Reply #32: Interestingly there is an effort being made to save

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the Elm Tree from the blight and bring it back.

Scientists found an Elm that is highly resistant to the disease and have been cloning it and selling the cloned offspring. It is called the Princeton American Elm. Here is a link to a FAQ page about the tree:

http://www.americanelm.com/elm_faqs.html

The pictures I have seen of the street I grew up on before I was born show that it was a shady elm lined cathedral of an avenue. In a few years the infestation had destroyed every tree in the city.

Now perhaps even a blight as devastating as the "Dutch Elm Disease" can at last be mitigated, if not eliminated.