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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Thanks for the info Lance</span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">I might add a lot were planted around c=
ottages</span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">so they can be expected to turn up in s=
trange areas.</span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">There is a nice one on Peter Veniottes =
Stillwater. A big tree</span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">I suspect an <span>Ulmus Americana=
</span>.</span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: medium;">Getting some seeds is a good reason f=
or a canoe trip</span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: medium;">to visit it and you never know might =
be a fish wanting a fly nearby!</span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: medium;">Enjoy the summer</span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: medium;">Paul</span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: medium;"> </span>
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<span style=3D"font-size: medium;"></span>On June 26, 2020 at 10:24 AM L=
ance Laviolette <corvuscorax@sympatico.ca> wrote:
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#39;Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;">Hi Dave,</span></p>=
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#39;Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;">From my old Roland =
and Smith, the two species listed are the native American Elm <em>Ulmus ame=
ricana</em> and the introduced Scotch Elm <em>Ulmus glabra. </em>The latter=
is described as very common in villages and towns where it was planted as =
an ornamental. In =E2=80=98Trees of Nova Scotia=E2=80=99 by Gary Saunders t=
here are listed two other introduced species. The English Elm <em>Ulmus pro=
cera</em> and the Siberian Elm <em>Ulmus pumila.</em> I expect if you have =
a rural property you most likely have <em>U. americana </em>while in urban =
areas you=E2=80=99ll have to use leaves and seeds to determine the species.=
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#39;Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;">Regarding the effec=
t of Dutch Elm disease on American Elm, as you have seen, it has not elimin=
ated the species but has reduced what used to be one of the largest trees i=
n eastern Canada to a tree that rarely gets larger than 8=E2=80=9D DBH. For=
tunately they produce seeds for a some years prior to their demise and thes=
e seeds propagate easily in the correct habitat. I now consider American El=
m to be a =E2=80=98small=E2=80=99 tree here on my farm.</span></p>=20
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#39;Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;">If you wish to prop=
agate the seeds yourself here is the method for elms taken from =E2=80=98Pr=
opagation of Trees, Shrubs and Conifers=E2=80=99 by Wilfrid and Sheat:</spa=
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#39;Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;">=E2=80=9CThe seeds =
should be gathered and sown as soon as ripe. Sow in rows in open beds and c=
over to a depth of 3/8 inches. Some of the species germinate immediately, t=
hough occasionally some will remain dormant until the following season. See=
dlings should remain in the seed bed for a full year after germination.=E2=
=80=9D</span></p>=20
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#39;Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;">Good luck,</span></=
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