'Betty' the ash tree offers hope against deadly dieback disease
By Patrick Barkham
Scientists .identify first tree to show strong tolerance to the disease raising hopes of developing a resistant strain.
She has a silver-grey trunk, is 200-years-old and unusually resilient. Betty, a mature ash tree in Norfolk, is offering hope that ash dieback disease will not be as destructive as first feared after scientists identified her “strong tolerance” to the disease.