Ents,
I just want to add another reference similar to Jack Sobons list.
Here are some quotes from an 1897 publications:
In 1897, Prof. C. S. Sargent, an outstanding student of New England’s
forests, added considerabley more evidence of the great change in pine
growth (Sargent, 1897).
“A tree, usually growing under favorable conditions to a height of one
hundred or one hundred and twenty feet with a trunk from three to four
feet in diameter, or, exceptionally, to the height of two hundred and
fifty feet, with a trunk six feet in diameter. ‘An., 1736, near the
Merrimack River a little above Dunstable , was cut a white pine
straight and sound, seven feet eight inches in diameter at the butt
end.’… Dwight speaks of ‘white pine 6 feet in diameter and frequently
250 feet in height’, and reports a tree in Lincoln, New Hampshire, of
which he had heard , two hundred and sizty feet high…
“According to Williamson, ‘the white pine has been seen 6 feet in
diameter at the butt and 240 feet in height, and those over 4 feet
through are frequent.’ … This was in 1832. Such trees, if they still
exist in New England, are exceedingly rare, and white pines one
hundred and fifty feet high with trunks four feet now excite
astonishment and admiration.”
On Nov 19, 4:38 pm, [email protected] wrote:
> Jack,
>
> Thanks. Inspiring photo. You may well be right. A few pictures like the one
> you sent go a long way toward convincing me that there were giants in the
> Earth in those days. I have seen a few photos of early big trees, but in
> terms of white pines, this is one of the best.
>
> Bob
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "JACK SOBON" <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 4:21:01 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [ENTS] A Large Tree article in 1849
>
> ENTS:
>
> I don't think we really grasp the size and height that pine can reach when
> left alone for hundreds of years on good sites. Unfortunately, we didn't have
> cameras around when New England's original forests were harvested and very
> few trees were measured then. I enclose a photo of some big pine logs (4-6'
> dia.)in Minnesota from the book " Tall Timber , A Pictorial History of
> Logging in the Upper Midwest" by Tom Bacig and Fred Thompson . These logs are
> probably from exceptional trees and appear to have little or no taper. They
> may in fact all be from the same tree. Enjoy!
>
> Jack
>
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