"Practical Fig Culture in Arizona 7 



There is a small home-garden fig orchard at Hackberry on the 

 Colorado River (Gregg's Ferr}^- 



In the Gila River Valley at vSolomonville and Thatcher both 

 Tvhite and black fig tress are found. These plants range up to 30 

 years in age and bear two to three crops each year. The black 

 variety is»perhaps the more desirable since it produces fruit through 

 a longer season of the year. 



In Clifton and adjacent territory both black and white figs are 

 grown. Even at this elevation ^3,584 feet), two and occisionally 

 three crops are produced, maturing over a period of 40 to 60 days, 

 the first ripening early in August. Smyrna trees are also reported 

 growing in Clifton. Well matured, locally grown figs are sold at 

 12 cents a pound wholesale. 



Fig. 2.— Results of the 1912-1913 freeze. View of the 60 trees planted in two rows on the 

 Experiment Station Farm near Phoenix. Attention i s called to the fact that the 30 trees located 

 in row B were killed to the ground and but few of them have partially recovered. The row has the 

 appearance of sticks set in the ground. Attention is also called to the presence of two specimens 

 barely alive in row A while there are several large kealthy plants. Photograph by W. H. Lawrence. 



At an elevation of 5,000 feet in the Dragoon Mountains, both 

 black and white figs produce two and three crops annually, the 

 ripening period continuing from July to November, while frosts 

 destroy the fruit at lower elevations where air drainage is restricted. 



Fig trees of a white variety, very old but thrifty and large, are 

 also located in the Huachuca Mountains at elevations up to 5,000 

 feet. Stock from this variety has passed the winter successfully in 

 the Sonoita Valley without protection, where even more severe 

 winter weather occurs. In the Sonoita Valley there are also 

 black and white fig trees several years old which produce fair 

 crops. 



