[AT] Dutch Elm

[carl gogol]

Dutch elem must have hit the central NY area about 1958 - 62 as I try to 
remember my approximate age as it was happening.  When we bought this 
property in 2000, I was excited that there were 3 elems about 6-8" in 
diameter that were well spread out about 100 feet from where we built the 
house.  They were all dead by 2003, apparently the american elm can survive 
until approximately that size.
My cousin still has one old grand elm alive on his farm and seems to get a 
charge out of pointing to it and asking if you know what kind of tree it is? 
He seemed disappointed that I recognized it from a good 300 yards away, not 
many do these days
Carl Gogol - Manlius, NY
Tasty grazing in the Oran valley of Central NY
AC D14, 914H
JD 5320 MFWD
Kubota F-2400, B7300HST
Simplicity 7116H, 3112H
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 6:24 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Dutch Elm


> Bruce Fallon wrote:
>> I was a boy in Toledo Ohio in 1962 and I remember Elms dying then and 
>> when
>> they were cut down they came in with stump grinders to grind the stumps
>> where the trees had been growing between the sidewalks and the streets.