Sad day in Maine...

[StihlyinEly]

You just need to learn how to sharpen a chain properly. I'm sure there are a few fellas here who'd be willing to teach you. otstir: :msp_razz: opcorn:

 

[buzz sawyer]

Here is a big ole' beast in my front yard.........

Not many like this one around, great firewood, have fun splitting this one!!!!!


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Definitely a highly valuable hedge apple tree.

 

[PogoInTheWoods]

Definitely a highly valuable hedge apple tree.

If ya like Monkey Ball pie!

That is an enormous Osage Orange in that pic, ain't it Fish?

 

[Hedgerow]

Here is a big ole' beast in my front yard.........

Not many like this one around, great firewood, have fun splitting this one!!!!!


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Now that's more my speed Fish...
Thanks.

 

[Hedgerow]

If ya like Monkey Ball pie!

That is an enormous Osage Orange in that pic, ain't it Fish?

That one may not make Hedge apples... It's a dandy for sure...:msp_wink:

 

[jammin_with_j]

Sad to see the old trees go, might not see another grow that big in 390 years from now

 

[Fish]

Yes, it is a male Osage Orange {Hedgeapple}

 

[Hedgerow]

Yes, it is a male Osage Orange {Hedgeapple}

Looks like it's been kept pretty straight and somewhat pruned... How big is the canopy? In feet approx.?

 

[Fish]

Here's a couple more pics, it has seen many many storms, been hit and split a bunch. It makes our huge old farmhouse look small.

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[Hedgerow]

Leaning away from the house I hope... It's a biggun... Trimming on those is a never ending job too... They just keep sprouting shoots out of the trunk and main branches... But they're tough and can take it...

 

[Fish]

Yeah, it's leaning pretty much away, but that wood is dense and hard. If it produced apples, it would have been cut down a long long time ago.

The house was built in the 1830's, we have an old sketch of the house, it doesn't show the tree.

 

[REJ2]

A huge silver maple on the banks of the androscoggin river, 26'4" around, was found toppled the other day. The tree, estimated to be 390 years old, had its roots compromised by recent flooding. Based on circumference alone it was the biggest maple in the U.S. When factoring heighth and branch spread into the equation a tree in Pulaski Kansas takes the honor.
I don't know how to do links but the article is in today's Bangor Daily News. Amazing... to me. Russ

Im thinking Pulaski, Kentucky. BFT - big ####ing tree