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tributions have perished, partly, without doiil^t, because of the 

 sappy condition of suckers from the water-soaked Tempe Date 

 Orchard, and partly perhaps also because of neglect on the part of 

 some of those receiving them. Results at the Yuma Date Orchard, 

 where some consignments of these suckers were sent were some- 

 what better, but yet far from satisfactory. Following these experi- 

 ments, distributions of date suckers from the Tempe Date Orchard 

 have been stopped for the present, and suckers are being rooted by 

 the new method developed by the United States Department of 

 Agriculture in the Coachella Valley. Three propagating houses 

 ha\ e been constructed at the Salt River Valley Farm and the Yuma 

 Date Orchard and additional capacity will be provided to take care 

 of other suckers intended to be grown in Arizona. It is particularly 

 important at this time thus to safeguard every date palm sucker 

 of value, inasmuch as the French embargo upon further exporta- 

 tions of suckers from the Old World, as well as European war con- 

 ditions, which obstruct importations from any part of the Old 

 World, have thrown us entirely upon our own slender resources 

 for the propagation of desirable varieties. 



propagation of deglet xoor seedlings 



Professor Freeman's experiment in fixing Deglet Noor palm 

 seeds true to seed is being cared for at the Tempe Date Orchard. 

 It will require some years for the first generation of seedlings to 

 come to fruition and until then experimental work with the subject 

 is limited simply to the culture of first generation trees. For de- 

 tails of this experiment see the Tw^enty-first Annual Report, 

 page 384. 



R. H. Forbes, 



Director. 



