Bob, As "partners in kind" we are of a single mind on this one.
Gary On Nov 15, 2009, at 4:02 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Don, > > Truthfully, I just don't believe the account - period. There.,I've > come clean. > > Bob > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "DON BERTOLETTE" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 3:36:55 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada > Eastern > Subject: RE: [ENTS] A Large Tree article in 1849 > > PJ/Ed/Bob- > Do you also suspect the dbh included the twin boles? What about 50 > foot up with A bole at 5' dbh? > -Don > > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ENTS] A Large Tree article in 1849 > Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:20:50 -0600 > > My guess is that real numbers were provided and sounded boring, so a > sensational last sentence was added to spruce things up for the > common folk that wouldn't understand or respect the numbers up to > that point... > > PJ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gary A Beluzo > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 1:25 PM > Subject: Re: [ENTS] A Large Tree article in 1849 > > Ed, > > That is the sentence that cued me. Again, even if the LENGTH of one > route to the branch tops is 300 feet, that would be far less than > the HEIGHT. > > Gary > > On Nov 15, 2009, at 11:53 AM, Edward Frank <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Paul, > > The problem isn't with the number of logs taken out of the tree, > The article says: > > A Large Tree. --- Mr. D. E. Hawks, of Charlemont, cut a Pine tree a > short time since, of the following dimensions. It was 7 feet > through 10 feet from the stump, and 5 feet through 50 feet from the > stump. Twenty-two logs were taken from the tree, the average length > of which were 12 feet. Fourteen feet of the tree were spoiled in f > alling. The extreme length of the tree from the stump to the top tw > igs was 300 feet! ---- Greenfield Gazette. > > Ed > > > -- > 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] > > -- > 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] > > -- > 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] > Bing brings you maps, menus, and reviews organized in one place. Try > it now. > -- > 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] > -- > 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] -- 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]
