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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00AC_01CD9B16.465A9620 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Heather & All, Sep 25. 2012 Don't believe it. That would make it 263 years old when Halifax was = founded ! A count of rings is needed. Without competition and after a slow start, Oak trees can easily add = 1.5 cm to diameter/year on sandy soil or fractured quartzite. Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Heather Drope=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 11:26 AM Subject: [NatureNS] Very old oak tree Yesterday I was on Torrington Ave in Rockinghan and there used to be = an big very old oak tree in the centre of a building lot. Well the tree = is down to make way for a house. I asked the next door neighbor how old = did she think it was and she said they purchased their home about twenty = years ago and were advised at the time that the tree was over four (400) = years old. I believe it. Very sad to see the grand old tree gone after = surviving for that many years.=20 Heather Heather Drope Nova Scotia Wild Flora Society www.nswildflora.ca 902-440-5032 We do not see nature with our eyes,=20 but with our understandings and our hearts.=20 W. Hazlett No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2441/5289 - Release Date: = 09/24/12 ------=_NextPart_000_00AC_01CD9B16.465A9620 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" = "http://www.w3c.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/loose.dtd"> <HTML lang=3Den xml:lang=3D"en"=20 xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3Dtext/css http-equiv=3DContent-Style-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.19328"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Hi Heather & All, = =20 = Sep=20 25. 2012</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> Don't believe it. That would make = it 263=20 years old when Halifax was founded !</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>A count of rings is needed.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> Without competition and after a = slow start,=20 Oak trees can easily add 1.5 cm to diameter/year on sandy soil or = fractured=20 quartzite.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dheather.drope@ns.sympatico.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:heather.drope@ns.sympatico.ca">Heather Drope</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 25, = 2012 11:26=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Very old = oak=20 tree</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DArial><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: = 12pt">Yesterday I was=20 on Torrington Ave in Rockinghan and there used to be an big very old = oak tree=20 in the centre of a building lot. Well the tree is down to make way for = a=20 house. I asked the next door neighbor how old did she think it was and = she=20 said they purchased their home about twenty years ago and were advised = at the=20 time that the tree was over four (400) years old. I believe it. Very = sad to=20 see the grand old tree gone after surviving for that many years.=20 </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DArial><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Heather</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><I>Heather Drope</I></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><SPAN = style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><I>Nova=20 Scotia Wild Flora Society</I></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: = 10pt"><I>www.nswildflora.ca</I></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><I>902-440-5032</I></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><I><BR></I></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><SPAN = style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><I>We do=20 not see nature with our eyes, </I></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><SPAN = style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><I>but=20 with our understandings and our hearts. </I></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><I> W. = Hazlett</I></SPAN></FONT></DIV><A></A> <P align=3Dleft color=3D"#000000" avgcert??>No virus found in this=20 message.<BR>Checked by AVG - <A=20 href=3D"http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</A><BR>Version: 2012.0.2221 / = Virus=20 Database: 2441/5289 - Release Date: = 09/24/12</P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00AC_01CD9B16.465A9620--
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