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It is said that the very old and mature White 

 Pine, called Pumpkin Pine by the lumbermen, 

 has been almost entirely removed from the 

 forests of Pennsylvania. Those old trees which 

 remain are known under the name of first- 

 growth or original Pine. They are character- 

 ized, especially when growing pure in crowded 

 woods or in mixture with Hemlock, by great 

 height and long, clean shafts, and they yield 

 timber of the finest quality. This first-growth 

 timber is for the most part from 200 to 250 

 years old, although trees of over 300 years 

 occur. One magnificent specimen among the 

 trees whose age was ascertained was found to 

 be 351 years old. It was still perfectly sound. 

 The dimensions of this tree are worth noting, 

 since it is the largest Pine measured in the 

 course of this investigation. They are : diam- 

 eter at 4^ feet from the ground, 42 inches; 

 total height, 155 feet; length of merchantable 

 log, 114 feet. The total volume of the stem 

 was 574 cabic feet, and it scaled 3,335 feet board 

 measure of merchantable lumber. 



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