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1893.] Document No. L9. 71
REPORT OF HORTICULTURIST (CONTINUED).
Report for 1892.
Dr. H. B. Battle, Director.
Dear Sir—I herewith submit my report of the operations
and needs of the division of Horticulture for the past season.
Fruits.—The testing of new fruits and the development
of nefr varieties from seed is necessarily a matter which re-quires
time, and results are slowly arrived at. The orchard
fruits at the Station were all planted before I took charge of
the work, and the records are somewhat in confusion, so that
there are some trees which I have not yet been able to iden-tify.
The apple orchard is slowly coming into bearing, and
some results may be reached the coming season. A peach
orchard planted by the College in a more suitable place than
is the case on the Station farm, will be looked to for results
with this fruit, and the trees at the Station farm will be
gradually taken out, as the apple trees need all the room.
It is evident that of the earliest peaches planted at the Station
there are few, if any, sorts worth cultivating because of their
persistent rotting. No spraying applications yet used have
checked this to any appreciable extent. In fact, it seems evi-dent
that this locality is very unfavorable to the growth of
the peach, no fruit which I have ever seen here coming any-where
near the standard quality of the variety, as compared
with peaches grown in other more favorable localities. In
grapes we have tested a few new sorts. One of these, the
Green Mountain, is the earliest white grape yet grown. It
ripened this season here with the Champion, which has
heretofore been the earliest grape, and is of much better
quality than the Champion. A series of new grapes have
been raised by Prof. T. V. Munson, a skillful grower and
botanist in Texas, by crossing the Post Oak grape of Texas
with old varieties. These are promising for the South, and
we will plant them for testing here. With our old planta-
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| Full Text | 1893.] Document No. L9. 71 REPORT OF HORTICULTURIST (CONTINUED). Report for 1892. Dr. H. B. Battle, Director. Dear Sir—I herewith submit my report of the operations and needs of the division of Horticulture for the past season. Fruits.—The testing of new fruits and the development of nefr varieties from seed is necessarily a matter which re-quires time, and results are slowly arrived at. The orchard fruits at the Station were all planted before I took charge of the work, and the records are somewhat in confusion, so that there are some trees which I have not yet been able to iden-tify. The apple orchard is slowly coming into bearing, and some results may be reached the coming season. A peach orchard planted by the College in a more suitable place than is the case on the Station farm, will be looked to for results with this fruit, and the trees at the Station farm will be gradually taken out, as the apple trees need all the room. It is evident that of the earliest peaches planted at the Station there are few, if any, sorts worth cultivating because of their persistent rotting. No spraying applications yet used have checked this to any appreciable extent. In fact, it seems evi-dent that this locality is very unfavorable to the growth of the peach, no fruit which I have ever seen here coming any-where near the standard quality of the variety, as compared with peaches grown in other more favorable localities. In grapes we have tested a few new sorts. One of these, the Green Mountain, is the earliest white grape yet grown. It ripened this season here with the Champion, which has heretofore been the earliest grape, and is of much better quality than the Champion. A series of new grapes have been raised by Prof. T. V. Munson, a skillful grower and botanist in Texas, by crossing the Post Oak grape of Texas with old varieties. These are promising for the South, and we will plant them for testing here. With our old planta- |
