The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-03-07
NEW TREES
iHD PLANTS
Fur AMERICA
MANY FOREIGN VARIETIES NOW
BEING TESTED IN PLANT IN
PRODUCTION GARDEH3 EY DE.
PARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

Washington, d. c., March Ga
wide variety of promising foreign
plants are now being propagated and
tested by the government in the plant
introduction gardens maintained by
the L. S. Department Of Agriculture
in Florida, California, Washington and
Maryland.
These gardens may be called the
Ellis Islands" Of the plant mmigra.
ton service In them the plant i'm.
migrants are carefully studied in or.
der to make sure that they carry
with them no disease, and only those
which are known to be desirable ad.
ditions are permitted to make home
in this country. The plants which
have successfully passed this scrutiny
are distributed to the state expert.
ment stations and to thousands Of ex.
perimenters and breeders throughout
the country.
AT the present time, says an article
by J. II. porsett in the 1916 Yearbook
Of the Department. much attention is
being bestowed upon recent impor,
tations from China. Among these are
the ujube. This, It is said. NAV we'll
prove commercially profitable In Cali.
fornia and the semiarid South and
Southwest. When prepared with
cane sugar, jujubes have as delicate
a flavor as many dates. It is also a
very fresh fruit and has long been
popular in China
The Chinese pistache is another
importation which has been suggested
for use as an avenue tree. Thousands
of young trees have been distributed
to sparks throughout the country for
this purpose. One advantage of this
tree is the great age to which It lives.
For the production Of nuts the variety
Of pistache found in central and west.
ern Asia is being tried. At present
the entire supply of the nuts used in
the colcring and flavoring OF ice
cream and candy comes from abroad.
but 1t is said that there is no reason
why this country should not grow its
own supply. The Sacramento and
San joaquin valleys in California an.
pear to be well suited to the industry.
Chinese persimmions and Chinese
chestnuts are also being tested It
is believed that the Chinese Chestnut
may prove exceptionally valuable be.
cause OF its power to resist the chest. |
nut bark disease, which is doing so
much damage among the native chest
nuts. The persimmon, 1t is thought
might be grown commercially in Cali.
fornia and in those sections in the
south where the temperature does |
not fall much below zero. In China |
and Japan dried persimmons are a
staple food and there seems 10 be mo- /
reason why they should not be eaton .
largely in the future in this country .
Still another importation is an early f.
sweet cherry which has been intro f.
duced from Tanghsi China. This may /
prove profitable to growers as an carly /
cherry for the eastern markets.
\ number Of new vegetables. too
are now being tested in the plant I'm. /
PRODUCTION gardens. Among these arc
The chayote from tropical America
This vine produces pear.shaped fruit T.
in abundance in the fall. They some.
whatrcsemble In flavor summer SQUASH F.
or vegetable morrow. and may br.
used as frcah vegetable throughou
The winter
The udo is new salad plant from
Japan that may De grown IN practice.
.y every state. This IS grown iu much
.he same way as asparagus and mu
be- cooked as well in the same w.g
A few plants Of udo, says the article.
should Dee n every. home garden.