Show I 11 V V TIMELY TOPICS 11 I ITHE THE LONG-LIVED LONG TREE The Horticultural society of ot Iowa recently erected a monument to an art apple tree Just on general principles principles principles prin prin- the monument was deserved But what makes the s still more worth recounting Is the fact tact that th the tree though l I It began to b bear ar fifty years ago Is still alive and still bearing That Is the satisfaction in planting g trees One Is doing work that will last from one to ten generations gen gen- perhaps longer How long ong an apple or pear tree may grow grov and still render good service is not known the chances are that the age of ot many good specimens goes past post the century mark There are grounds for tor believing that olive trees now bearing in North Africa were planted during I the Byzantine regime more than thirteen centuries ago The orchards are there the Arab v ne-v never r has been known to plant them and the Turks Turk's spec specialty alt Is cutting them down Apparently Byzantine trees outlasted Byzantine dominion by more than thirteen hundred years ears He who plants a a. tree performs a a. work that will wm last |