Front:
CORK OAK, QUERCUS SUBER
PRESENTED TO THE
STATE OF MARYLAND
BY
CHARLES E. MCMANUS
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
CROWN CORK & SEAL COMPANY, INC.
TO ENCOURACE AND PROMOTE THE
CULTURE OF CORK OAK TREES IN THE STATE
PLANTED AND DEDICATED
ON ARBOR DAY. FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1946
BY
HERBERT R. O'CONOR
COVERNOR OF MARYLAND
巴日
Plaque identifies the cork oak tree planted and dedicated by the Hon. Herbert R. O'Conor, Governor of Maryland. at
Arbor Day exercises on the State House Grounds in Annapolis. The Governor planting the cork tree. Gov. O'Conor
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THE CORK TREE
Cork is the bark of the Cork Oak. It is an
essential peacetime commodity and
commodity and a critical
war material. It is a native of the Mediter-
ranean area. Cork oaks can
can be grown in
Maryland. Acorns and seedlings are free to
land owners through the McManus nationwide
cork growing program. Many thousands are
now being planted. Write your State Forester.
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