oops, meant to include this link:

http://www.junkshop.com/maple_burnout.jpg


On 14-Aug-2004, "FlatTop" wrote:

I bragged of this impressive newsgroup to my landlord and he asked if I
could find out why sections of our Maple trees seem to "burn out." It's
not
happening to all our Maples, but some. And it happens every year. This
year
we're having a particular spotty problem (curious about it also) but we
have
the early-burnout problem every year. What causes it?