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table; VIII.— ^decrease in size of fruit for successive pickings 



OF 13 VARIETIES, 1915 CROP, INDICATED BY THE NUMBER OF 

 FIGS WEIGHING ONE POUND. 



In is interesting to note in this connection that the varieties 

 included in this table fall into three groups: (1) those decreasing in 

 size during the season; (2) those decreasing during mid-season; and 

 (3) those increasing during the season. 



Size of fruit in 'different crops. — One, two, and three crops 

 were produced by different varieties, the number being determined 

 very largely by low temperatures occurring during the winter. The 

 first crop usually matures about the middle of July or later. vSpeci- 

 mens found in autumn on the tips of young wood pass the winter 

 on the naked branches of the tree and mature the following spring 

 and are known as the Brebas. They are usually of good size and 

 are distinguished from the second and third crop with certainty 

 by their position on the wood of the previous season. 



Only a few of the varieties on the Experiment Station Farm 

 produced two crops in 1915. The Mission (two trees) produced 

 85 pounds, while the Magnolia, Black Ischia, Green Ischia, Doree, 

 Genoa, Negro Largo, Lemon, Drap d'Or, Dauphine, and Ronde 

 Violette Hative each produced very light crops. 



Yield of Capri figs.— During the summer of 1915 all the Cajri 

 trees produced figs. 



