Table 40.  Area of timberland by county and site productivity class,  
                           Delaware, 1999 
  
                                      (In thousands of acres) 
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                                            Site class                                            
             County         ___________________________________________    All                     
                            Very good   Good     Fair     Poor           classes      SE          
                             (120+)  (85-119)  (50-84)  (20-49)  Unknown                          
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         Sussex                 3.6     12.4     27.4     10.7    167.7    221.8      4.4  
         Kent/New Castle         .8      5.8     23.7     25.8     93.4    149.5      5.8  
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         Total                  4.4     18.2     51.1     36.5    261.1    371.2      3.5  
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         SE                    84.5     49.7     25.7     27.0      7.8      3.5 
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             Table 41.  Net volume of growing-stock trees on timberland by county and  
                         stand-size class, Delaware, 1999 
  
                                    (In millions of cubic feet) 
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                                     Stand-size class                                             
      County        __________________________________________________        All                  
                         Saw-         Pole-    Sapling and      Non-        classes          SE   
                        timber       timber      seedling      stocked                            
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  Sussex                  315.1         72.1          7.6           .0        394.9         10.2  
  Kent/New Castle         269.6         26.6          1.1           .0        297.3         10.6  
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  Total                   584.7         98.7          8.7           .0        692.2          7.4  
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  SE                        9.7         24.3         42.3           .0          7.4 
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