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old, and that lie lias liad one hundred and ninety-two 

 gallons picked from a single tree at the old San Diego 

 Mission. 



Mr. EUwood Coo23er, of Santa Barbara, tested one 

 of his orchards seven years old from the cutting which 

 yielded ten bottles of oil to the tree, large and small ; 

 price of oil, 82 per bottle. 



The following is taken from Mr. Cooper's book on 

 the olive : — Mr. Davis, who had charge of the San 

 Diego Mission orchard, assnred me that he had 

 gathered from the same tree two years in succession 

 one hundred and fifty gallons of berries. At four years 

 from the cutting I have gathered from some of the trees 

 over two gallons of berries per tree, and at six years 

 over thirty gallons of berries per tree from a few of the 

 best trees. The oldest orchard being eight years old, I 

 do not think I over-estimate it at over 40 gallons per 

 tree for the best and fullest trees. An orchard bearino; 

 uniformly the quantity as above would give the follow- 

 ing result : — One hundred trees to the acre at 40 gallons 

 each, 4000 gallons. One-fourth the quantity yearly 

 would be a very profitable crop." 



Mr. B. B. Briggs, of La Cresenta, Canada, Los Angeles 

 County, reports having a tree, eleven years old, that 

 yielded 50 gallons last year. Mr. Cooper plants 20 feet 

 apart, or 108 trees to the acre; at that rate an acre 

 would yield 5400 gallons of pickled olives, worth at 

 wholesale, in Los Angeles, 75 cents to Sl'OO per gallon. 

 It requires about eight gallons of olives to make one 

 gallon of oil. 



Age of Trees before coming info Bearing. — The late 

 Governor Waterman stated to me that cuttings bore in 



