UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. BULLETIN NO. 63. Distribution of Cuttings and Scions. The Standard Orchard of the University con- tains upward of 500 named varieties of fruit. The soil is not well adapted to the growth of fruit trees, nor is the bay climate of Berkeley calculated to foster the production of handsome, high-colored fruit specimens, except of apri- cots, which color better here than in the in- Terms.— Orders may be sent for few or many varieties, as may be dt sired. We cannot fur- nish large quantities of a single variety, be- cause the object is to test varieties and not to furnish material for commercial propagation. Packages of scions are forwarded by mail, and applicants are required to send 10 cents for each dozen ordered, to defray expenses of packing and postage. Postal notes, payable at the Berkeley postoffice, are requested to be sent in lieu of stamps whenever practicable. terior. Notwithstanding the disadvantages of Any surplus left after filling orders as far as soil and climate, we have, by the use of barn yard manure, which is abundant in the neigh- borhood, aod by careful pruning and cultiva- tion, succeeded in growing fruit (especially late apples and pears) which, when shown in va- riety at the leading fairs, has received the com- known~Yo~ growers". Those who mendation of the expert judges and the public. otner var i e tiea than those named possible will be returned to the senders, de ducting letter postage. The limits of an announcement of this kind prevent a full enumeration of varieties which can be furnished. We select, therefore, such kinds as seem to us most promising and least may desire may apply The Standard Orchard of the University is for therrij and tney wiU De f urn i 8 hed if we have maintained not as a commercial enterprise, but them. to serve several purposes. First, that of illus- Apricots, trating the instruction which is given in horti- Observations on the growth and bearing of culture; second, to serve as a means of identify- our collection of apricots for several years war- ing fruit specimens which are sent to us from rdU ^ the. naming of several varieties as well all parts of the State for that purpose; third, as adapted to bay and coast climates in this part a source from which any citizen of the State 0 f the State: Blenheim or Shipley medium size, can obtain scions or bud-sticks either for the co i 0 r fine, early, very productive; l>3auge, (?), purpose of testing varieties under the condi- verv handsome fruit of Blenhtim type, most tions prevailing in his locality or to insert in beautiful golden yellow, painted with brightest bearing trees to establish the identity of un- re( j ( r j cn quality, a clingsto?ie t ripening here the named varieties which he may have. There is middle of July; Orange, possibly identical with such variation in the characteristics of varieties the Royal, but grown here, has much higher grown under different conditions in California co lor, a good bearer and early, but the tree is that often we can but approximately identify a OD iy a moderate grower; Sardinian, a small variety and send scions of that variety, true to apricot, possibly valuable because of its earli- n tme, for the grower to fruit for himself and ne88< thus compare the two when grown under the Apricots not altogether satisfactory here but same conditions. In all these directions the lik e iy to be valuable in warmer parts of the Standard Orchard at Berkeley is proving of state : Alberge de Montgamet, large freestone, value to the fruit interests of the State. pitting very readily, color orange, flesh firm and The accurate records which have been kept of r i cn . §t. Ambroise, large, tine-looking fruit and the tree growth and fruitage of the different ya- tree large and vigorous; Kaisha, from Syria, rieties serve as a truHtworthy guide for planting p a j e colored, excellent flavor and quality and in regions adjacent to the bay and coast, where verv juicy; Canino Grosso, fine, large fruit of the climate in its main features most resemble Hemskirk type; De Coulor^e, also fine fruit of that of Berkeley. The forthcoming report of similar type, the College of Agriculture for 1886 will contain Apples, tabulated results of several years' observations ^he following varieties include the most by Mr. W. G. Klee, from which the reader promising of those in our collection which are may learn what varieties promise well and those no t generally known in this State: which are likely to be worthless in the section ^ § ^ mid5U of the coast region to which allusion is ■ ™aae. ^ ^ market; yery gQQd tQ b9gt From these observations it is also possioie to in- McCIoud . s F am n y; yellow; striped with dull red; dicate certain varieties which have good points, Jate summer; very good . but evidently need a warmer locality to ae- F annv; crimson