162 THE WHITE PINE. 



TABUS VII. Acre yieldt of leeood growth White Pine, with meaiurements of young pine taken for analyiit Continued. 



C.-MA8SACHUSETT!*-Continul. 

 (7) srnty: 



Grafton, Middlesex County. 

 [500 feet above sea level.] 



Sam pie area: 1 acre. 



Soil- Brown, nearly black. Randy loam, medium grain, shallow, fresh, well drained, with 1 or 2 Age of pine: 40 yean. 



inchc.* mold on top, and moderately leafy arfce cover; subsoil, rock on ridge, yellowish Density of crowu coyer: 0.8 



/WwSI'ondttSm/PwTiite Pine on hill ; undergrowth, dense, of Maple and Oak and some Chestnut, Number of trees: 323. 

 Cherry, Gray Birch, and other hardwoods. ' 



ACRK YIKI.il 



Average annual accretion: White Pin>,, 134 cubic feet. 



(8) Srr *: Worcester, Worcester County. Sample area: 1 acre. 



[About 600 feet above sea level.] 



Soil: Brown sandy loam, medium grain, deep, fresh, well drained, with about 1 inch mold on top Age of pine : 30 to 35 years. 



and a moderat'elv leafy surface cover: subsoil, drift gravel and stones. Density of crown cover: 0. 6 to 



Forett conditions : WnUePine, with scattering Gray Birch and occasional Poplar and Pitch Pine 0. 8 (in places 0. 2 awl 0. 4). 



on a hill; undergrowth, scanty, of Hemlock. 3 



Number of trees: 301. 



ACRE YIELD. 





Average annual accretion: White Pine, 141 cubic feet. 



1 Intermixed tpcciei: Pitch Pine, 1 over 3 inches diameter and over 40 feet high ; 1 over 6 inches diameter and under 60 feet high ; 1 over 

 10 liirln s iliaiiii-ti-r mid under 80 feet high. White Birch, 2 from 3 to 6 inches diameter and over 40 feet high. Gray Hirch, from 3 to 6 

 inches diameter mid under 40 feet high. Young White Pine, 35. 



I'n'lrrarmrth (under 3 inches diameter and under 40 feet high): Maple, 204 (mostly Striped Maple); Oak, 133; Chestnut, 19; Cherry, 11; 

 Grav Birch. 6: Thrn,4; llamamelis,3; Hicl,..i\, l : Homlnc-k. l : Klin, 2. 



Intermixed upeeiet: Pitch Pine. 3 from fi to 10 inches diameter and under 60 feet high. I'ojnihit grandidcntata, 1 over 6 inches dinm- 

 t.T jind under 60 feet high. Gray llirch. 6 from 6 to 10 inches diameter and uwler 60 feet high; 31 from 3 to 6 inches diameter and o\ <-r -tu 

 fn I high. Poplar, 2 from 6 to 10 inches diameter and uwler 60 feet high. Hemlock, 1 over 3 inches diameter and under 40 feet high. Young 

 Whit.. I'ine, 90. 



I'ndergrmcth : Oak, 53; Gray Birch, 1, and a few small Cherry, not counted. 



