When fertilized with a dash of patriotic fervor rooted in next year's semiquincentennial celebration of our country, a scenario blossoms on the origin of the largest red maple in New York. The New ...

However, long ago the early pioneers, mesmerized by the beauty of this tree in the fall of the year, brought Red Maple saplings from the woods to plant on the old homestead.

DuPont Global Business President and leader of "DuPont North" Tim Lacey, left, Midland Mayor Maureen Donker, center right, and DuPont CEO-elect Marc Doyle, right, plant a red maple sapling during ...