Olive Tree Planted by Missionaries - near Jolon, CA
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N 36° 00.917 W 121° 14.967
10S E 657750 N 3987060
This tree is located in front of Mission San Antonio de Padua.
Waymark Code: WMRT11
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 07/31/2016
Views: 4
There are two signs which accompany the tree...the first reads:
"OLIVE TREE
Planted by Padres
About 1836"
The second reads:
"IT HAS BEEN CLAIMED BY EXPERTS THAT THE MISSION OLIVE AS WELL AS THE MISSION GRAPE HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED WITH ANY OF THE VARIETIES NOW CULTIVATED IN EUROPE. OLIVE SEEDS, AND PERHAPS SOME CUTTINGS, WERE BROUGHT BY THE PADRES TO THE MISSIONS AS EARLY AS 1769. THIRTY YEARS LATER OLIVE CULTURE AT THE MISSIONS WAS AN ASSURED SUCCESS."
Historic Event:
An original olive tree planted by Franciscan Friars.
Year: 1836
Species: Olive
Approximate Age: 180
Location: near Jolon, CA
Website: Not listed
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