Tree Information
Common Name: osage-orange
Scientific Name: Maclura pomifera
Native/Naturalized: Native to North America
Database ID: 1540
Status: alive
National Champion: no
Virginia Champion: no
Trunk Girth: 285 in.
Tree Height: 82 ft.
Crown Spread: 74 ft.
Points: 386
Date Last Measured: 2018
Last Measured by: Byron Carmean, Gary Williamson, Jeff Kirwan
Date First Measured: 2009
Comments: The tree is the most impressive tree of its species that I have seen, especially considering its single trunk form. 2018: Continues to thrive.
From Wikipedia: The Tuleyries is an ante-bellum estate near White Post, Virginia. The complex was built around 1833 by Colonel Joseph Tuley, Jr., who made the name a pun on his name and the Tuileries Palace. The house is a late Federal style mansion with a domed entrance hall. The house was sold by the Tuley family to Colonel Upton L. Boyce in 1866. In 1903 the property was acquired by Graham F. Blandy, who left over two-thirds of the land to the University of Virginia on his death in 1926. That land is now known as the Blandy Experimental Farm and The Virginia State Arboretum. The remaining property and house remained in the Blandy family. As well as twenty acres of lawn and garden the property includes a further three hundred and eighty six acres of forest and farm. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
Location of Tree
Tree is located in: Clarke
Land Owner: Elsie W. Thompson and Wilson Orme
GPS Coordinates: 39.06578, -78.06992
Directions: On the grounds of the Tuleyries Estate. 1427 Westfield Farm Ln White Post, VA 2266. North side of house next to driveway.
Owner Address: PO Box A
White Post, VA 22663
Contact Information
Contact Name: Byron Carmean
Contact Email: rockplantrn@gmail.com
Contact Address: 3616 Labrador Lane
Suffolk, VA 23434
Contact Phone: 757-934-0588
Contact Info: Marcel Boo, Box A, Whitepost, VA 22663, marcelboo@comcast.net.
Nominators
Original Nominator(s): Byron Carmean and Gary Williamson
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