The largest cypress I've ever visited was the late, great Senator Cypress in Sanford, FL. It caught on fire and burned down some years ago. The story about how the fire started absolutely infuriates me and I won't go into it here. Volume should be the measuring stick for the conifers. In terms of volume, the Senator clearly exceeded the other well known bald cypresses in the South, including the Tennessee Titan. I have up close up photos of the Titan and have no doubt about this. The Titan was still a wonderful tree. The Cat Island, LA trees, which I have visited numerous times, are indeed huge at the base with a very quick taper. IMO, there are several cypress trees at Cat Island that are more impressive than the national champ, which I still suspect is two trees grown together, despite DNA evidence that apparently suggests otherwise. One of my favorite cypresses for form is the former Mississippi champion at Sky Lake WMA in west central Mississippi. The current Mississippi champion is located within 100 yards of the former champion. I have not visited the Arkansas champ yet, but from the photos I have it looks very impressive for form.

Roc Thank You. .Asthma is a strange thing and each person reacts different to different things. Just because someone has asthma does not mean they all have the same allergies or triggers. Each asthmatic can have different triggers. Chips triggers are activity, and stress. He shows no allergies or reactions to any enviornmental factors, other than cat dandor. This includes laundry supplies. I have gone over this with his pulmanary doctors many times, at Childrens and the Cleveland Clinic. Not that detergents don't trigger some asthmatics it does, just not this kid. Would be so much easier if it was enviornmental induces asthma. As I can't eliminate activity or stress.

Thank you mxk3. It looks like there are two enzymes, which is good. I don't think I would use this on dark laundry loads though. There is sodium percarbonate in the formula. It's hard to tell if it's a very small amount or enough to whiten lights and whites. But since you are reporting brighter laundry, it leads me to think it's a sizable amount. Are you able to use powder Cheer for your darks, or do you need to use a more natural type of detergent for everything? Liquid Tide PurClean doesn't contain sodium percarbonate or optical brighteners. It comes in scented and unscented. I have a small bottle of the scented. It cleans well, but the fragrance is strong to my nose and I have issues with suds when I use it. I've heard of others who are happy with the unscented formula.

Every now and then I look at the supermarket for powdered Cheer, which I remember being recommended on the laundry forums ( in particular with mamapinky may she rest in peace). I think only once did I see some and for some reason I did not buy it that day. Since then, whenever I look, I swear there is none. So I keep using liquids and have yet to try the powder. So far I have had no issues but just saying.