Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1895 — Oldest Olive Tree. [ARTICLE]

Oldest Olive Tree.

The oldest olive tree in the United States is at the Mission of San Juan Capistrano, in San Diego County. The., seed of this treo was brought from Barcelona Spain, 126 years ago. This olive tree is fifty feet high, with a Crunk five feet in diameter. Since the first planting of olive trees in California the industry has extended so that it to-day embraces 700,000 trees, of which 400,- • 'OO were planted in 1898.