New trees, Pa   wad-@comcast.net   Jul 22, 2007 20:31 PDT  nice second place American Elm found. 17.9 cbh x 106.8' tall x 99' spread 347 points. http://www.pabigtrees.com/trees/images/swarthmore%20am%20elm.JPG New state champ Kentucky Coffee tree. 10.6cbh x 105.6' tall 63' spread 249 points http://www.pabigtrees.com/trees/images/swarthmore%20kent%20coffee%20trunk.JPG Both trees are located in the Scott Arboretum, no, it isn't named after me! Located at Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Delaware County Pa. This Quaker College may have other champions lurking in there. Scott Re: new trees, Pa   dbhg-@comcast.net   Jul 23, 2007 21:53 PDT  Scott, ood confirmations. That American elm's almost twin grows in Old Deerfield MA. It is 104.8 feeet tall, 18.4 feet in circumference, and has about the same spread as the Delaware tree. American elm is the Massachusetts state tree and it grew to large size here before the Dutch Elm disease reduced its numbers to a tiny fraction. Bob   Home