Larry, I definitely agree with Bob on this. It's possibly we used to have one at Cook, but it isn't here now. If it was here, it was before the 1956 microburst, and likely salvaged once it hit the ground... The "old folks" used to speak of the 'Tener Pine'. I have no hard data on this tree, but descendants of the Cook family state it was by far the largest pine in the forest. Governor Tener was governor of Pennsylvania from 1911-1915. Local lore states he played an instrumental role in helping Cook Forest become a state park. Some say the tree likely blew down in the 1956 storm. They say it was either then salvaged, or scarfed up via local collectors/souvenir hunters. There certainly is no pine on the ground today that beats the girth of the largest one we now have standing. How could we know this one might ask? Because I believe I've walked every square inch of the Forest Cathedral...
Dale On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Bob <[email protected]> wrote: > > Larry > > Undoubtedly there were a few great whites that made it to the > magic 200 ft threshold. They wouldn't have been widespread. The limit > would have been around 220 ft. > > Bob > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 30, 2009, at 8:01 AM, Larry <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Dale, Wow you guys have some tall tree up that way. I know we > > discussed this on the site before. Don't you think that a 200' tall > > White Pine would have been possible back when there were thousands? > > Ed, Bob, Carl what say ye on this. Your pushing 190 now. 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
