Bulletin 77 



neglected plantings of a decade or so still survive and produce some 

 fruit without care. In such localities a greater use of the fig would 

 be possible if it were given attention and protection. 



GENERAL FIELD vSURVEY 



Through coirespondence and a personal general field survey, the 

 approximate distribution of fig trees now growing throughout the 

 State has been determined, as follows* 



In Nogales there are several small trees of a black variety that 

 bear one crop each year. 



At Garces there are several large, fine trees of the so-calhd small 



Yuma 



Parker 



Phoenix 



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Fig. 1. — -Diagram showing the comparative monthly distribut-'on of rainfall in fractions oijan 

 inch, for Yuma and Parker, located in the southwestern lowlands, and Phoenix, j in the middle 

 section, embracing the Salt River and Gila River Valleys. 



Black Mission. Brown Turkey is also being tested. In this imme- 

 diate locality the more or less protected places in the foothills and 

 mountains, where air drainage is good, provide the best situations 

 for fig growing. 



At Roosevelt there are four small trees, five to six years old. 

 These produce green truit throughout the season, but the crop falls 

 before it ripens. They are probably Smyrna trees. 



At Tucson the Brown Turkey produces one good crop each year, 

 ripening the fruit for approximately 40 days, during July and 

 August. Both black and white forms of the Adriatic group, also 

 quite common in this section, are less important. Winter weather 

 severe enough to kill the younger growth, less frequently the entire 

 top, occurs, yet pruning away the dead stems allows new wood to 

 form on which a fair second crop of fruit may develop. 



