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opnopr tr orofgemng any return.Eucalyptus growinf is another burned bubble.It is a beautiful tree. A row of eucalyptus beside a street converts the country road into a wonderfully fine avenue. There are sections of :'r the county that are distinguished by; big trees. For beauty and long life Jj? the eucalyptus has qualities that { make it adorned by many people. ]J But there are others who like the * tree on some other man’s property. They don’t want it anywhere near their own orchards.They say a row qf big eucalyptus saps the near-by orchard rows.That’s whv a good many eucalyptus-lined avenues have been strip- cc ped of their giant trees lately. j inThe growing of eucalyptus in Or- it ange county can be divided into two 01 divisions, that grown as windbreaks lo and that .grown in acreage lots.The biggest grove in the county is ; st that at El Toro on the Whiting ** ranch. That grove has demonstrat- *a ed very fully the fact that however drouth-resistant the eucalyptus may ^ be, however sure salesman of stock e£ may have been that the eucalyptus a\ will thrive anywhere, it makes little r( growth on poor soil, and it grows £! fast on good soilBut there is no one here who has a grove of eucalyptus growing on good I soil w ho right nowT would not like to have the ground hare rather than have it covered with eucalyptus.“Never Again!”One of the most illuminating experiences and experiments in euca 10 lyptus growing in this section is that A of the Jotham Bixby Co., which owns cc a large ranch at Olive and Villa Ft Park, of which company Hugh T.i er Thomson is manager.“Never again!” f*iThose two words express the Bix by company's opinion of eucalyptus! growing.It was along about thirteen or fourteen years ago that the Bixby company concluded to plant a considerable acreage in eucalyptus. A government expert was sent to help in the project. Soils were examined and varieties of eucalyptus were picked to fit the soils. Excellent care was given the trees, and a good stand was secured.A part of the trees were set in bottom land, but most of them onrefuteOitewirenabeiofwifu:Yuduth in I ch
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Santa Ana Daily Evening Register
Santa Ana, California, US
Wed, Oct 20, 1920
Page 9
Full Page
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