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l <br />ARBORGATE CONSULTING, INC. <br />ARBORICULTURE & HORTICUti URI <br />May 22, 2013 <br />Mr. Robert Odle <br />Odle & Associates <br />6007 E. Mabury Ave <br />Orange, CA 92867 <br />Re: Sexlinger Orange Grove <br />Dear Mr. Odle: <br />Thank you for asking me to provide an arboricultural evaluation of the orange trees' health and <br />condition, professional opinions regarding its viability as an orchard, requirements to maintain an <br />orchard, and report as appropriate. <br />1, r r <br />On May 8, 2013 we met on site and walked the orchard. I took photographs from ground level <br />and ordered an aerial infrared photo to be flown by Focal Flightcom. See attached the aerial <br />infrared photograph. Healthy plants show up the reddest There are about 24 healthy trees at <br />this time. Of about 480 spaces 256 are empty, i.e, they died and were removed, 226 are alive, <br />and 24 of those are healthy. <br />Color infrared technology is most useful when comparing trees of the same species in the same <br />setting at the same time, as in this case. You will notice what was evident when we walked the <br />site, i.e. that other than the tees closest to the front and several along the very edge, nearly all <br />the other tees are in severe decline. <br />It is easy to drive by the site on Santa Clara and get the impression that the trees are healthy. The <br />trees along the road get runoff from the street and may be getting hose water from off the house. <br />People that can take the time to walk it, as we did, get quite a different impression of how <br />healthy they are. The aerial infrared photograph is included for those who for one reason or <br />another cannot or will not see it first -hand. <br />Several of the larger trees in the aerial photograph are actually weed trees. There are a couple <br />holly oaks and a large pecan in the middle. Most of the citrus trees have lost most of their leaves <br />and many are wilted. The weed trees need less water. The foliage color of the orange tees is <br />not healthy green. A large amount of the fine branches are dead or dying. The disking of the <br />soil to control weeds has damaged roots. There is almost no part of the trees south of the third <br />row down that is healthy or capable of producing edible fruit. <br />ARBORGATE CONSULTING, INC. <br />JI0fUCLdn.ue & Arboriculture <br />1131 Lucinda Way, T'u,47n, CA 92780, 16 -9409 Cell: 71.4292.7t S-1, Fax 714.731.6138 <br />