HORTICULTURAL EXPERIMENTS AT SAN ANTONIO. et 
lings of the South China type in the Mexican peach orchard are very 
susceptible to this disease, while those of the Spanish group are much 
more resistant. It should be noted in connection with these new 
varieties of the Spanish race that they are much more prolific than any 
grown in the test orchard except those of the Honey type. In fact, 
they are so far superior in production that it is doubtful whether a 
grower can afford to plant any of the older varieties mentioned rather 
than the new seedlings, even if the latter should prove to be slightly 
inferior as to quality. Furthermore, as the better varieties of the 
Spanish group are much more satisfactory to ship because of their 
large size, thicker skin, and firmer flesh, they may prove to be better 
suited to commercial production, though the fruit is distinctly more 
acid than that from the South China varieties. 
PLUM. 
Of all the fruits tried at the experiment farm, the plum is the 
most reliable producer and appears to be the best adapted to San 
Antonio conditions. The trees flower somewhat later than peach 
trees and consequently escape much of the late frost injury. Table V 
shows the varieties that have been under trial sufficiently long to 
justify tabulating. Of these, 12 varieties were set out in the spring 
of 1906, and the remaining 4 in the following spring. 
Taste V.— Varieties of plums 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. 
Fruited. 
Variety. Class. Origin.1 
Years. | Size of crop. 
Abundance. .....-. Japanese. ..--- WECM S stint] OL AM tees Stee a ae sere 3 | Good 
‘Bartlett=):2-- 9-5-2 ity bridh > SS. Y: Prunus triflora Prunus simonii.......---. 3 | Fair. 
Burbanks S522 25. 2 Japanese..-... HATA US HUGE OLA © ant Seishin seer 3 | Good. 
Eagle (Beauty). -..-- American. ---- MIMS AMO USUUO Maleate see yee eee 4 | Fair to good. 
WEP ASO Peer sos hele Sars MORES asset o COMP eee tiem aso ee ee 4 | Good. 
bpRGEISIOFS == 2s =) Hybrid..-.....| Prunus triflorax Prunus munsoniana....- - 3 | Fair. 
Golden Beauty...-- American. ...- Prins tOnimlana sane ee eee See 3 Do. 
Gonzales: 520-2: Ebyiprides Prunus triflorax chance seedling.-....--.--- 5 | Good. 
Indian Chief... --. American. -... BIMNUSaMUNsONIANa 2. |W ss 2 asso ee 4 | Do. 
HEOWMOIS GAL ee |S. ck | GORZES = sas RMUNUS AN SuShioligee sass eera eee Soe 2 | Poor. 
McCariney 9-0 252 2.|22522 COP eed eee COREE SERN Cos So 2s ene a Paine Ashlee 4 | Good. 
Fottawattamie.....|...-. DOs? sos =. Prunus munsoniana........---..------.--- 2 | Poor. 
pone liegt ee Iso Se Ss yipridl >: + se: ETA cmbaloy de < ((2))odeooe caoseunueoasesser 4 | Fair to good. 
Transparent (yei- 
NOW Saree eke ae American... .- rin Stan SSbiOliaee em eer ae ae ee 4 | Do. 
WAaACKSOIRS. 2-5 _ 33-22 Hybrid. ......| Prunus triflorax Prunus simonii.... -.--.. 3 | Do. 
Wicoten 2: i822 5 _ American... .. MBrnUSmMaUnNSOMiana= sees. o-sceeeoe sas aes 2| Fair 
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1 The origin of the ae was obtained Ae pias of New York, ” by U. P. Hedrick, assisted by R. 
Wellington, O. M. Taylor, W. H. Alderman, and M. J. Dorsey. 
The most successful plums in the test, orchard quality and produc- 
tivity considered, are the Gonzales, Burbank (fig. 4), Wickson, 
Eagle, and Terrell varieties. The Transparent and Wooten are Ameri- 
can sorts, and, although they yield good fruit for home use, they are 
not as valuable to the average grower as those of the Japanese class 
or some of the hybrids. 
