Will: In 1849, they would have laughed at any mention of ENTS so I wouldn't take what someone wrote over 150 years ago as a threat to our modern way of life. I'm starting to get a good laugh from the past and present.
Tim On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Will Blozan <[email protected]>wrote: > Tim, > > > > I’d like to see anyone fell a 300 foot white pine and only “spoil” 14 feet > of the tree. Total nonsense. Such a tree never existed and never will. These > accounts are horrid and simply discredit the accurate work we ENTS currently > do. Whose foot did they use anyway? Perhaps it is time we post the standards > of ENTS metrics on the website so no one will question our numbers. Bob, how > large would a 300’ white pine need to be based on a “normal” taper factor? > > > > Will F. Blozan > > President, Eastern Native Tree Society > > President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc. > > > > *"No sympathy for apathy"* > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Timothy Zelazo [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Saturday, November 14, 2009 4:00 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [ENTS] A Large Tree article in 1849 > > > > ENTS: > >  > > While I was doing some historic research on the cultural history of the > Natural Bridge State Park, located in North Adams Massachusetts, I found an > interesting article in the Weekly Transcript, North Adams, Mass., Thursday, > July 12, 1849. > >  > > *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 falling. The extreme length of > the tree from the stump to the top twigs was 300 feet! ---- Greenfield > Gazette.* > >  > >  > > *I asked Robert Campanile if he thought this was possible and here is the > response he gave me.* > >  > > TREE GENETICS > > There can be enormous variation among the different individuals of any one > species and this is partly genetic. For instance, grain and figure may vary, > just like human fingerprints. There may be no specific benefit from such > variation. But if there is no great natural selective pressure not to vary, > then variations will creep in. Genomes are not commandments, which say > exactly what to do come what may. Genes present options. They operate in > dialogue with the environment. So the same tree, grown under different > circumstances, could grow in very different ways, and the effects of the > different circumstances are reflected in the timber, height, width, etc. The > growing timber responds to the stresses and strains and pressures just as > the bone of mammals may do. > > In forests, trees grow straight and tall, anxious for the light. That and > the resources needed to accomplish that growth will be factors in > determining the height and shape of the tree needed to get the light. > Conifers are generally light lovers. To this end they have a trick – many > can grow very tall very quickly. This is why in the far north they tend to > be very tall and thin – the sun is always low in the sky and so they get > most of their light from the side. The environment dictates the conditions > and the challenge, and genes can sometimes help meet that challenge with the > variance in growth and natural processes that the genetic code allows. > >  > > Tim > >  > > 　 > > -- > 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]<entstrees%[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]<entstrees%[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]
