Seed of Eucalyptus globulus from the Dennison Valley in Southern Tasmania will be available at the end of the 1979/1980 collection season 1. The trees growing in the Dennison Valley are described as being of exceptional form and vigour, as well as highly cold resistant.
The details of the collection site is as follows:
Latitude: 42°59'
Longitude: 146°46'
Altitude: 450 m a.s.l.
Total area of stand: 50 ha
Number of trees collected from: 50–100 over a 5-year collecting period. Seed will be collected from selected trees, felled for sawlogs.
No accurate climatic data are available. The area is located 60 km from the coast. The mean annual precipitation is about 1 300 mm; part of it falls as snow.
For further information please write directly to: T.G. Walduck, ‘Summerleas Farm’, Kingston, Tasmania 7150, Australia.
