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Domestic News
May 23, 1924
Gunnison News Champion
Gunnison, Gunnison County, Colorado
What is this article about?
Gunnison residents urged to mark female cottonwood trees this spring for removal to thin overcrowded groves and streets, reducing airborne cotton soon to disperse; girdle or axe-mark for drying into firewood by next spring.
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Pick out the Cottony Cottonwoods Right Now.
In a few days the air will be filled with flying cotton from the female of the cottonwood species. Many of the groves and street rows of trees planted about Gunnison have grown too crowded and there is a general movement to thin them out. The proper time to do it is in the early spring before the trees leaf out. How, then, shall one determine which are the cottony cottonwoods, the ones that should be eliminated first. We do not know of any method except to mark them this spring, either by the ax or to girdle them with a saw and let them dry on the stump during the summer, ready for good firewood next spring.
In a few days the air will be filled with flying cotton from the female of the cottonwood species. Many of the groves and street rows of trees planted about Gunnison have grown too crowded and there is a general movement to thin them out. The proper time to do it is in the early spring before the trees leaf out. How, then, shall one determine which are the cottony cottonwoods, the ones that should be eliminated first. We do not know of any method except to mark them this spring, either by the ax or to girdle them with a saw and let them dry on the stump during the summer, ready for good firewood next spring.
What sub-type of article is it?
Agriculture
What keywords are associated?
Cottonwood Trees
Gunnison
Thinning Trees
Flying Cotton
Tree Management
Where did it happen?
Gunnison
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Gunnison
Event Date
This Spring
Event Details
Advice on identifying and marking female cottonwood trees for elimination in Gunnison groves and street rows to thin crowded plantings and prevent flying cotton dispersal. Proper time is early spring before leafing; mark by ax or girdling with saw this spring to dry over summer for firewood next spring.