In article <[email protected]>, Jay Pique wrote:
> On Sun, 09 May 2004 02:15:03 GMT, "Mark Howell" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>You want cheap? Just stop over my house and take the hundreds of pesky
>>elm seedlings growing in our garden. Free. I wish you could take the whole
>>tree while your at it, but I think it's illegal, endangered species and such.
>
> Are they Princeton Elms? If so, I may just take you up on that offer!
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> What tree would mature enough in 50 years to provide 12-14" by 30' logs for a
> home? SYP?
The Princeton Elms are reported to be very fast growing. It's a four year
wait to get a 2 - 2.5 inch caliper tree from a CUTTING according to the
nurseryman. I didn't ask what the 2 inch trees cost; you have to buy them
in quantity 25 or more. A 2 year old 6 foot tree is about $125 (each)
including shipping to most of the US.
On Fri, 7 May 2004 10:58:46 -0400, "Rumpty" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Great article Roy, thanks for the link!
Ditto, Roy. You can buy these Princeton Elms online at....
http://www.americanelm.com/our_trees.html
Not cheap, but a great tree. In my fantasy shop, I'll have about 50 acres on
which I'll start to cultivate the trees that future genearations can use for to
make beautiful furniture. How cool that would be. For us with less than solid
belief in the afterlife, it would sure provide a comforting means to leave our
mark for years to come.
JP
"Jay Pique" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> On Sun, 09 May 2004 02:15:03 GMT, "Mark Howell" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >You want cheap? Just stop over my house and take the hundreds of pesky
> >elm seedlings growing in our garden. Free. I wish you could take the whole
> >tree while your at it, but I think it's illegal, endangered species and such.
>
> Are they Princeton Elms? If so, I may just take you up on that offer!
>
I don't know, the mother tree has a 4ft diameter trunk, I don't know how
old it is. But it's very healthy. I live 12 miles from Princeton, could very well
have come from there.
> JP
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> What tree would mature enough in 50 years to provide 12-14" by 30' logs for a
> home? SYP?
"Jay Pique" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> On Fri, 7 May 2004 10:58:46 -0400, "Rumpty" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Great article Roy, thanks for the link!
>
> Ditto, Roy. You can buy these Princeton Elms online at....
> http://www.americanelm.com/our_trees.html
>
> Not cheap, but a great tree. In my fantasy shop, I'll have about 50 acres on
> which I'll start to cultivate the trees that future genearations can use for to
> make beautiful furniture. How cool that would be. For us with less than solid
> belief in the afterlife, it would sure provide a comforting means to leave our
> mark for years to come.
>
> JP
You want cheap? Just stop over my house and take the hundreds of pesky
elm seedlings growing in our garden. Free. I wish you could take the whole
tree while your at it, but I think it's illegal, endangered species and such.
Great article Roy, thanks for the link!
--
Rumpty
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"Roy Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Some of you may be interested in this article from today's NY Times
> about elm trees (yes, you need to register to read the article):
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/07/nyregion/07ELM.html?hp
On Sun, 09 May 2004 02:15:03 GMT, "Mark Howell" <[email protected]> wrote:
>You want cheap? Just stop over my house and take the hundreds of pesky
>elm seedlings growing in our garden. Free. I wish you could take the whole
>tree while your at it, but I think it's illegal, endangered species and such.
Are they Princeton Elms? If so, I may just take you up on that offer!
JP
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What tree would mature enough in 50 years to provide 12-14" by 30' logs for a
home? SYP?