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5. No cover crops are grown that I know of, the winters are so short it 
hardly seems desirable. If cow peas be grown late in the season they stay 
green until late in the fall and the roots hold the soil until spring cultivation 
begins. 
6. Scarcely any fertilizers are used but occasionally dressings of cotton 
seed meal are given. 
7. New Varieties: Among the most promising are: Apples— Hamilton*, 
color, red; quality 9; Season, September; use dessert, market, kitchen; origin 
Texas. Lincoln*, form, oblate; color, green; quality, 9; season, medium; des- 
sert and market; origin, Kentucky. Mrs. Bryan*, color, greenish red; quality, 
8; season, August; use dessert and market; origin, Georgia. Stevens *, form, 
oblate; color, striped yellow; quality, 5; season, medium; origin, Texas. 
Yellow Sweet*, form, oblate; color, yellow; qualilty, 8; season, medium; origin, 
Texas. Pears— Alamo*, color, yellowish red; season, July and August; use 
•dessert, kitchen and market; origin, Texas. Plums — Gonzales**, origin. 
Texas. Peaches— Carman**, form, oblong; color, yellow and red; quality, 8; 
season, June; use, dessert, kitchen and market; origin. Texas. Mamie Ross**, 
form, oblong; color, white and red; quality, 8; season, June; use, dessert, 
kitchen and market; origin, Texas. Grapes— America**, form, round; color, 
black; quality, 8; season, July; use, market; origin. Texas. Bailey**, color, 
black; quality, 8; season, July; use, market; origin, Texas. Brilliant**, form 
round; color, red; quality, 10; season, July; use. market; origin, Texas. Camp- 
bell Early*, form, round; color, black; quality, 8; season. June; use, market; 
.origin, Ohio. Gold Coin**, form, round; color, purple; quality, 9; season, July; 
use, dessert and market; origin, Texas. Laussel*, form, round; color; purple; 
quality, 9; season, July; use. dessert and market; origin, Texas. Black- 
berries— Dallas**, form, round; color, black; season, June; quality, 9; use, 
dessert, market and kitchen; origin. Texas. Dewberries — Austin — Mayes**, 
form., round; color, black; quality, 7; season, June; use, dessert, market and 
kitchen; origin, Texas. 
8. Insects and Diseases — Curculio is quite a serious pest to stone fruits in 
some portions. The “leaf footed bug” ( Leptoglossus phyllopus), seriously in- 
jured peaches and plums in some portions. The “spring canker worm” has 
sometimes proved injurious in the northern part of the State. The peach 
borer occurs in many places. Rabbits do considerable damage to young trees 
in some places. Brown rot and fruit spot are occasionally troublesome. 
9. Irrigation — Irrigation is practiced only to a limited extent. In western 
Texas it is coming more into use. Rivers are being dammed for the purpose, 
and windmills are used to pump water from wells for small orchards. 
10. • It is impossible to give any .accu rate idea as to the acreage planted to 
each fruit. The following may be considered only as indicative of the acreage 
planted; apples, 10,700 acres; grapes, 2,800 acres; peaches, 40,300 acres; pears, 
7,300 acres; plums, 2,000 acres. 
11. Very few fruits are evaporated. 
12. In peaches, the seedlings of “North China” race seem to be the most 
hardy in bud for Texas. They rarely fail to produce a crop, especially in the 
northern portion of the State. For southern Texas seedlings of the “South 
China” and “Spanish” races fruit better. 
The native Chickasaw plums and the aestivalis and Bourquiniam. types of 
grapes rarely fail. 
