Turner, thanks for that link. I am very interested in things folkloric, enjoyed it very much. Mark
--- On Wed, 9/30/09, turner <[email protected]> wrote: From: turner <[email protected]> Subject: [ENTS] Re: Ashburnham spruce To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 8:53 AM Carolyn: Check out this site for a way of life that no longer exists. http://www.valdosta.edu/turpentine/ Turner Sharp On Sep 29, 10:18 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
