Traverese City bringing in pear trees to replace those destroyed by ash borer
Posted: 02/08/2012
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - The home of the National Cherry Festival is getting dozens of pear trees to help spruce up its downtown streets.
The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports Wednesday that the Traverse City Development Authority will accelerate tree replacement work this spring. The flowering pear trees will replace ash trees that are old or were attacked by the invasive emerald ash borer.
Traverse City replaced some dying ash trees last summer. Starting in mid-April, officials plan to remove another 80 ash trees.
The city considered various types of replacement trees, including cherry trees. But cherry trees are considered too messy to be along streets.
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Information from: Traverse City Record-Eagle, http://www.record-eagle.com
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