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B4 South Bend Tribuna:IN Elm trees return. to South ndjStre Liberty -are them _in narrow _ tree lawns. all the trees will be killed by a They're' -resistant tion d se ects introduced in - saw The For elm informaii elms resistant to go�downto for ny Visit wwwrmatif Dutch elm disease: seiedp breaking up the sidewalk." He said elm trees also grow n on the more information on the American .The Liberty elms are resistant enough to Dutch elm disease _ By SUE LOWE ' ° tall enough that you can easily Liberty elm. ' that the Elm Research Institute 7k-1une Staff Writer ` _s ` ,.see Wer them T1iey also grow : :: ' : ' ` will replace any tree that suc- SOUTH BEND Wayne Those first American Liberty . park department, said he hasn't cumbs to the disease. Elms are big trees. They can Doolittle-remembera being told .elm' times -VK :planted W_$be .planted' any elms because that reach 100 feet in height of a time when;iclu trees along - Edgewater neighborhood and in-: city doesn't have its own nursery For: that reason; Pam Louks, East Affeison Bo�ulevaid wei a s(k _. tiny. Voorde ,Palk � �n thy'; St .. to grow .tines large enough. :. the Indiana state urban forestry big they made a 1 ropy actos�' �Tgseph Rive; •=z" = • } : c ,—C -He saidlaiger trees are not on • coordinator, recommends that the street ..:. , : Later more than`50 elms were,':t]ie market in the area yet '; :.,'. they not be planted under .or Unfortunately, elm trees here .. planted along Portage Avenue. - .. °'>,Scientists at several universi- near -power lines. were among -the 1.;100 .million City forester Brent Thompson ties are now starting the work of The oldest known elm in the American elms that succumbed said there are also a bunch of lit- trying to find a replacement ash northeastern part of the country, to Dutch elm disease beginning tle ones in the city's nursery like the replacement elms. a survivor of Dutch elm disease, in the 1930s. When they're large enough, .. Fortunately, scientists at Cor- . is Herbie, in Yarmouth, Maine. So when a grant that would they'll be put on the street. nell University started looking Herbie was planted in 1775. pay for planting of new Ameri- Thompson hopes to be able to for resistant elm trees early, back The Liberty elms were named can Liberty elms became avail- replace ash trees that may be in the 1930s, when Dutch elm after"theLtberty'liee,"an elm tree able in'' 2002, Doolittle urged killed by emerald ash borers. • •' disease was first found. in Boston where two effigies were South Bend officials to apply for He said he planted many ash According to information on hung to protest the hated British one. trees before the first emerald ash ' the:'Elm_ Research Institute Web _ Stamp Acton Aug. 14,1765. Although he's a"pieservation borers were found icrthe Detroit site; six different cultivais.make . As a last act of violence on specialist with the South Bend area. The insects have now been up what is known as American " their way out of town in August Historic Preservation Commis- found in Granger Liberty elms. 1775, British soldiers cut down Sion, Doolittle."said'he iecom- Although_. Thompson hasn't The institute ships different the tree. mended the trees for practical yet found any city ash trees dam- cultivars in each group it sells: reason's; not beciu'se of their his= " :aged by the insects; he figures its That means each location gets toric value. 3 a:.: ; . ` _ Gaming. trees with slightly different ge- Staff writer Sue Lowe: °•heyy're red Ty__` good:.city Itichaid Springer; landscape Mishawaka rietic makeups. :''`_ ::;.. And that, hopefully, means not slowe0stiUnto.com (574) 235-6557 trees; he.;said; .You can plant supervisor with,the :.� , Thursday, October 5;r�2006 Tribune Photo/SHAYNA BRESUI Glenna Moore and Steve Cheak walk by newly planted elm trees on Portage Avenue In South Bend. Both live In the near northwest neighborhood.