FARM TOUR HIGHLIGHTS, cont'd

Middle and West Sections

#10 'Van Deman' Quince (Cydonia oblonga 'Van Deman')
Burbank hybrid of a European variety (1893). Forms squat, furry, apple-shaped fruit; delicious when fully-ripened and cooked. Named for Dr. H. E. Van Deman of the USDA. Nearby is Burbank's ‘Pineapple' Quince (1899).

#13 Eastern Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana melanocarpa)
One of many cherry species grown by Burbank for use in developing new hybrid cherries. He also grew the native Western Chokecherry (P. v. demissa) and the Catalina Cherry (see #43).

#14 Multi-Grafted English Walnut (Juglans regia)
"Mother" tree used for grafting stems of hybrid seedlings so they'd grow and produce more quickly. The nuts and leaves on each branch are slightly different.

#17 ‘Himalaya’ Blackberry (Rubus ‘Himalaya’)
A second-generation seedling selected from seed imported by Burbank from India. Heavy, late-summer crops of large, tasty fruit. Notoriously vigorous. Several clones have naturalized from California to Washington State.

#18 Hybrid Beach Plums (Prunus hybrids)
Developed by Burbank (1897) by crossing the eastern beach plum (P. maritima) with Japanese plums. Fruit is small, tasty and ripens very late; another attempt to develop a hardier kind of plum.