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I saved Iowa's biggest cherry tree! 🍒 ...
Top off your summer and earn bragging rights by locating Geauga County’s biggest black cherry tree. Entries are due Tuesday, Sept. 7, to the Geauga Soil and Water Conservation District.
An historic cherry tree probably dates back to the Luelling clan, who started the state's first nursery with 700 grafted fruit trees brought over the Oregon Trail in 1847.
Cedar Rapids was hit by a Derecho with winds reaching 140 mph, resulting in the destruction of approximately 70% of the city's tree cover, including a significant cherry tree (prunus serotina). Nearly ...
A black cherry tree, the biggest of its kind in the state, has a circumference of 99 inches, a height of 120 feet and a crown spread of 63 feet. The tree is in Seven Mile Creek Park.