Ongoing research

Argonauts poured into the Sacramento Valley in the early 1850s, mining hillsides and creek beds for gold. Rancher John Wolfskill was living in the area at the time and had a lot in common with those miners.

The CIMIS weather station at Wolfskill Experimental Orchards.

During 2006 and 2007 Tony Cristler and Al Bonin restored the International Harvester, Farmall Super A tractor which was first used by the strawberry program at the Wolfsill Experimental Orchards in the 1940s. Tony & Al restoring the Farmall.

"None of this would have been possible without John Wolfskill," says Al Bonin, agricultural superintendent of the Wolfskill orchards since 1979.

The land comprising the Wolfskill Experimental Orchards was deeded to the University of California in three separate parcels: The original 108 acres were donated by John's daughter, Frances Wolfskill Wilson, in 1934 (photo, outlined in red).

"The Wolfskill Experimental Orchards are a research treasure," says Professor Ted DeJong, a pomologist and the site's director.

Environmental stress research Heat stress/non-infectious bud failure in almond Water stress/irrigation research with almond, peach, clingstone peach, apricot, cherry, and others Water stress and crop load effects on fruit fresh and dry weights in peach (Prunus persica) Crop load and water stress eff...

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A Short History of ICVG Provided by R. Bovey (1) & P.

Giuseppe Belli (I) Istituto di Patologia Vegetale Universita Milano Via Celoria 2 I-20133 MILANO, Italy giuseppe.belli@unimi.it Johan T. Burger (RSA) Department of Genetics University of Stellenbosch Private Bag X1 RSA-7602 MATIELAND, South Africa jtb@sun.ac.