Bob: I do not think that that pine is over 140' but I'm almost certain that a couple of its neighbors might be. The land was partially logged several times over the past 50 years and the best trees have always been kept. It is on a farm adjacent to my parents place. I think that Mary Wigmore was the last forester to sell timber from that place as far as I know. One question, have you ever heard of any white pine trees in Conway breaking 140'? I had a timber sale on the Boyden farm on Roaring Brook Road over 30 years ago and at the time the very biggest and best trees in this one part of the property were retained...at the time several of them were approaching 40" DBH and a couple were the tallest pines I had encountered up to that point in MA. The owner at the time, Ray Boyden claimed that the pines were some of the best in Conway and apart from the old Andrew Hart farm along the Bear River I never saw a reason to doubt him. The best two trees had nearly 100' of limb-free stem when I was last there As far as I know, Howard Boyden, one of my local contemporaries still operates the Boyden farm. Ancestors of the Boyden family lent money to Marshall Field so that he could emigrate to Chicago from Conway in the mid 1800's. On one of my trips in the woods with Mr. Boyden he took he to the remote cellar hole at a far off corner of the farm where Marshall Field grew up. If you ever get a chance to check out the Field Memorial Library in Conway you might be impressed by the incredible structure such a small town could have....also, if you were to visit the hardscrabble location where Marshall Field grew up you can readily see why he never returned to Conway to live! As far as I know, some of the tallest, largest and oldest white pine trees might be in a small valley on the Heron farm next to Taylor Road in south Shelburne. The farm has been in the same family since the 1690's and they have an incredible patch of white pine that is visible below the road in the valley bottom next to the large power line that passes through that end of town. Russ In a message dated 10/16/2009 8:59:45 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Russ, Do you think this pine breaks 140? 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
