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<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">. One thing bothers me tho: the horse chestnuts which they talk about removing should not be taken out unless it can be shown that they will actually not survive the disease. As another good tree lover in Cambridge Rhea Quinn, says, its the care of the trees that is important, so if you water and feed the most attacked ones pretty much the way you would an invalid person, it is quite likely that they will recover and not only recover but prove disease resistant. And there are a lot of Horse chestnuts in Cambridge. Replacing mature or nearly mature trees, or even quite big ones nowhere near maturity, is always more risky than planting small ones or seeds. So, while the disease is still around and not properly understood, and while the potential for resistance in mature trees is not yet known, it would probably be more risky to replant horse chestnuts at
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<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">Also, if the Universtiy starts removing horse chestnuts, the City will have a big argument for taking out the ones on Victoria Avenue<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR>, which so far have done pretty well even tho they obviously or some of them have the disease.</DIV>
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<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">I ahve grown a few from seed over the last two years, and some seem much more vulnerable than others, and I think that the white and pink flowering types may have very different ability to withstand the disease. </DIV>
<div> Joanna<BR></div>
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<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr contentEditable=false readonly="true"></DIV><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Anne Marie Garvey <annemgarvey@ntlworld.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> SOS Cambridge discussion list <discuss@soscambridge.org.uk><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, 18 October 2011, 9:29<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Discuss] A contrast<BR></FONT><BR>Thank you for this. I was prompted to write about the entire environment around the Backs.<BR><BR>Careful consideration about the future of trees seems to be inevitable - but right now the Colleges could get together and make The Backs
traffic-free. It's a death trap ( literally two young people have been killed there in the past year ) and the cars and buses unsightly and very un-green. By stealth, the Colleges are quietly turning more of their green fields into car parks for the convenience of College Members - see the huge car park that now adjoins Jesus College and the massive one that hides behind the hedges on what were playing fields at St. John's. Only on Saturday I saw cars pushing their way through pedestrians on King's Parade just to drop off two children. They then grandly parked outside King's where six other cars have the privilege of spoiling the view of the building, despairing the pedestrian scene and contributing to atmospheric pollution.<BR>I think the Colleges are far from angels when it comes to environment.<BR>On 18 Oct 2011, at 10:19, Heather Coleman wrote:<BR><BR>> I can't help contrasting the very careful approach (all "may", "consider" and such
terms, and a general feeling of "we don't really want to do this, but we will have to face up to things, so we're better off planning now before there's a crisis") of the Colleges, oh and with a 50-200 year time plan, with that of the City Council.<BR>> <BR>> <A href="http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home/Its-Backs-to-the-future-for-trees-18102011.htm" target=_blank>http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home/Its-Backs-to-the-future-for-trees-18102011.htm</A><BR>> <BR>> There's a full document, which starts off with over ten pages of history, to download. But seems careful and considered, especially as they are attempting to plan ahead years.<BR>> Heather<BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> discuss mailing list<BR>> <A href="mailto:discuss@soscambridge.org.uk" ymailto="mailto:discuss@soscambridge.org.uk">discuss@soscambridge.org.uk</A><BR>> <A
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