WORK OF THE SAN ANTONIO EXPERIMENT FARM IN 1912. — 15 } 
OTHER PEACH VARIETIES. 
In the variety peach orchard on Field Al, where there are 35 
varieties of peaches, set out in 1906, an unusually heavy crop of fruit 
set. Even the northern peaches in 
most instances were heavily loaded 
for the first time in the history of 
the orchard. This shouid not be 
taken as an indication that this 
class of peaches is adapted to these 
conditions. Those belonging to the 
South Chinese type are the most 
reliable bearers. Of the varieties 
on trial the following have proved 
to be the best: Pallas, Honey, Im- 
perial, and “Triana. ~The wild 
peach from China (Amygdalus 
davidiana) is proving to be excep- 
tionally good for peach stock, but 
there is difficulty in securing seed, 
as thus far it has not fruited here, 
with the exception of two fruits 
which ripened in 1912. 
PLUMS. 
The tests of plums include 16 
varieties that have been under trial 
since 1906. The tests so far con- 
ducted indicate that the plum is 
probably the most reliable fruit for 
the San Antonio section. The 
American-Japanese hybrids bear 
somewhat more heavily than the 
pure Japanese sorts. The plums 
that have proved the best adapted 
to the conditions at San Antonio 
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are the Gonzales, Burbank, Wick- a 
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son, Terrel, El Paso, and Trans- Fic. 6.—Xenia grape grafted on native : 
mustang grape in February, 1912. (Pho- 
parent. 
I nt tographed June 28, 1912.) 
NATIVE TREES AND SHRUBS. 
Much work has been done on the domestication of native trees and 
shrubs suitable for use as grafting stock (fig. 5) or for crossbreeding. 
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