red; midsummer; very good, velop full quality. Such varieties are com- j u ij an; whhish; striped with rich red; very good, mended for trial at greater distance from the Red Canada; beautiful red; winter; very good. coast. Mother; splashed and marbled with red; winter. McAfee's Nonsuch; striped and splashed with red; winter. McLellan; red; beautiful; very good to best. Dalonega; striped and splashed on yellow ground. Green Sweet; greenish yellow; very sweet. Cardinal; yellow; middle of July; tree a fair grow- er; but yield here rather small. Count Orloff; pale yellow; rather a small bearer; but good quality and good keeper. Grimes' Golden Pippin; yellow; a fair grower; middle of September. Disharoon; yellowish; dull red or russet cheek; a strong grower and healthy tree; fruit good and good keeper; October and November. Duckett; yellowish; striped and splashed with red; winter; tree fair grower and fruit good. Equinetely; greenish yellow; covered and splash- ed with rich* red; a fair grower and good bearer fruit good, and keeps until March. Rome Beauty; shaded and striped with red; a good grower and bearer; fruit good, keeping till April. Dutch Mignonne; yellow striped and splashed with red; a fair grower and good bearer; fruit good, keeping until March and April. Canada Reinette; large russet; a fair grower; fair bearer; quality good, and a fair keeper; ripens in September. Crab AppUs. — The University collection of crab apples shown at the fairs attracted much attention by their great variety in form and color. We can furnish scions of the following varieties: Oblong Crab, Montreal, Chicago, Coral, Red Siberian, Yellow Siberian, Currant, Transcendent, Large Yellow, Ringo, Malus Karda, Hewe's Vir- ginia, Lady Crab, Large Red and Hysops. Pears. Our collection of pears is very good, and the quality of many of our winter fruits, especially, excellen ; but the presence of the summer fogs has the tendency to give them a russet surface. The same varieties grown farther from the coast will present a much handsomer appearance. The collections shown at this year's State and Mechanics' Institute Fairs were highly com- mended. The spraying of the orchard with tht sulphide-whale-oil soap* solution produced a marked effect upon the black fungus, and gave the trees and the fruit a much better appear ance. In connection with the descriptions of th( following varieties, of which scions cah be had we give the time of ripening of this locality which, compared with the greater part of th State, is very late. Those starred (*) hav< proved exempt from the black fungus, or nearlj so, every year since fruiting here: Annie Ogereau; very handsome pear; beginning of August. Ott; middle of August, before Seckel; small, but delicious. Duchesse Precoce; above medium; a steady bear- er; fair quality; end of July. *Djyenne Robin; medium to large; beginning of September; good bearer; fair quality; excellent keeper. Dr. Reeder; small, but of the highest quality; end of September, beginning of October, after Seckel. * Paradise d'Autumne; September and October; medium size; very good. *Marie Louise d'Uccles; end of September; small grower, but a large and constant bearer; fruit large; good quality. *Sheldon; large; end of September; good. *Conseiller de la Cour; large; regular bearer; good; middle of October. * Jalousie Fontenay Vendee; medium; good bearer; rerembles in taste Beurre Gris, of Europe. *Pitmaston Duchesse d'Angouleme; a pear en- tirely different from the ordinary Duchesse; is later; large to very large; so far a shy bearer; good. * Baron ne de Mello; medium; regular bearer; No- vember; good. Augustus Dana; large; November; very good; so far a shy bearer. * Beurre Gris d'hiver Nouveau (new gray winter pear); a variety, we are told, which was formerly cultivated considerably in Santa Clara, but now not met with; large to very large; tree a good regular bearer; quality very gocd; November and December. *Md. Lariol de Birny; large, good bearer; good (resembles Emil d'Heyst). *Jaminette; above medium s'ze; November and December; excellent keeper; good (extremely sweet). Fondante de Noel; above medium; very hand- some; December; good. *Jones Seedling; small; a good, steady bearer; October; good. Duhamel de Monceau; December; above medium; very good; tree a poor grower. *Doyenne d'Alencon; late; ripening January ti good grower and healthy; yield fair; quality good and a good keeper. * Beurre de l'Assomption; middle of August; fair grower and healthy; yield good; fruit handsome and large, but not a very good keeper. Forelle or German Trout Pear; a fall pear of great beauty. *Louis Vilmorin; large pear resembling Clair- geau. Not adapted to coast climate; should be tried elsewhere; tree healthy and yield fair. *De Tongres; very handsome; highly colored; a good keeper; fruit shown at the fairs attracted much attention; tree healthy and