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| From the Museum of Local History scanned by California Revealed |
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This is one of many orchard records in the various archives around town. This is the only one scanned in so far - from the Museum of Local History. Thank you! It is possibly the first orchard record.
A quick look at the sources of the various fruits/nuts planted around 1887:
Many came from the nurseries of John Rock and R.D. Fox in the Santa Clara Valley.
Ellwanger & Barry was an old nursery in New York. According to George C. Roeding, John Rock worked there. Others came from his future Biggs fruit orchard partner A.T. Hatch. Some came from the University. Some came from local orchards - Beard, Shinn, and maybe Curtner. Felix Gillet was a competitive nurseryman in the Sierra. The Quito orchard was in the Santa Clara Valley and is now a neighborhood. From Burbank, two old varieties of apples. The other names need some research to determine what the abbreviations mean.
Imported from the East: New York, New Jersey, Delaware,
Imported from Europe: Tosette? Joselyn? Rivers? Many are marked Imp. which I'm beginning to suspect that Imp. means imported and will confirm at a later date.
Lot 9D? Lot 8
Pears
A.T. Hatch (future partner in the Biggs orchard)
J.L. Beard (E.L. Beard's son)
G. Tosette?
E&B (Ellwanger & Barry) New York
University
Collins, Morristown, N.J.
Delaware, R. Peters
Lot 9 & Lot 9 & Lot 6 & Lot 8
Apples
Blt. N.
E&B
W.R. Strong Co.
Miller & Sons
R.D. Fox
Shinn & Co.
Burbank (old varieties, not Burbank - Spitzenburg Esopus, White Winter Permain)
Lot 9
Almonds
H? Curtner (Warm Springs?)
A.T. Hatch
J. Collins
Shinn & Co.
J.R. (Rock's Nurseries presumed)
Lot 9 & Lot 8.
Apricots
J.R.N? (John Rock SCV Nurseries? with another ID location?)
J.R.O?
R.D.F.
Lot 8
Cherry
J.R.N.
J.R.O.
Ruhl F.? (or R.D.F?)
J. Collins
J.R.
R.D.F.
T.U.M.
Lot 8 & Lot 9
Nectarines
J.R. N.
E&B
R.D.F.
Lot 8
Quince
J.R.O
J.R.N
R.D.F.
Imp?
Lot 7 & Lot 6 & Lot 8 Lot 9 block D
Blackberries
J.R.
R.D.F.
Parry Imp.
Lot 9 & Lot 8 & Lot 6
Chestnut
Gillet
J.R.
Sylva
Moon?
Lot 9 & Lot 8 & Lot 6
Currents
J.R.N.
Imp. Joselyn
Carlile?
Rivers S.
J.R.
R.D.F.
C. Winton
Lot 9 & Lot 8 & Lot 6
English Walnuts
Gillet
J.R.
Lot 8 & Lot 8
Plums and Prunes
J.Collins
Tosette?
University
J.R.O Los Gatos
C. Winton? Vinton?
J.R.N
R.D.Fox
Lot 7 & Lot 6
Rhubarb
J.R.
Imp.
Lot 9
Mulberry
J.R.
Lot 9
Nuts
Transon?
T. Rivers
Lot 6 & Lot 8 & Lot 9
Figs (including Smyrna)
J.R. (various locations)
Trumbull
W.B. West
R.D. Fox
Milco
Blower
Clowes
G. Eisen
Lot 9 & Lot 8
Peach
A.T.Hatch
J.R.N.
R.D.F.
Shinn & Co.
J.H. Thomas?
Peters?
Munson?
C.W.R. & Co.
W.E. H?
Lot 6 & Lot 8
Gooseberries
R.D.F
Smith
Lush & S.
J.R.
Meek
J.R.N.
Imp. Carlile (Imported? Carlile)
Lot 9 & Lot 8 & Lot 6
Grapes
Feeley
Wet (Wetmore?)
Pfeffers?
W.B. West
Frey's
Sch
Miller S.
Rock
Union?
J.R.
Olivina Vineyard
Lot 9 & Lot 8
Raspberries
J.R
Imp. Parry
J.R.N.
Lot 8
Persimmon Orchard
Strawberries
J.R.
Lot 9 & Lot 6
Mulberries
J.R.
R.D.F.
Lot 9 Block B
Medlar, Loquat
J.R.
Lot 6 & Lot 8
Pomegranites, Persmimmons
Childs
J.R.
Lot 9 Block B
Lemons
J.R.
Lot 9 Block A
Oranges
J.R.
?
Lot 9A
Olives
J.R
R.D.F. (presumed to be R.D. Fox)
Quito (a famous olive orchard in SCV)
IMP?
Fruit Bud Selection
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| "Over Forty Years of Fruit Tree Bud Selection" Pacific Rural Press January 20, 1923 p. 60 of the CNC Scrapbook from the Museum of Local History |
Among those who have gone to their reward, but whose work remains a monument to their endeavors, none did better service along the lines of bud selection than the late John Rock. So strongly was he imbued with the idea and its ultimate importance that he established a test orchard on his grounds at Niles over forty years ago, on which he planted many varieties of fruit trees. After testing out trees true to name, of good-bearing behavior and yielding good crops of quality fruit, they became the source of bud wood for the propagation of the nursery fruit trees he sold during his career as a nurseryman. That orchard came into my possession a few years agol These grand old mother trees were the source of "selected buds" for nursery fruit trees grown and disseminated for a generation by the firm that he established...
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