re: #71 Anymouse 🌹🎃

My wife explained to me why she hired the tree surgeon from Bayard.

She originally spoke to a person here in town, and he came and looked at our elm tree. He said he couldn’t do the job, and recommended the man in Bayard because he has a degree in arboriculture. He noted if there was any person in this part of the state who could save our tree, it would be him.

I suspect that you are correct, that if your elm is an American, that it survived by being isolated.

After the discussion on the lack of genetic diversity in the Passenger Pigeon, I was wondering if the world would benefit by the diversity offered by your elm.

But it sounds like you and your lady may have already addressed that issue.