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[bstnh1]

https://ursfischer.com/exhibitions/Station F

 

[Dennis Griffith]

Pi?

Sure, if its cherry...

 

[bstnh1]

SOLD FOR $70 MILLION!

 

[bstnh1]

I started raking the lawn Friday. So much for our early spring!

 

[jswordy]

 

[Rocky]

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Beautiful, Jim. Here in my part of Ohio the soil is so alkaline, it is impossible to have Azaleas without a daily dousing of acid. I am originally from Pennsylvania and we had a very acid soil. Azaleas grew like weeds. Your middle picture seems to be a Redbud. What is the first picture?

 

[jswordy]

Beautiful, Jim. Here in my part of Ohio the soil is so alkaline, it is impossible to have Azaleas without a daily dousing of acid. I am originally from Pennsylvania and we had a very acid soil. Azaleas grew like weeds. Your middle picture seems to be a Redbud. What is the first picture?

Hackberry. A "trash tree." This one is 40+ years old.

 

[cmason1957]

Hackberry. A "trash tree." This one is 40+ years old.

Nothing is a trash tree compared to Bradford Pear Trees. Ugly, weak trees that smell of rotting fish for about a week every spring.

 

[bstnh1]

Nothing is a trash tree compared to Bradford Pear Trees. Ugly, weak trees that smell of rotting fish for about a week every spring.

I hate those things!!

 

[ibglowin]

Nothing is a trash tree compared to Bradford Pear Trees. Ugly, weak trees that smell of rotting fish for about a week every spring.

And yet they have planted them by the millions over the last 10 years or so. There is not a new piece of retail or commercial housing/apartment complex in many parts of the country that does not have them planted. They are especially all over ABQ now.

 

[winemaker81]

And yet they have planted them by the millions over the last 10 years or so. There is not a new piece of retail or commercial housing/apartment complex in many parts of the country that does not have them planted. They are especially all over ABQ now.

I started a new thread regarding Bradford pears, so we don't muddy this one up too much.

https://www.winemakingtalk.com/threads/bradford-pear-bounty.78846/

 

[Retired teacher]

Hackberry. A "trash tree." This one is 40+ years old.

Actually, we love hackberry trees for our wood stove. Good burning wood.

 

[jswordy]

Actually, we love hackberry trees for our wood stove. Good burning wood.

Not to "muddy this (thread) up too much," but actually (ahem) hackberry is called a "trash tree" because it does not have commercial wood value and grows so that it cannot easily be cut into boards. I am equal opportunity about wood burning in my stove, and if I didn't like this hackberry, it would have been gone long ago.

 

[jswordy]

Mmm...

 

[jswordy]

Here's the kicker... How many food vendors do you see this score at?

 

[wineh]

Another 10cm (4") of snow overnight. Wet heavy stuff that the farmers will love. Me, not so much. Lol

 

[jswordy]

 

[Dennis Griffith]

Nothing is a trash tree compared to Bradford Pear Trees. Ugly, weak trees that smell of rotting fish for about a week every spring.

And they produce what is considered an intrusive species (Callery pear). We have them everywhere here along with Russian/Olive Autumn trees. As a side note, All Bradford pear trees come from one single original tree. All others are clones or clones of clones.

 

[Dennis Griffith]

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That explains it. If you notice, many parts have fallen off the pyramid in the background.

 

[jswordy]