Giant Elm To Get Second Life Supporting Dutch Elm Disease ...
Vermont Public Radio - Nov 2, 2016
One of the largest remaining elm trees in New England has died. But the wood from the 109-foot-tall slippery elm tree is heading on to a new life — as custom furniture. And a percentage of the sales proceeds will support research to breed elms that are resistant to Dutch elm's disease. The fungal disease — carried by an invasive insect — killed millions of stately elm trees across the country beginning in the early part of the last century.
