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Posted by
ericwi Dane County WI (
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Mon, Sep 23, 13 at 10:36
| Seaquist Orchard, located on the Door Peninsula, in NE Wisconsin, recently lost 639 cherry trees, that were cut down intentionally. These trees had been planted about one year ago, and were estimated to have been worth 20K. The orchard is located on Highway 42, between Sister Bay and Ellison Bay. Door county has many orchards, growing apples, blueberries, and cherries. |
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| Guess someone did not want competition. |
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- Posted by ericwi Dane County WI (My Page) on
Mon, Sep 23, 13 at 11:07
| My best guess at this time is that someone did not agree with clearing woodland to make room for an orchard. But that is pure speculation on my part. I will post any new information as it is reported on the local news. |
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- Posted by olpea zone 6 KS (My Page) on
Mon, Sep 23, 13 at 11:19
| Wow, That's a pretty big deal, destroying someone's livelihood. A much bigger deal than simply vandalism or theft. I hope the guy is able to recover. I wonder if the orchardist made a really bad enemy? |
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| The article in the papers claims it was 'vandals' that cut the trees with loppers leaving only 18" of tree above ground. 639 trees? Thats a lot of lopping! |
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| Too much work for casual vandalism. |
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- Posted by murky z8f pnw Portlan (My Page) on
Mon, Sep 23, 13 at 14:40
| That is pretty monstrous. At least it sounds like the trees may be able to recover if they were one year in the ground and lopped off at 18". That's not so bad as if the orchard were in production. |
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| I read this in the local paper... I figured that if he/she cut above the graft line, the trees would grow right back. The problem is u lose at least a year in production...but its not a total loss. I think he needs to look at family/friends/associates... this isn't just random. That is a lot of work! |
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- Posted by olpea zone 6 KS (My Page) on
Mon, Sep 23, 13 at 20:55
| "That is pretty monstrous." I agree Murky, it's just plain mean. |
RE: someone can't stand cherries?
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| Reminds me of this winter here in Sterling Heights MI someone sprayed insecticide on a beekeepers hives. They all died. The city responded by ticketing the gentlemen for raising bees in the city. No good deed goes unpunished. Good news is a saw a fair amount of honey bees this year. Still coming around too. |
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