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On Sep 29, 2009, at 8:18 PM, Carolyn Summers <[email protected]> wrote: > > Why did they collect the sap? What did they use it for? > -- > Carolyn Summers > 63 Ferndale Drive > Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706 > 914-478-5712 > > > >> From: JamesRobertSmith <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: <[email protected]> >> Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:40:45 -0700 (PDT) >> To: ENTSTrees <[email protected]> >> Subject: [ENTS] Re: Ashburnham spruce >> >> >> When I was a kid my dad would take me on Indian relic hikes that >> would >> invariably go through various slash pine plantations. This was in >> south Georgia. The plantation owners would literally "slash" the >> pines--make a wound in the bark--and place pans to collect the sap >> beneath the slashes. Similar, in some ways, to collecting maple sap, >> in principle. Plantation slash pines look a lot different from wild >> ones. The ones on plantations grow straight and true, but the ones >> that I encounter in natural settings have a lot of large limbs and >> quite a bit of differentiation in the trunks. One thing notable about >> them are the really long needles. Longer than most other pines I've >> seen. >> >> >> >> On Sep 25, 8:34 am, [email protected] wrote: >>> Larry, >>> >>> Slash pine is a cool species. But I know very little about it and >>> where it >>> fits into the ecosystem as well as its economic uses. Wasn't it an >>> important >>> source of turpentine? I would image our buddy Will Fell could tell >>> us a lot >>> about the species. >>> >>> Bob >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Larry" <[email protected]> >>> To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 7:55:22 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada >>> Eastern >>> Subject: [ENTS] Re: Ashburnham spruce >>> >>> Bob, Cool! I really enjoy those odd trees. I have a couple of odd >>> limbed Slash Pines close by. I've been meaning to post them. Larry >>> > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
