Byline: CHRIS STURGIS - Staff writer
Horticulture buff Leslie Hipenbecker will tell you butternut trees are not his favorite.
They don't grow straight, and they usually die before they get very tall, he said. He wouldn't recommend one as a shade tree.
Yet, the one in his yard is exceptional, Hipenbecker said, and the state Department of Environmental Conservation wants to grow its seeds in the state nursery.
In fact, the tree towering 62 feet over in his yard at 944 Main St. is the second-largest one of its kind, right behind a 65-foot butternut in Oneida County that tops the New York State Big Tree Register.
"I've never seen …
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