Bob, That is about the size of the majority of the Pines at the WNC Kellogg Center in Hendersonville. It is still a nice tree.
JP On Jan 9, 7:53 pm, [email protected] wrote: > James, > > A hair under 11 feet in girth and about 132 feet in height. That's short for > Mohawk, but the pine's crown is exposed to the elements. Actually, Monica was > handling the cold well. It was me who was doing the belly-aching. > > Bob > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Parton" <[email protected]> > To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 9, 2010 6:58:35 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Ed Perle Tree in MTSF > > Bob, > > Poor Monica, she's huddling close to the tree to keep warm. > > It looks like a good-sized pine. How tall? > > Keep Warm: James > > On Jan 9, 6:40 pm, [email protected] wrote: > > ENTS, > > > Today Monica and I attended a fundraiser for the Charlemont Inn, > > Charlemont, MA. But first we took a walk in MTSF among its magnificent > > pines. After my recent Virginia visit, I was curious as to how Mohawk would > > look to me. Well, the white pines haven't lost a thing. They are as > > impressive as ever, after the Montpelier huge tulips, Mohawk's hardwoods > > looked as if they've shrunk a bit. Oh well. > > > Through our walk, it was cold, about 15 degrees in the forest with some > > wind. So tree measuring wasn't a priority. Tonight is supposed to be - 2 > > degrees Fahrenheit in Charlemont and maybe -5 or -6 in the cold spots in > > Mohawk. Not quite cold enough to kill woolly adelgid. Maybe that miserable > > little insect will at least be discouraged. So far, we have not found an > > occurrence in Mohawk, but our good luck can't last forever. > > > I was content to walk through the snow and sense the ambience of this great > > forest site, the forest gem of Massachusetts. While in the Algonquin Grove, > > I decided to get a photograph of a tree we dedicated back in 2004 to a > > Native elder named Ed Perle, who is a Maliseet from New Bruinswick. The > > Maliseets were the people of the beautiful river, referring to the St. > > Johns River. Ed cherished his tree. Following the death of my Indian wife > > Jani on Dec 30, 2003, Ed performed a Native ceremony of passing. I will > > always be in his debt. The attached image shows the Ed Perle tree and > > Monica. > > > Bob > > > EdPerleTree.jpg > > 397KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
