The yew tree at Fountain Abbey, at Kipon, Yorkshire, are supposed to have been ancient,' when the abbey was built in 1132, and (here arc olive trees on Mount Jerusalem which are known to have existed over 800 years ago. One tree expert has put the age of a certain baobab tree in Africa at over 5000 years.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 74, 1 April 1929, Page 3
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