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with 36.5 pounds edible, and the latter (two trees) 400 pounds 

 with 86 pounds edible. In this instance the White Adriatic did 

 not mature its fruit properly since during the ripening period hardly 

 two figs showed the same flavor or firmness of flesh. 



Both the Royal Vineyard and Lob Injir produced split 

 fruit during 1915. Splitting is undoubtedly due to increased 

 growth of the fruit following a period in which the tissues grew 

 slowly or ceased growth and became more or less woody, under 

 which condition rupturing takes place to accommodate the growing 

 portions. The solution of the problem lies in properly tilling and 

 irrigating the orchard to induce a uniform growth of tree and 

 development of fruit, or the use of nonsplitting and self-sealing 

 forms in locaHties adapted to their growth. 



PESTS 



The June Bug is the one serious pest. In 1914 the damage done 

 was somewhat later but more serious than in the following season. 

 In 1915 they made their first appearance July 20 and seriously 

 damaged the ripening fruit of White Adriatic, Bulletin Smyrna, 

 Lob Injir, and Black Adriatic. 



Their method of feeding makes it impossible to combat this 

 insect by spraying. 



They may be collected quite rapidly by using a long, home-made 

 tin tube with a wide flaring end ; and a light but broad bat. When 

 disturbed the insect usually drops some distance before taking flight. 

 By holding the above mentioned tin tube below the beetle, then 

 exciting it to flight and directing its course by use of the bat, it 

 drops into the bell-like apex of the "bug catcher" and slides down 

 the tube, where it is caught in a sack tied over the lower end. The 

 beetles are then destroyed by pouring them into a pail of kerosene 

 or crude oil. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



The writer wishes to acknowledge the assistance of Messrs. W. K. 

 Bowen, Mesa; Robert E. Lee, Nogales; H. J. Karns, Nogales; A. L. 

 Paschall, San Simon; C. C. Hall, Roosevelt; J. J. Thornber, Tuc- 

 son; Albert M. Jones, Seligman; Andrew Kimball, Thatcher; John 

 A. Adams, Clifton; Mark Manning, Sonoita; C. R. Fillerup, Snow- 

 flake; J. W. Angle, Willcox; R. C. Lane, Clarksdale; Ralph E. King, 

 Camp Verde; L. L. Bates, Prescott; and Charles Willard, Cotton- 

 wood, in supplying data and general information concerning the 

 location and adaptability of varieties and forms growing in the 



