"JohnR66" wrote in message
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I'm looking for a medium large shade tree for my back yard. I am in SW
Ohio
and prefer a tree that doesn't make a mess (other than the leaves) and is
trouble free to grow. My back yard is devoid of vegitation, so this tree
would get full sunlight. The back yard is 75 x 60 feet and the tree would
be
near the middle. I would like to start from a seed.

Telephone your city parks department. They ought to know
what will suit your needs e.g. shade, overall size, speed of
growth, and thrives locally.. (It is not usual to grow trees from
seed: you get a better start with saplings anything from 2 ft. to 8 ft.
tall.)

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)