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Some trees have attracted attention: One white cedar found on the escarpment was over 600 years old and near other old-growth cedars. [26] The largest tree in the county is a 170-year-old eastern cottonwood on the west side of Highway 57 passing through Institute. It is 110 feet tall and 35 feet in circumference. [27]
Other orchards are linked to allotment gardens. Strathcona Community Orchard in Vancouver, B.C., is an example of that. Members pay for the right to grow vegetables or flowers in one of the 200 plots on the site - membership is just $10.00 a year and the plot rental fee is an additional $5 a year.
The original tree was found on the Mullins' family farm in Clay County, West Virginia and was locally known as Mullin's Yellow Seedling and Annit apple. Anderson Mullins sold the tree and propagation rights to Stark Bro's Nurseries & Orchards Co., which first marketed it as a companion to their Red Delicious apple in 1914.
The main campus for Lakeshore Technical College is located in the village, while public school students are a part of the Sheboygan Area School District.The district maintains Cleveland Elementary School in the village, and those students usually attend Horace Mann Middle School and Sheboygan North High School in the city of Sheboygan later, if they have no school choice preference.
The average household size was 2.88 and the average family size was 3.22. In the town, the population was spread out, with 30.6% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 8.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 117.4 males.
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The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.09. In the town, the population was spread out, with 26.3% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 27.2% from 25 to 44, 26.0% from 45 to 64, and 15.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 113.7 males.
In 1911, landscape architect John Nolen proposed an arboretum for Madison based on Boston's Arnold Arboretum. [2] The UW Arboretum was founded on April 26, 1932, when the University Board of Regents accepted the deeds to 6 parcels, 246 acres of land on the southwestern end of Madison's Lake Wingra, creating the "University of Wisconsin Forest Preserve Arboretum and Wildlife Refuge". [3]