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PENDOTJLIER. 



(Figure No. 8, Plate VI.) 



At the last meeting of the State Board of Horticulture (July 2, 

 1888,) I reported this variety as being somewhat smaller than the 

 Mission. This was due to the fact that the trees from which the 

 specimens were taken, and from which the cuts were made, had not 

 been cultivated or pruned for five years. 



Tree, is a beautiful one, of a vigorous growth, and of large dimen- 

 sions; branches, drooping (weeping) in character; color, of wood -light 

 green, with smooth, clear surface; it is a tree of very good production. 



Fruit, large, generally accumulating singly in opposite directions, 

 also by twos on the fruit stem; length, one and one eighth inches; 

 width, three fourths; color, wine red, changing to deep blue black; 

 has on the surface a number of very small white specks, which are 

 quite visible, but very minute. 



Pit (kernel), three quarters of an inch long, tapering at the upper 

 end, broad at center, with a curve commencing about the center down 

 to the point. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



At Vacaville this variety is growing in the orchard of Mr. A. Mont- 

 pellier. Mr. Montpellier imported his trees from Italy in 1885. They 

 have been planted three years; one of the trees bore fruit for the first 

 time last year. This year all bore fruit (five trees) excepting one that 

 has not received any irrigation. Since the trees were planted they 

 have received very good care they have all been irrigated excepting 

 one; this non-irrigated tree receiving the same treatment, has made 

 fair growth, but is not one tenth the'size of the other trees, and from 

 present indications it will be several years before it will bear. The 

 fruit ripened in the first part of October. 



At Sonoma this variety is growing in the orchard of Mr. L. P. Bix- 

 ford. Mr. Rixford imported his trees from France some ten years ago. 

 The trees four years after planting bore fruit in great numbers, and 

 have continued to bear good and regular crops every year; they ripen 

 at Sonoma, in November. During the last five years (the place hav- 

 ing been rented), the trees received no cultivation or pruning. Not- 

 withstanding this, their production has been good, although the fruit 

 has been somewhat small. 



Mr. George E. Ladd, of Atwater, Merced County, has also a few trees, 

 which bore fruit this year for the first time. They ripened there about 

 the same time as at Vacaville. 



MANZANILLO. 

 (Figure No. 9, Plate VI.) 



Fruit, of large size, of irregular orange shape. 



Color, brilliant purple, changing when mature to deep blue black, 

 with very minute white specks. 



Pit, of a peculiar shape, and different from those of any other olive. 

 This is an early variety. I obtained specimens of it in the early part 

 of October. 



