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The Wolfskill Grant

Olive avenue entrance, 1937. Photo courtesy UC Davis Special Collections. . . . On May 24, 1842, Governor Juan Bautista de Alvarado granted four square Mexican leagues, over 17,750 acres, to William Wolfskill.
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Walnut

A ripe walnut, ready for harvest.
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Plant Breeding

Development of New Cultivars Work here has resulted in the development and release of 55 new varieties - 29 strawberry, 8 processing peach, 7 cherry, 5 almond, 3 prune and 3 pistachio - as well as 2 almond-peach rootstocks.
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Germplasm Evaluation

Germplasm evaluation blocks for research and education Almond Apricot Avocado Cherry Citrus Hazelnut (filbert) Peach, Clingstone Peach, Freestone Pear Pecan Persimmon Pistachio Plum Plumcot Pomegranate Prune Strawberry Walnut A ripe walnut, ready for harvest.
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Almond

Almonds 100 years of breeding - UC Davis - Almond (pdf) UC Fruit & Nut Research and Information Center...
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Cherry

UC Davis has a history of sweet cherry breeding dating back to 1934.
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Peach-Almond Hybrid Rootstocks

Controller 5 dwarfing rootstock for peach - Scott Johnson 100 years of breeding - UC Davis - Rootstocks for stone fruit - Controlling size, vigor(pdf) UC Fruit & Nut Research and Information Center...
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Pistachio

Pistachio trees at Wolfskill 100 years of breeding - UC Davis - Pistachio Pistacia vera L.
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