{"id":31014,"date":"2023-04-10T18:53:39","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T16:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=31014"},"modified":"2023-04-10T20:38:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T18:38:25","slug":"31014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=31014","title":{"rendered":"Fairchild&#8217;s Experiments with Udo from 1914!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yesterday, I introduced Agricultural Explorer David Fairchild who, inspired from visiting Japan, was determined to try to introduce udo (<em>Aralia cordata<\/em>) and wrote an interesting paper 120 years ago giving more details about this novel perennial vegetable:\u00a0<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=30985\">Udo introduction to the US with cultivation instructions (1903)<\/a><br \/>11 years later in 1914, he wrote a really interesting report summing up his experiences with udo.\u00a0 It blows my mind to read how much work was done on this plant over 100 years ago, but sad to see that it was never adopted in a big way! You can read the whole report and I recommend you do, but I&#8217;ve picked out some titbits from the report that I found particularly interesting followed by a few other interesting excerpts from various inventories of introduced plants to the US!<br \/>[gview file=&#8221;http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/experimentswithu84fair.pdf&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-31014 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Title_Udo.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"431\" height=\"308\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Title_Udo.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Title_Udo.png 431w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Title_Udo-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Udo_no_stratify.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"748\" height=\"745\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Udo_no_stratify.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-31019\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Udo_no_stratify.png 748w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Udo_no_stratify-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Udo_no_stratify-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Udo_no_stratify-640x637.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 748px) 100vw, 748px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-31019'>\n\t\t\t\tThis excerpt suggests that stratification of udo seed isn&#8217;t necessary and seed germinate in 2-3 weeks.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Udo_varieties.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"741\" height=\"412\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Udo_varieties.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-31020\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Udo_varieties.png 741w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Udo_varieties-300x167.png 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Udo_varieties-640x356.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-31020'>\n\t\t\t\tDescription of udo varieties from Japan, Hanza and Fushiaka varieties 3-4 weeks earlier than others\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/French_appraisal1899.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"727\" height=\"737\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/French_appraisal1899.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-31021\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/French_appraisal1899.png 727w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/French_appraisal1899-296x300.png 296w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/French_appraisal1899-640x649.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 727px) 100vw, 727px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-31021'>\n\t\t\t\tAn interesting account from 1899 as to why French attempts to introduce udo failed!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bees_and_Udo.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"126\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bees_and_Udo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-31022\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bees_and_Udo.jpg 720w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bees_and_Udo-300x53.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bees_and_Udo-640x112.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-31022'>\n\t\t\t\tAbout udo as a bee friendly plant\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/FloraofJapan1835.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"128\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/FloraofJapan1835.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-31023\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/FloraofJapan1835.png 740w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/FloraofJapan1835-300x52.png 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/FloraofJapan1835-640x111.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-31023'>\n\t\t\t\tIntroduction to Europe as a vegetable was suggested already in 1835!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/First_commercial_udo_California1911.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"710\" height=\"595\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/First_commercial_udo_California1911.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-31024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/First_commercial_udo_California1911.png 710w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/First_commercial_udo_California1911-300x251.png 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/First_commercial_udo_California1911-640x536.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-31024'>\n\t\t\t\tThe first commercial udo farm on a Californian asparagus farm in 1911 \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-31014 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=31026'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"403\" height=\"63\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Aralia-Californica-breeding.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-31026\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Aralia-Californica-breeding.png 403w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Aralia-Californica-breeding-300x47.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-31026'>\n\t\t\t\tAralia californica which is very similar to Aralia cordata was obtained for breeding purposes\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=31029'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"558\" height=\"253\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Aralia_hybridisation.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-31029\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Aralia_hybridisation.png 558w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Aralia_hybridisation-300x136.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-31029'>\n\t\t\t\tHere it is suggested that crossing Aralia cordata with North American Arlia racemosa might result in earlier maturing varieties of udo!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=31028'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"430\" height=\"98\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Aralia_cachemerica_cordata.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-31028\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Aralia_cachemerica_cordata.png 430w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Aralia_cachemerica_cordata-300x68.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-31028'>\n\t\t\t\tAralia cachemerica was also obtained with the though of crossing with Aralia cordata\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=31027'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"439\" height=\"152\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Purchased-varieties-Aralia-cordata-1912.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-31027\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Purchased-varieties-Aralia-cordata-1912.png 439w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Purchased-varieties-Aralia-cordata-1912-300x104.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-31027'>\n\t\t\t\tUdo varieties\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=31025'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"463\" height=\"307\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Araliacordatavarieties.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-31025\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Araliacordatavarieties.jpg 463w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Araliacordatavarieties-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-31025'>\n\t\t\t\tUdo varieties\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><br \/><br \/><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, I introduced Agricultural Explorer David Fairchild who, inspired from visiting Japan, was determined to try to introduce udo (Aralia cordata) and wrote an interesting paper 120 years 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