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Archive Home > 2010 > January > 09 > Ancient Maine elm’s savior at last gives up the fight

Ancient Maine elm’s savior at last gives up the fight

The tree, Herbie, is believed to be the oldest and tallest elm in New England; its protector, Frank Knight, 101, nursed it for 5 decades through numerous bouts of disease, but now it’s being cut down

By David Sharp / The Bulletin
January 9, 2010

YARMOUTH, Maine — The massive elm tree that shaded the corner of East Main Street and Yankee Drive was sick. Like so many others in so many of America’s towns in the 1950s, it was stricken with Dutch elm disease.

Tree warden Frank Knight was so smitten with the tree that he couldn’t bear to cut....

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