{"id":6314,"date":"2018-03-14T16:11:31","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T16:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/?p=6314"},"modified":"2018-03-14T16:26:09","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T16:26:09","slug":"the-maple-leaf-forever-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/?p=6314","title":{"rendered":"THE MAPLE LEAF FOREVER!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/?attachment_id=6318\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6318\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6318\" src=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/COMFORT-MAPLE-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"7354\" height=\"5805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/COMFORT-MAPLE-1.jpg 7354w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/COMFORT-MAPLE-1-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/COMFORT-MAPLE-1-768x606.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/COMFORT-MAPLE-1-1024x808.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 7354px) 100vw, 7354px\" \/><\/a><strong>COMFORT MAPLE, PELHAM, ONTARIO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Comfort Maple is Canada&#8217;s oldest and finest example of a climax forest Sugar Maple (Acer Saccharum). The tree has been estimated by the Ontario Forestry Association to be between four and five hundred\u00a0 years old.\u00a0 The above image showing the tree in full fall glory will be used by the Davey corporation in their 2019 promotional calendar.\u00a0Davey has been Canada&#8217;s professional tree service since 1930.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Comfort family donated the tree to the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority in 1961. Back in the 19th century, members of my family were patients of Dr. Comfort&#8217;s practice in the local area. The tree is but a stone&#8217;s throw from their final resting place in the North Pelham cemetery.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;LONG LIVE THE COMFORT MAPLE&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COMFORT MAPLE, PELHAM, ONTARIO The Comfort Maple is Canada&#8217;s oldest and finest example of a climax forest Sugar Maple (Acer Saccharum). The tree has been estimated by the Ontario Forestry Association to be between four and five hundred\u00a0 years old.\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/?p=6314\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-historical","category-landscape-images","category-nature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6314"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6320,"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6314\/revisions\/6320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}