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On Sat, 02 Sep 2017 09:37:25 -0400, Gary > wrote:

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>> "Julie Bove" wrote:
>> >Lemons were super cheap when I lived in NY. Not sure why. I could get a
>> >giant bag, about the size of a bed pillow for around $3.
>>
>> That was how many years ago... all citrus used to be a lot less
>> expensive even five years ago... in the last few years lemon trees
>> have been suffering a disease so the supply is lower, therefore prices
>> are higher. Plant disease is the primary reason for high priced
>> produce of all kinds. Plant diseases are more insidious than human
>> diseases... you can't ask a lemon tree where does it hurt... by the
>> time plant diseases are noticeable they're already of epic dimension,
>> and very often there is no cure. Just like animals go extinct so do
>> plants.
>
>Case in point. Google the American Chestnut tree. Check out the
>pics of how large they grew. A virus brought to this country in
>the NY zoo killed them all off. very sad.
>
>http://phenomena.nationalgeographic....ting-a-forest/

I planted a flowering chestnut but carpenter ants ate it intil it was
hollow and just fell over, a hollow tube.

Same with the American elm tree... Sycamore trees too.
But there are new improved versions of elm trees
I planted one of each a few years ago and both are doing very well:
http://www.cirrusimage.com/tree_accolade_elm.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulmus_americana_'Princeton'
Now instead of American sycamore people are planting the London
planetree, a version of sycamore, I planted two 15 years ago, they are
about 20' tall now... eventually they will be massive... they are not
for small spaces.
https://www.arborday.org/trees/treeG...cfm?ItemID=904
http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.o...empercode=a892
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platan...%97_acerifolia
I have pictures of my trees and have already posted them but no one
here cared so I won't bother posting them again.

==

I don't remember but I always enjoy the pics of your land.




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