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This Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera) stood in Baltimore's Druid Hill Park near the Maryland Zoo. In 1860, the tree was already so impressive that planners chose to bend Greenspring Avenue around the tree rather than cut it down. Just before Halloween 2012, 70 mile-per-hour winds from Superstorm Sandy took down the landmark tree.

The custom base was forged and fabricated by G. Krug and Sons, the oldest continuously operating blacksmith and ironworks in the United States. Since 1810, they have manufactured beautiful high-quality ornamental iron and metal products in their brick foundry building on Saratoga Avenue in Baltimore. 

This table is fashioned from a Swamp Chestnut Oak (Quercus michauxii) that stood for nearly four centuries on the grounds of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Kent County, MD. In 1930 the tree was listed as one of Maryland’s four remaining “Penn’s Woods Trees”—thought to have been alive in 1632 when William Penn arrived in the New World. In 2010, American Forests designated the tree as a United States Champion, the largest of its species in the nation. The tree was cut down on December 9, 2015.

The custom base was forged and fabricated by G. Krug and Sons, the oldest continuously operating blacksmith and ironworks in the United States. Since 1810, they have manufactured beautiful high-quality ornamental iron and metal products in their brick foundry building on Saratoga Avenue in Baltimore. 

These canes and walking sticks are fashioned from a Swamp Chestnut Oak (Quercus michauxii) that stood for nearly four centuries on the grounds of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Kent County, MD. In 1930 the tree was listed as one of Maryland’s four remaining “Penn’s Woods Trees”—thought to have been alive in 1632 when William Penn arrived in the New World. In 2010, American Forests designated the tree as a United States Champion, the largest of its species in the nation. The tree was cut down on December 9, 2015.

Some cane handles are carved from the St. Paul's Oak, others from "The Pac Man Tree," a Southern Red Oak (Quercus falcata) that stood for more than 360 years in Stevensville on Kent Island. The tree was torn apart by a tornado spawned from a summer storm in 2017.