March 11, 1996 (vol. 106, iss. 88) • Page Image 5
… the landscape architects have chosen to plant crab-apple trees. My parents have had a crab-apple tree in their yard for years. It has been a nothing but a nuisance. Sure it flowers, for at most two…
… weeks in spring. More often than not, it blooms for about three days. The rest of the year it is ugly. worse than that, it drops rock hard "apples" onto the yard, which in turn, rotted the grass…
… underneath if left for too long. Another unanticipated side effect is that the apples turn into dangerous projectiles when picked up and thrown by mischievous kids (we had a high school bus stop on our corner…
… - the kids loved to have crab-apple fights). Needless to say, I think panting crab-apple trees would be a mistake. It makes no sense to do so, considering the climate of SE Michigan will not allow the…
… trees to flower for long, and the apples will just be a source of trouble. ANDREA E. CROSS-DIAL ENGINEERING ALUM *bstinence can stop HIV TO THE DAILY: I am writing in response to Jean Twenge's column…
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