PLANTATIONS IN CALIFORNIA. 



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WEBB GROVE. 

 Located between San Lorenzo and Hayward, Alameda County, R. F. D. No. 8 from Hayward. 



Species Blue gum. Seedlings. 



Age 36 years. 



Elevation About 200 feet. 



Soil Hard adobe clay. 



Water table L About 40 feet deep. 



Area of grove About 5 acres. 



Spacing Originally 8 by 8 feet. Thinned out when the grove 



was about 10 years old, by taking out alternate rows. 



Present spacing 16 by 16 feet 

 Sample plot % acre. 66 by 165 feet. 



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

 E. O. Webb, the owner. 



YIELD. 



SUMMABY. 



Age, 36 years. Seedlings. 



Volume per acre, 5,178.8 cubic feet, which is equal to 57.5 standard cords, or 76.7 

 California cords. 



Volume per acre, 17,600 board feet.* 



Volume of merchantable tops, including the trees too small to scale, per acre, 738.0 

 cubic feet, equal to 8.2 standard cords, or 10.9 California cords. 



LINDA VISTA GROVE. 

 Located about a mile and a quarter south of Mission San Jose, Alameda County. 



Species Blue gum. Seedlings. 



Age 40 years. 



Elevation About 500 feet. Located on a gentle, west slope. 



Soil A hard clay loam, with admixture of adobe. 



Water table Quite deep, but there are a number of springs on the 



area. 



Area of grove About 3 acres. 



Spacing 8 by 8 feet. 



Sample plot 14 acre. 100 by 109 feet. 



Information in regard to age of the grove obtained from the manager of the 

 ranch. 



*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. 