a good grower. Ripens here October tst. Plums. Scions of the following varieties can be fur- nished : Ontario; the best early plum we have; green; above medium; quality fair. Black Morocco; small, blue plum; very early; cracks badly in this locality. Lawrence's Favorite; seedling of green gage; re- sembling it, but larger. Wangenheim Prune; resembles German prune, but bears better here. Red Magnumbonum; a good plum; rather large; freestone. Victoria; handsome, large; flesh yellow and rather coarse, but sweet; tree vigorous and healthy. Lombard; a popular Eastern variety; medium size; violet-red; flesh juicy, but not rich. Reine Claude de Bavay; one of the best varieties, which should be better known here; very late; greenish-yellow; flesh juicy, melting and rich. St. Lawrence; rather large; dark-purple with light bloom; yellow flesh; sweet and rich. McLaughlin; one of ih a best; large; skin thin, yellow, dotted with red; flesh yellow; very sweet and luscious. Prince Englebert; a good variety; tree very pro- ductive. Goliath; a large, handsome plum; deep red to purple. Copper Plum; an old variety; tree very product- ive, vigorous and hardy; fruit medium size; late; should be better known. St. Martin's Quetsche; a late prune from Ger- many; tree hardy and apt to overbear; fruit medium size; pale-yellow; hangs long on the tree; flesh yel- low; freestone. or^ terS fl Ye , Il0W n Gage: vei T good here; tree a strong grower; flesh yellow, juicy and sugary. • u nC ; e °t Wales ." an old variety; very satisfactory in this locality. Orange; very large and handsome vigorous and productive. BeTgian Purple, rather large, and deep purple handsome; tree strong and productive. Drap d'or d'Esperen; fruit large; golden-yellow flesh light-yellow and good quality. Ives' Autumn; an excellent plum; yellow with red dots; large. yellow; tree of the several wild stocks that possess, to a greater or less extent, the power of resisting the inroads of the insect, as stocks for grafting to be used in localities already infested. Thil collection now embraces the following species, of which cuttiugs will be sent to those desir ing to test them, on the same terms as other scions: American Resistant Grapevines. Vitis Arizonica; the wild Arizonian Royal de Tours; large; bright-red to violet; flesh | V ' Ri P aria ; the Riverside grape of the Mississippi y; very good. valley. Autumn Compote; large; whitish-yellow, with crimson in the sun; flesh yellow; very good. Diapree Rouge; tree rather a poor grower, but fruit large, reddish -purple; flesh pale-green, juicy and melting. Reine Claude Rouge; very good to best; is some- what known in this State. Denniston's Superb; an excellent variety; tree a^strong grower; healthy, hardy anci productive fruit round and large; color pale-yellow. Mulberries. The mulberry plantation on the University grounds has made a fiue growth during the last year, and a few cuttings can be had of each of the following kinds: Downing's Everbearing Moru8 Multicaulis, Russian Mulberry, Morus Alba, and the Japanese varieties, Lhoo and Nagasaki. The last two have made especially fine growth. Grapevines The climate of Berkeley is so unsuitable to the growth of the vine that no attempt is made by us to maintain a complete collection, which, in the absence of fruit, would offer compara tively little interest. Moreover, the existence of the phylloxera on the grounds renders any extension of the culture of non-resistant vines inexpedient, the small block or vineyard being maintained only for the purpose of experi- mentation in relation to the repression of the pest. We have, however, endeavored to cure as complete a representation as possible the Southern Riverside grape, the Southern Muscadine, Scuppe V. California; the wild grapevine of California. V. Aestivalis; the summer or upland erape of the East. F V. Candicans; the Mustang grape of Texas. V. Cinerea; an upland grape related to the Aes- tivalis. V. Cordifolia; V. Vulpina; nong, etc. V. Monticola; the mountain grape of Colorado etc. V. Neo-Mexicana; a wild grade of New Mexico V. Rupestris; the rock grape of Missouri. Asiatic Vines, Presumably Resistant V. Romaneti; white; Eastern Asia. V. Romaneti; red; Eastern Asia. V. Opiman;from Cashmere. V. Spino-Vitus Davidii, China. V. Katchebourie. Huasco Raisin Grape. — This variety, im ported from Chile, has been distributed by us for some years and' is now well spread in the State. We can still furnish cuttings of the variety in lots of 10 each, for experimental growing. The cuttiDgs are, of course, carefully disinfected before shipment, although the vines have uever become infected. Reports regard- ing its merits as a raisin grape vary, although it appear* to be a more reliable bearer than the Muscat, which it nearly resembles. Address applications to E. W. Hilgard. University of California, Berkeley, Gal. f Dec. 29, 18S6.