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This undated photo shows yellowhorn tree seeds sprouting in New Paltz, NY. With its chilling hours fulfilled in the refrigerator, these seeds feel that winter is over, and have sprouted. (Lee Reich via AP)

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How exciting to think of a full-size tree locked up within each seed still clinging to the branches of sugar maples, hornbeams, oaks, sycamores and other trees at the end of summer.

By LEE REICH Associated Press January 21, 2021