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YIELD FROM EUCALYPTUS 



SUMMARY. 



Age, 16 years. Seedlings. 



Volume per acre, 7,065.6 cubic feet, which is equal to 78.5 standard cords, or 104.7 

 California cords. 



Volume per acre, 17,920 board feet.* 



Volume of merchantable tops, including the trees too small to scale, per acre, 

 2,448.8 cubic feet, equal to 27.2 standard cords, or 36.3 California cords. 



FRUITVALE GROVE. 



Located on land belonging to the Coast Manufacturing and Supply Company, in Fruitvale, 



Alameda County. 



Species Blue gum. Seedlings. 



Age 25 years. 



Elevation About 50 feet. 



Soil A heavy loamy clay with admixture of adobe. 



Water table 20 to 25 feet deep. 



Area of grove About 2 acres ; in a long belt, 125 feet wide. 



Spacing 6 by 6 feet. 



Sample plot % acre. 50 by 218 feet. This grove was cultivated 



the first two years. The trees are unusually straight 



and symmetrical. 



Information in regard to age and management of grove obtained from Mr. Cole, 

 the superintendent of the company. 



YIELD. 



SUMMAEY. 



Age, 25 years. Seedlings. 



Volume per acre, 16,694.8 cubic feet, which is equal to 185.9 standard cords, or 

 247.9 California cords. 



Volume per acre, 54,200 board feet.* 



Volume of merchantable tops, including the trees too small to scale, per acre, 

 3,903.2 cubic feet, equal to 43.4 standard cords, or 57.8 California cords. 



"The volume given in board feet is not in addition to the volume stated in cubic feet 

 and in cords, but is simply another way of expressing the same total. 



