SO YEARBOOK OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



this end in view. The seed from which the Hoosier grew was planted 

 by Mr. Durm about 1895. It was grown jointly by himself and Mr. 

 Gray for a time for the purpose of testing it. After its merits had 

 become apparent to them it was named "Hoosier" in 1898 by Mr. 

 Durm, who, shortly before his death, turned it over to Mr. Gray to 

 propagate for introduction and dissemination. 



During 3 or 4 years following 1898, it was propagated in a limited 

 way and the plants sold locally until 1902, when it was offered for sale 

 to the trade, a price list issued that year by Mr. Gray containing the 

 first published use of the name " Hoosier " for the variety. 



It has thus far proved free from disease, vigorous, productive, and 

 hardy, bearing good crops of fruit in some years under very un- 

 favorable climatic conditions and when most other varieties in com- 

 parison failed. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Berries roundish, large to very large in size, borne in moder- 

 ately loose clusters of 15 to 18 or more fruits and easily detached 

 from the rather small receptacles; drupes large, glossy, black with a 

 durable bluish bloom; pedicels slender, thorny; calyx small, pale 

 green; flesh dark-purplish red, meaty, solid, firm, moderately juicy; 

 seeds rather large and hard; flavor subacid with pleasant aroma; 

 quality good. 



The bush is a strong, vigorous grower and apparently possesses a 

 rather unusual degree of hardiness. It is considered promising for 

 the Middle Western States. 



The cluster illustrated in Plate XXXVI was grown by A. G. 

 Gray, Pekin, Ind. 



DUGAT ORANGE. 



[PLATE XXXVII.] 



EARLY HISTORY. 



The original Dugat orange tree is reported to have come as one 

 among a hundred imported from Japan about the year 1880 as 

 Unshiu (commonly known in this country as Satsuma) by Leonard 

 Coates, then of Napa, Cal. About 1882 Col. W. S. Dugat obtained 

 two of these orange trees from Mr. Coates's nursery and planted them 

 on his place in Beeville, Tex. One of these trees died. After the 

 other one (which later came to be known as the " Dugat ") had been 

 planted for several years, its habit of growth showed such striking 

 peculiarities as to indicate that it was distinct from other sorts known 

 in that section. Mr. G. Onderdonk, of Nursery, Tex., became inter- 

 ested in this tree because of its evident value for that section and has 

 been largely instrumental in directing attention to it. 1 



1 Letters and historical notes from G. Onderdonk, October 18 and December 13, 1904. 



