University of Minnesota trademarks fastest-growing poplar tree

University of Minnesota trademarks fastest-growing poplar tree

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University of Minnesota trademarks fast-growing poplar tree

DULUTH It’s been said that the true meaning of life is planting a tree "under whose shade you do not expect to sit," a hint, of course, that you’ll likely be dead before the tree gets that tall. But researchers at the University of Minnesota now say you don’t have to wait that long after all. The university has trademarked a new, rapid-growth tree that not only will shade your lawn and put up a natural fence between you and your neighbor fa…