RE: off-topic

From: Mellard, David (dam7@cdc.gov)
Date: Wed Oct 07 1998 - 05:52:44 PDT

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Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 08:52:44 -0400 
From: "Mellard, David" <dam7@cdc.gov>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
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Subject: RE: off-topic

>...a report on Discovery Channel about a scientist who, after 30 years of
searching
> and testing, has finally found exactly two American Elm trees out of
> literally tens of thousands trees grown and tested that appear to be
> totally resistant to Dutch Elm Disease, which has killed off something
> like 99.95% of the American Elm trees in the US.
>
Some time ago I read that the US Forest Service had found some resistant
trees in a small town in Ohio and was using them as stock to repopulate the
country. Hope they leave room for carnivorous plants.

David

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