Marc, I a not familiar with your tree as I live in PA, but it is a good sized tree and should be given an official ENTS measurement for inclusion on our listings. One thing I have always been interested in pursuing is developing a personal history of an individual tree. You have a chance to do this with the tree your grew up with. I would jot down whatever memories you have in which the tree played a part. Did you have a swing on it? Did you climb it? Did you rake leaves from the tree? Did you collect acorns or leaves? Do you have any old photos that include the tree? Any photos that might include the tree from before you were born? Stories? Has it even been shown in advertisements or in the newspaper? If you compiled these along with some present day photos and more recent stories - like discussing the state coming out to measure the tree, it would be a most interesting document. Others could do the same things with trees they grew up with. The results cold be posted to the ENTS list or to the website. What do you think?
Ed Frank. “To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has its own beauty, and in the same field, it beholds, every hour, a picture which was never seen before, and which shall never be seen again” - Ralph Waldo Emerson ----- Original Message ----- From: Marc Depoto To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 1:32 PM Subject: [ENTS] I have mentioned on here in the past about the Oak tree on the grounds of my business. I grew up on this property and played around the base of this tree when young. The Hillside Oak is more than just a tree to me and more like family. Growing up in and around this tree only helped me appreciate the natural world. Granted is not as big as the Granby Oak in Connecticut but still a very good representative for its species and to a little boy it was the largest living thing in the world. I had the state come out to measure it some years ago and enter it into the Massachusetts Champion Tree Program. The Hillside Oak canopy is roughly 151” in circumference, 60’ tall and with an average spread of 73’. What makes this tree really stand out is how it is growing around a huge glacial erratic. (I surmise it is a glacial erratic) If anyone is curious to view the tree drop me a line. Marc Depoto Chief Operating Officer W 508.528.0038 x 106 F 508.528.3254 www.hillsidenurseries.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
