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November 5, 2008 Original Red Delicious line lives on Mike Kilen Des Moines Register Dick Tracy and his sister, Elma Tracy, live together in the old home place off a rock road in rural Madison County, Iowa. Elma, 97, and Dick, 85, never married and remained rooted to the farm. They mow the yard as a…

An old violin player explained why his violin had such quality. It was made from a certain kind of European tree, but not all of these trees would do. "The trees in the forest, sheltered by their neighbors, will not do," he said. "Fine violins come from lonely trees that grows on the hillsides where…

The Japanese introduced a tree to the world that is called a Bonsai tree. It is measured in inches instead of feet as other trees are measured. It is not allowed to reach anywhere near its full growth potential but instead grows in a stunted miniature form. The reason for it growing in stunted form is…