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Re: Wedding Trees?


Hi Colleen,

My mom and step-dad (in NJ) planted two dwarf apples and two dwarf pears
plus a Japanese plum (for me). I still have one apple and one pear 50
years later, but they grew into full-sized trees. 

Regards,
Lois

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On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:29:31 -0700 (PDT) Colleen Plimpton
<colleenplimpton@yahoo.com> writes:
> 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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