Russ
Yes, we could really use another measurer in West Virginia.
Getting good coverage of potentially great places is a real challenge.
Bob
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On Oct 17, 2009, at 9:32 AM, "Will Blozan" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Sounds like Bob has a field trip! Russ, are you going to get a laser?
>
> Will F. Blozan
> President, Eastern Native Tree Society
> President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc.
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of [email protected]
> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 9:23 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [ENTS] big Shelburne white pine
>
> 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
>
>
> >
>
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