Practical Fig Culture in Arizona 



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now number several hundred. The varieties of this group, while 

 semitropical in nature, are all deciduous, yet they usually carry a 

 small crop of fruit through the winter on their naked branches. 



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l<ig. I).— ,5ide, apical, longitudinal, and cross section views of Capri (igs A and li are excel- 

 t views ot the -eye"; F and C illustrate the structure while E and D show the location and 

 U.ve proportion of stammate to gall flowers. From a photograph by W H Lawrence 



Groups of figs. —Among the cultivated forms w^e now recognize 

 five distinct groups which for convenience may best be arranged 

 under both common and botanical names. These groups are: 



