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- From: karen@athena.cs.uga.edu (Karen Snetselaar)
- Subject: Re: Paulownia Rustlers
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.130933.14902@athena.cs.uga.edu>
- Organization: University of Georgia, Athens
- References: <88.2b060314@ivgate>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 13:09:33 GMT
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- In article <88.2b060314@ivgate> bob.batson@mtask.omahug.org writes:
- >
- > Beware of Paulownia Rustlers
- >
- > Wood of the fast-growing princess tree, Paulownia tomentosa, has become
- >so valuable in Japan that thieves are cutting down princess trees in home
- >landscapes in home landscapes for export. Apparently, paulownia rustling
- >isn't rare in Virginia and Maryland cities and suburbs. Maybe homeowners
- >and park managers should take a cue from radical environmentalists and
- >post signs next to their princess trees, bearing this message: "SPIKED
- >TREE! ANY ATTEMPT TO CUT COULD CAUSE SEVERE INJURY!" No, we're [HortIdeas]
- >not suggesting that the trees ACTUALLY be spiked. There's no need for
- >that, as long as would-be thieves THINK the trees are spiked.
- > Reference: Anonymous, "Rustlers Put the Hustle on a Prize Hardwood,"
- >NURSERY MANAGER 8(9), September 1992, 20. (Branch-Smith Publishing, 120
- >St. Louis Ave., Fort Worth, TX 76104.)
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- >Reprinted with permission from the October 1992 _HortIdeas_. Copyright
- >1992 by Greg and Pat Williams. HortIdeas is $15 (2nd class mail within the
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- >
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- >
- >Bob Batson
- >bob.batson@mtask.omahug.org
- >
-
- Hmmm wonder if it would be worthwhile to switch from pine to
- paulownia plantations--help balance trade w/Japan by supplying
- wood to make geta (what else is it used for?) and take some
- pressure off the more slow-growing tropical hardwoods.
-
- Karen
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