An Attractive Alternative To Tree Trimming For Line Clearance

Article Figures & Data

Table 1.

Survey of experimental tree planting program. September 24, 1965.

	Good	Fair	Poor	Missing	Broken	Dead	Total
Amanagowa cherry	142	10	5	25	4	4	190
Kwanzan cherry	298	10	8	63	10	7	396
Upright hawthorn	223	9	5	18	7	3	265
Lavalle hawthorn	355	4	2	53	8	5	437
Washington hawthorn	255	12	5	35	7	10	294
Ruby red horsechestnut	66	39	45	152	18	12	332
Chinese cork	144	40	12	43	13	5	258
Aldenhan crab	233	24	15	34	5	1	312
Dogwood	182	22	17	66	9	10	306
Blue ash	135	2	2	14	2	3	158
Hopa crab	37	0	0	10	0	1	48
Evodia	4	0	0	0	0	0	4
TOTALS	2044	172	116	523	84	61	3000

Table 2.

Erie small tree planting. Planted 1960—Results 1984.

Species	Number Planted	Number Surviving	Percent
Amanagowa cherry	190	10	5
Kwanzan cherry	396	115	29
Upright hawthorn	265	40	15
Lavalle hawthorn	437	123	28
Washington hawthorn	294	192	65
Chinese cork	258	139	54
Aldenhan crab (including Hopa crab)	360	302	84
Dogwood	306	96	31
Ruby red horsechestnut	332	84	25
Blue ash	162	69	43
TOTAL	3000	1160	39