HORTICULTURAL EXPERIMENTS AT SAN ANTONIO. 7 



field peas in the spring of 1912, and again in the spring of 1913. The 

 orchard has never been irrigated, and, although the trees are only 15 

 feet apart, they have not suffered severely from drought (fig. 2). 

 This test orchard is located in field A-l - 1 



In Table III is given a list of the varieties included in the test, with 

 an indication as to the race to which each variety belongs, where this 

 fact is known. It has seemed best to group them thus, even when it 

 is appreciated that there is a variance of opinion as to where a few of 

 the varieties belong. In the case of crosses it is not always clear in 

 which group to place the variety, and in such instances the predomi- 

 nating race is indicated. Opposite each variety name is given the 

 number of years of fruiting, and the last column indicates the size 

 of the crops. It was found impracticable to give the average yield 

 in pounds, for frequently only a few trees fruited and the injury to 

 the fruit by birds before gathering so reduced the yields that the 

 figures would be of little value and in some instances misleading. 



Table III. — Varieties of peaches tested, showing the class to which each belongs, the number 

 of years fruited, and the character of the crop, San Antonio Experiment Farm,, 1906 to 

 1913, inclusive. 





Race. 



Fruited. 



Variety. 



Race. 



Fruited. 



Variety. 



Years. 



Size of 

 crop. 



Years. 



Size of 

 crop. 





Peen-to 



do 



2 



Fair. 



Good. 



Fair. 

 Poor. 



Fair to 

 good. 



Poor. 



Do. 



Good. 



Fair. 



Good. 



Do. 



Poor. 



Jewell 



Peen-to 









Japanese Dwarf. 





2 

 1 







...do 





La Reine 



Maggie 



Spanish 



Peen-to 



Good. 













South China. . 



Spanish 



Spanishx Per- 

 sian. 

 South China. . 



5 

 2 

 1 



3 



Oviedo 



South China. . 

 ... .do... 



2 

 5 



Do. 







Do. 





Peen-to 



Peen-to 









Spanish 



do 



1 







Reeves Orange.. 







Ceylon 









Dorothy 





Persian 



Peen-to 



South China . . 



do 



1 

 1 

 4 



4 

 1 



Do. 



Spanish 



...do 



2 

 2 

 4 



Suber 







Taber 





Florida Gem 



South China. . 





good. 

 Good. 









Onderdonk 



Spanish 



North China X 



Spanish. 

 South China. . 





Hall Yellow 



Peen-to 



South China. . 

 ...do 



1 

 4 

 5 

 1 





Honey 



Waldo 









Indian Cling 



Spanish (?)... 











Table III shows that the varieties of the South China races have so 

 far given the best results. The Pallas, Honey, Imperial, Chmax, Flor- 

 ida Gem, and Triana varieties, all belonging to the South China race, 

 are rated as the best, and their performance has been in the order in 

 which they are here named. These results should not be taken as 

 final. Further investigations may develop other and more valuable 

 varieties, and, as already stated, it may be found that the use of other 



1 For a map of the San Antonio Field Station, showing the location of this orchard, see Bureau of Plant 

 Industry Circular 34, "The Work of the San Antonio Experiment Farm in 1908," by F. B. Headley and 

 S. H. Hastings, issued July 22, 1909. 



