568 ECHOS-1996-293 eng Delaplane, Kristin Nut Tree: American as Mom's apple pie Jul 07, 1996 By 1951, the famed origi-nal tree for which the Nut Tree got its name was uprooted and the event was properly noted by Herb Caen, columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle: "Historic note: The world's largest black walnut tree at the Nut Tree nr. Vacaville on the Sacramento highway was uprooted Wed. On acct. It was about to topple over. A new tree was immediately planted on the spot by 93-yr.-old Mrs. Hester Harbinson, mother-in-law of the Nut Tree's owner, and that's a bit of a coin-cidence. The old walnut tree was 93 years old, too . . ." vacahc@gmail.com 293 53783467322 Publication/Article CaVaHC http://www.solanoarticles.com/history/index.php/vhcdb/293/ Read Article http://www.solanohistory.net/articles/293/293.1.pdf PDF Document