what I've heard over the years. I wonder if they are really from Norway, or if that's just a name.
--- On Fri, 8/28/09, Bob <[email protected]> wrote: From: Bob <[email protected]> Subject: [ENTS] Re: Ashburnham Norway Spruce To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, August 28, 2009, 5:47 PM Ray No, it's a Norway. There are others planted around that look normal. This one must have been on steroids. Bob Sent from my iPhone On Aug 28, 2009, at 8:18 PM, "Ray Weber" <[email protected]> wrote: Wow I've never seen one that large or old looking. Is it possibly native Bob? Ray -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Cc: "Belchetz-Swenson, Sarah" <[email protected]>, "Blaich, Tanya" <[email protected]>, "CAMPANILE, ROBERT" <[email protected]>, "Davis, John" <[email protected]>, "Dittmer, Paul" <[email protected]>, "Duke, Carol" <[email protected]>, "Gilmour, Carol" <[email protected]>, "Heller, Sharl" <[email protected]>, "Hurley, Claudia" <[email protected]>, "Isacoff, Judy" <[email protected]>, "Kaiser, Amy" <[email protected]>, "Loomis, Rob " <[email protected]>, "Ricci, Heidi" <[email protected]>, "Seale, Doug" <[email protected]>, "Stransky, Laura" <[email protected]>, "Zelazo, Timothy" <[email protected]>, "Weiss, Nancy" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:53:27 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [ENTS] Ashburnham Norway Spruce ENTS, Today I accompanied Monica over to Ashburnham, MA. She needed to practice on a 1868 Viennese Streicher piano in preparation for a Brahms and Schumann concert in Ashburnham on Sept 27th. She specializes on early pianos. While Monica practiced, I explored the area for trees. I must report that most trees in Ashburnham, at least all that I saw, are undistinguished. Shortly before we left, I found the Norway spruce shown in the three attachments. It is unusual tree to say the least. It measures 80.5 feet in height. Nothing exceptional there. However, its girth is 13.6 feet, which makes it the largest Norway I've measured. However, these dimensions are eclipsed by the visual impact of this very interesting tree as can be seen in the photos. Bob --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
