One of them sent photos recently of an extraordinary burl on a Norway maple tree in New Jersey.

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Max and Tyler, two Scottish terriers, lie in the shade of a maple tree beneath a black granite memorial stone bearing a quote from William Wordsworth.

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On the main street near our house, a very large maple tree had snapped in half and was festooned with power lines, blocking half the road.

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Interview everyone who has a grudge against him--old secretaries who had to correct his grammar on the letters they typed, the neighbor who had to deal with the leaves from the Hatch maple tree.

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The Norway maple, however, is a popular tree in central and eastern Canada, after being imported from Europe.

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