Table 5. Dry matter and carbon content in pruned branches of an apple tree with different ages assuming 3.75 m² of land is covered by an 18- or 22-year-old tree and 2 m² for a 5-year-old tree.

tree age (yr)	5	18	22
Dry matter (kg tree−1)	0.587	3.457	4.630
C content (kg C tree−1)	0.270	1.590	2.130
C content (kg C m−2)	0.135	0.424	0.568