I remember that too. I grew up in Buffalo.  We had huge elms on both side of the street that would arch over the top for shade.  They were beautiful.  But remember the spraying.  They were finally all cut down and replaced with maple trees.
Cindy

Lester Hendrix <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Dan Weiskotten, in discussing turnpikes, mentions elm trees in Cazenovia.
>For what it's worth, I recall efforts to save Cazenovia's elm trees. In late
>1940s and the 1950s bands about two to three inches wide were carved
>(shallow) into the bark of the elms, and something which I recall was
>yellowish was put there. I never saw the bands being carved, only they bands
>themselves and was told they were to help prevent Dutch elm disease. I think
>(and I believe that years ago I thought) that the yellow looked a lot like a
>band of fly paper (remember that stuff?). The tree bands were perhaps 4 feet
>above ground.
>Each summer for several years, a tank truck would appear in the village and
>pump a liquid high into the trees, the stream of liquid looking much like
>water from a firefighter's hose only whiter. This also was an effort to
>prevent the spread of Dutch elm disease.
>I do not know who was responsible for the efforts but suspect the village
>since the bands, and pump trucks, were everywhere in the village and I never
>was aware of any outside the village.
>Perhaps someone can shed some light on the bands about the trees, and
>chemicals sprayed high into the trees only to rain down on the little
>children playing beneath.
>


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Cindy Amrhein
Town of Alabama Historian
in Genesee Co., NY
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