Jack,
I had forgotten that you measured the pine with a transit. I was thinking you had used an Abney Level. Let's keep our fingers crossed that Jake will eventually make it to above 170. New England needs a 170. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "JACK SOBON" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 11:25:44 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [ENTS] Cathedral Pines Bob & Tim, I spent considerable time in Cathedral Pines before the blow-down and probably have a hundred slides of them. The tallest that I measured with a transit was 172'. It was in the middle of the stand at the toe of the slope. Along the road they measured 150-160'. Though old, they were not old growth as there was a stone wall along the boundary of the stand and those pines near that edge were shorter and had large branches right to the bottom indicating that the pines grew up after the adjacent land clearing and wall building. The stand was magnificent none the less. Jack From: Bob <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, December 18, 2009 10:54:08 PM Subject: Re: [ENTS] Cathedral Pines Tim, Alas, the Carhedral Pines of Cornwall blew down in July 1989. They were magnificent trees. Many exceeded 150 feet. A few probably made it to 160. They were New England's flagship pines. I measured the tallest survivor about 10 years ago. It was mid-30s then. Today it's probably around 140. Mohawk inherited the title of flagship pines on New England after the demise of the Connecticut stand. Bob Sent from my iPhone On Dec 18, 2009, at 9:29 PM, Timothy Zelazo < [email protected] > wrote: Bob: During a meeting today, someone told me about the old growth white pines in Cornwall Connecticut. How tall are the first generation trees located in the Cathedral Pines? 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] -- 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]
