State Agricultural Society. 429 



Of all the fruits kept for "Winter eating, the fig is the greatest luxury 

 for eating after the meal as a dessert, or between meals. It is true it is 

 so rich one can eat but little, yet that little affords a great degree of 

 enjoyment to those who have formed the habit of eating them. 



CULTIVATING AND PRUNING THE FIG TREE. 



Fig trees want plenty of room, and do not bear crowding. If crowded, 

 they will not bear well, and the fruit will be inferior. The trees should 

 be planted at least forty feet apart and trained low, so that they will 

 B3nd out horizontal limbs or arms. These may need propping to support 

 the crop, but it will pay much better to train them in this way than to 

 let the top run up high. The fruit will grow larger, mature better, and 

 be richer. 



PROFITS OF FIG CULTURE. 



There is no doubt but, if properly managed, the culture and preserving 

 of figs can be made in this State one of the most profitable branches of 

 fruit culture. 



The trees commence bearing young, and are among the most prolific 

 fruit-bearing trees known. After the trees arc say eight or ten years 

 old, the annual crop can easily be made to yield ten dollars on an average. 

 The writer has known them to do much better than this in this State" 



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