148 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



in ((niiiiiisitioa to a liTt'ater ilc.inw than jxrasses of totally different {renora, colleftod 

 under wniilar conditions." Analyses of 5 sjjeeies obtained from alkali districts are 

 also "liven. The composition of a sample of Montana-jj;ro\vn flaxseed is f^iven, and 

 its oil content compared with that of llaxsei-d in other conntrics. The cluin<ie in 

 composition of wheat <^ro\vn from soft-wheat seed without irrigation is pointed out, 

 and an analysis of Wild (loose wheat is reported. 



HORTICULTURE. 



Ciiltvire work at the substations, 1899-1901, C. H. Siiinn {('(diforuid S'la. 

 Bui. 147, ])j). 7-J!>, 2S-o5, 41-55, 62-82, figs. 9). — An account is given of the climatic 

 conditions and of the work done at the Foothill, Southern Coast Range, San .Joaciuin 

 Vallej', and Southern California substations with orchard and small fruits, grapes, 

 nuts, vegetables, and miscellaneous crops. (For the work with field crops see j). 134. ) 



Tlie Foothill S^ihatation {at Jackson) (pp. 7-19). — Apples have not done well at this 

 substation. Pears have done fairly well on mixed granite and slate soil, and Jajjanese 

 persimmons have been one of the most uniformly successful fruit crops at the sub- 

 station. Almonds, apricots, and nectarines have done well in the ahsence of late 

 spring frosts. Peaches are well adapted to much of the land about the substation, 

 and the most relial)le general crop varieties appear to Ijc, in the order of ripening, 

 Newhall, JSTewington Cling, Columbia, Salway, Beer Smock, Henrietta, and Wager. 

 The value of plums and prunes is as yet ijroblematical. A numl^er of varieties have 

 borne fruits, but yields have been low. Of the semitropical fruits grown the fig is 

 the most promising. Olives also do excei^tionally well. A good quality of English 

 walnuts is grown, but the trees do not always bear heavily and the nuts are not large. 

 Nearh' all small fruits do well at the substation, but currants need protection from 

 sunburn. Less water than is usually ajiplied with more thorough cultivation is 

 recommended for these fruits. 



Southern Coad Range Substation {at Paso RoMes) (pp. 28-35, 41-43). — Much of the 

 work here reported with deciduous fruits has been jjreviously noted (E. S. R., 14, p. 

 252). A promising young apple orchard planted in 1897 is now coming into bearing. 

 One of the best varieties of a])ples appears to be Gold Ridge Winter. Notes are 

 included on the growth of a number of varieties of melons and squashes. 



San Joaquin Valley Substation {at Tulare) (pp. 44-55). — Frost has killed or seriously 

 injured many of the semitropical fruits at this substation. Many olives have been 

 seriously injured. Among those which 1 ave proved most hardy are Macrocarpa, 

 Manzanillo, Mission, Oblonga, Pendulina, Redding Picholine, and Salonica. Most 

 species of Eucalyptus have done well at the substation. In the deciduous orchard 

 alkali has been controlled by small applications of gypsum. A large nvunber of 

 varieties of apples have borne considerable quantities of fruit, but none kept beyond 

 November 1. Pears have proved well adapted to alkali soils when not too strong, 

 and the success ot a large number of varieties is rejiorted. Almonds, apricots, and 

 nectarines all gave poor results. Peaches do well at the substation, with the excep- 

 tion of Spanish and southern types. An amended list of the best varieties includes 

 among the clings Seller, Grover Cleveland, Chinese, and Oldmixon, and among the 

 freestones Alexander, Oldmixon Free, Elberta, Lovell, Morris White, Muir, Noblesse, 

 Pickett Late, Salway, and Wheatland. Plums and prunes propagatetl on plum t^tock 

 fail on the alkali soils of the substation orcnard, but give better results on peach 

 stock. Large crops of American and FJuropean sorts are sometimes secured. Some 

 varieties of figs also do well at the substation. One of the best varieties of grapes 

 from the standpoint of bearing is the Tinta Yal de Pefias. 



Southern California Suhstalion {al Ponwna) (pp. 62-82) — The account of the work 

 at this substation is prefaced by a l)rief history ot it and an account of the climate 

 and the amoiuits of irrigation water used for a large number of different crops. 



