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_B4:South.Bend_Tribune.IN --- _.__._' _.__- Thursday, October 006 r ur_n -o - ou - _ -� ■ American Liberty them . in narrow tree lawns. all the trees will be killed by a elms are resistant to They 're7esistant.,to salt; The. For elm infQimation' _ diseasgorinsectsintroducedin- roots go,down deep' rather than Visit www.libe for . y'3 to the area. ,f ,., DUt h elm disedse� brealnng up the si&v6 - The Liberty elms are resistant _. . _ more information on the American He said elm trees _also grow Liberty elm. enough to Dutch elm disease B SUE LOWS 1 '. '� - tall enough that you, can easil = that the Elm Research_ Institute " e also' 3 '`' '::' will replace any tree that 'suc- TY►biine Staff writer ` . .s ";see upder them: Th , y _ grow � cumbs to the.disease. SOUTH BEND K Wayne Those fiat Ame erica I : erty ; pia.department, he hasn't Elms' are .big trees. They can Doolittle told ,elm'tiees:vXer latited:it} #lie ..planted'any'elms because that reach 100 feet in height of a time ' hen:.- ` trees along- `Edgewater neigl> rliood and in: city doesn't have its own nursery For that reason; Pam Louks, • ; n �.- Y East Jeffeison BQulevaid were so' -tiny Voorde,l?arkA: th` '$f..: to `grow trees large enough. the Indiana state urban forestry Hein •....;:r.•i:r�:,-' '}.. +,.._ big they made a' canopy h ' -He saic.larger trees are not on coordinator, recommends t tha the street~ ;.:: ` ' Later more.thaA were 'tlie market in, the area yet: '..:°_' they: not be planted under or Unfortunately, `e m trees here : planted along" Portage� Aue. _ ? ,.Scientists at several universi- near power lines. A . ' were among : the :;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, Rr. to Dutch elm disease beginning tle ones in the city's • nursery ike the replacement elms:, a survivor of Dutch elm disease, in the 1930s. When they're large yenough, Fortunately; scientists Cor- . is Herbie, in Yarmouth, Maine. =x So when a grant that would they'll be put on the street.:. nell University started looking Herbie was planted in 1775. a. pay for planting of new Ameri- Thompson hopes to.be able to � foi.resistantelm trees'eaTly, back The Liberty elms were named can Liberty elms became avail- - replace ash trees' that may be in the, I 930s, when Dutch elm after "the LibertyW 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 officiaUjo apply for _ . He said he emerald many astir - " According_ to information on hung to protest the hated British F Res ch Institute Web Stam Act on Aug. 4 1765. ' one. . -= •��. ... :.trees before the first ash - °tho:F.lm.. ear p, g.. , _ _ :. -• - 4 ...:Y� `.:. vati six. Y Although he's preseron borers were found" the Detroit site; differentcultivais:make As a last act of vi A " specialist with the South Bend area The insects have now been - up what is known as American their way out of town in Augustw His ric Preservation Commis- found in Granger _ Liberty elms. 1775, British soldiers cut down e com= thou Thorn son hasn t The institute ships different the tree. sion Doolittle - :s- :h re _..Al p.. - mended the trees ;for practical. yet found any city ash trees dam- cultivars m each group it sells. reasons; not because "of their his "'aged 'aged by the insects; he' figures ft's - ,That means each • location. gets Tritune Fhoto/ BRESUN coming y g :, trees sligy;different ge-. Staff writer Sue . Lowe: r � r. >- htl Glen na Moore and Steve Cheat walk by newly planted elm trees ! Thep're 'city " "Richard Springer, landscape . slowe @sbtinfo.com on Portage Avenue In South Bend. Both live in the near trees; _he:',said: tW can plant supervisor with the Mishawaka And that, hopefully, means not : (574) 235 -6557 northwest neighborhood.