Re: Wedding Trees?

**S* W* <g*@gmail.com>**

"Mom" and "Pop" sugar maple trees were planted in my region, southwestern
Maine.

Sally

On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Colleen Plimpton <colleenplimpton@yahoo.com
> wrote:

> Can anybody enlighten me on the old-timey tradition of planting 2 trees
> (aka "wedding trees") in the front yard of a newly-wedded couple? Was this
> done in New England? What type of trees were used?  Where is the tradition
> from?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Colleen
>
>
> Colleen Plimpton
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