WORK OF THE SAN ANTONIO EXPERIMENT FARM IN liil2. 15 



OTHER PEACH VARIETIES. 



Ill the variety peach orchard on Field Al. where there are 35 

 varieties of peaches, set out in lOOO, an unusually heavy cro]) of fruit 

 set. P2ven the northern peaches in 

 most instances were heavily loaded 

 for the first time in the history of 

 the orchard. This should not be 

 taken as an indication that this 

 class of peaches is adapted to these 

 conditions. Those belonging to the 

 South Chinese type are the most 

 reliable bearers. Of the varieties 

 on trial the following have proved 

 to be the best: Pallas, Honey, Im- 

 perial, and Triana. The wild 

 peach from China {Anujf/dnhis 

 davidiana) is proving to be excep- 

 tionally good for peach stock. l)ut 

 there is difficulty in securing seed, 

 as thus far it has not fruited here, 

 with the exception of two fruits 

 which ripened in 1912. 



PLUMS. 



The tests of plums include 1<) 

 varieties that have been under trial 

 since 190G. The lasts so far con- 

 ducted indicate that the plum is 

 probably the most reliable fruit for 

 the San Antonio section. The 

 American-Japanese hybrids bear 

 somewhat more heavily than the 

 pure Japanese sorts. The plums 

 that have proved the best adapted 

 to the conditions at San Antonio 

 are the Gonzales, Burbank, Wick- 

 son, Terrel, El Paso, and Trans- fi 

 parent. 







(J. — Xoni:i urnpc m'Mftcd (Ui ii;ili\i' 

 mustang grnpe in February, IHIL'. i I'lio- 

 tographed June -18, 191:.'. i 



NATIVE TREES AND STTPFP.S. 



Much work has l)een done on the domestication of nati\e trees and 

 shrubs suitable for use as grafting stock (fig. 5) oi- for crossbreeding. 



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