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21_88 Rancho Chico is cashier at the Bidwell Office. He says horses will seek Cal. walnut trees in preference to other trees, on account of the flies not being too numerous in the shade of such trees. - Sir Joseph Hooker Oak. General Bidwell said a tree got to a certain age and the stopped growth. But the Hooker Oak has grown a great deal since measured first, altho it was thought to have reached its maximum size. -Mrs. Royce. |
21_89 May 31, 1910. - Sir Joseph Hooker Oak, measured by Colonel Royce in Jan. 1910. Circum. of trunk just above ground 27 ft. 7 in. Circum of trunk 6 ft. above groun 28 ft. 4 in. Length of principal limbs on south side 101 & 105 ft. Length of limb on north side 99 ft. Circ. crown = 446 ft. Height = 105 ft. estimate by [Shinn]. |
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