Trees

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1. Ed Deegan says:

   April 15, 2011 at 10:01 pm

   15 April 2011

   This is an offer of a free “Swamp White Oak” (Quercus bicolor) sapling.

   I’m a long-time resident at Warren House Condominium,
   1003-1005 S. 46th Street, and an officer of the condo association there.

   One of our owners recently took advantage of a Penn-sponsored
   tree-canopy-enhancement program offering free shade-tree saplings
   to Penn employees who live in West Phila.

   Unfortunately, in the property-description part of the application, she
   incorrectly characterized our building’s yard as “large”. As a result,
   the sapling they gave her is a “Swamp white oak” (Quercus bicolor), which
   will grow to a height of 60 feet or more, with a proportional spread.

   We picked up the tree on April 2, but we simply have no place on our
   property which would be suitable for such a tree to grow to maturity.
   We have inquired about returning it but the tree distributors have not
   responded.

   Rather than waste the sapling or plant it in a spot where we know it could not be allowed to grow to maturity, we would like to find a more suitable home for it here in West Phila.delphia.

   Would you like to have the sapling for Clark Park? (Height: 55″
   from the bottom of its pot to the highest branch, Diameter: about 3/4″-1″)

   If you’re interested, please let me know soon. The sapling should be planted ASAP.
   E-mail: edeegan@pobox.upenn.edu
   Tel.: 215-898-8326 (work), 215-387-8124 (home)

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