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feet, about 8 feet : spread of branches, trifling : height, 



about 15 feet. 

 Generally bears, and the fruit is used in tarts ; in very fine 

 seasons it ripens, and is used at dessert. Bole about three feet, 

 then divides into three spreading limbs about four feet in girth. 

 —(November 6, 1872, G. C. Atkinson.) 



Sycamore, on flat land, 400 yards N.E. of House. Girth at a 

 height of 5 feet, 15 feet 4 inches: spread of branches, 

 28 yards : height, 65 feet. 

 A very fine tree, in full vigour. Bole ten feet, and then 



divides into two main upright stems with a number of side 



branches . — (lb id. ) 



Crab, 50 yards S.W. of S.W. corner of Garden. Girth at a 

 height of. 5 feet, 8 feet 5 inches: spread of branches, 

 trifling: height, about 20 feet. 

 Quite hollow and rotten. — {Ibid.) 



Lime, close on S. of Joiner's Shop, 100 yards S.W. of House. 



Girth at a height of 5 feet, 13 feet: spread of branches, 



trifling: height, 101 feet. 

 A very fine healthy tree, with the singularity of a branch 

 bearing white leaves, growing from its N.E. side about fifty feet 

 up. — (Ibid.) 



Oak, 200 yards "W. of House. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 17 

 feet : spread of branches, 22 yards : height, 44 feet. 

 A low singular-looking tree. Bole eight feet; much gnarled. 

 Owes its great girth partly to swollen and contorted excrescences. 

 —(Ibid.) 



Oak, 400 yards S.W. of House and 100 yards E. of Deer House. 



Girth at a height of 5 feet, 14 feet 5 inches: spread of 



branches, 34 yards: height, 59 feet 6 inches. 



A splendid tree, and pretty healthy, though all the trees are 



affected by smoke. Bole nine feet, and then fourteen or fifteen 



fine limbs rise rather uprightly. — (Ibid.) 



Oak, in the middle of Well Field, 500 yards W. by S. from 



