Calling all American Liberty Elm owners...

'Do you have the Tallest American Liberty Elm in America'?
Contest Update

Elm Research Institute, (ERI) a nonprofit organization based in Keene, NH is in the midst of a
contest to locate the tallest disease-resistant American Liberty Elms in each state.

If you're growing an American Liberty Elm and it turns out to be one of the tallest Liberty Elms
in America, your tree will become an ERI poster tree.  You and your tree will be featured in
local newspapers and ERI's Elm Leaves.  You'll also receive a limited edition Bi-centennial
Elm print.

The tallest American Liberty Elm entry so far is 65 ft. tall, planted at the State House in
Annapolis, Maryland in 1991.

Some of the front runners so far include:

48 ft. Far Hill, NJ
48 ft. Dover-Foxcroft & Westbrook, ME
47 ft. City of Hudson, OH
45 ft.                        Claremont, CA
43 ft. Dedham, MA
43 ft. Peterborough, NH
43 ft. Trinity College, Hartford, CT
40 ft                         University of AL
35 ft. Fordham University, NY
35 ft. Rice Lake, WI
33 ft. Nashville, TN
33 ft. Canadian, TX
32 ft.                        Gypsum, CO
31 ft. Claremont, CA
31 ft. University of Alabama
31 ft. University of Michigan, Dearborn
30 ft. Florence Darlington Tech, College, SC

ERI continues its nationwide search for the owners of the tallest American Liberty Elms in
each state.  ERI would like to award the owners with a brass identification marker and to
note the year it was propagated.

Since 1983, ERI has distributed over 300,000 American Liberty Elms to individuals,
communities and colleges across the United States.  The Institute keeps a database of all of
the trees it ships.  ERI wants to find and document trees 25 ft. or taller.  If the owner
responds, and has not already received a marker, ERI will issue a permanent tag to
distinguish it from other elms.

Liberty Elms. Field Tested for more than 20 years
The American Liberty Elm, during its research phase, showed superior resistance to disease
fungus inoculations in eight successive years, the Institute reports.  Now the tree has had 
more than 20 years of "street testing," growing in communities where Dutch elm disease is
present. ERI calls this "the ultimate field test." Losses among the over 300,000 trees
distributed have been less than 1 per cent.

If you have one or more American Liberty Elms, Elm Research Institute would like to hear
from you. Email photos to info@elmresearch.org. For comparison please have a person next
to the tree and include their height. Call today. For more information about the American
Liberty Elm and how to get free trees for your town, college or nonprofit group phone Elm
Research Institute at 1-800-367-3567 (FOR-ELMS), online at www.libertyelm.com  or write
Elm Research Institute, 11 Kit St, Keene, NH 03431. Individuals may also get a free 2-3 ft.
tree with a $45 membership.