Practical Fig Culture in Arizona 



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The Cordelia and allied forms {Ficus carica var. relicta) differ from 

 the true Capri in producing both pistillate and staminate flowers. 

 The arrangement and position of both sexes of flowers correspond 

 to that of the Capri fig. The fruit of this form remains dry and 

 inedible in the zone occupied by the staminate flowers, while below, 

 the pistillate flowers, that produce seeds, develop into perfect edible 

 maturity. This form represents the true Capri fig in the presence 

 of staminate flowers, and the Smyrna by the occurrence of pistillate 

 flowers capable of fertilization and the production of seeds. 



Perhaps the best known of this group are the Bellona, Drap 

 d'Or, Corsica, and Cordelia. 



Fig. 10. — A group of well matured White Adriatic figs. Note character of the "eye." From 

 photograph, horticultural files, Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station. 



The Bellcna and Crap d'Or were studied by the writer at a 

 time when the supply of fruit was limited. The three availa,ble 

 specimens of Bellona all presented an abundance of flowers with the 

 pistillate grouped in the basal portion, and the staminate occupying 

 the apical portion. Of four specimens of Drap d'Or, three presented 

 the same structure as described for Bellona, while the fourth did 

 not contain staminate flowers. Both these varieties are character- 

 ized by the basal portion of the syconia reaching edible maturity, 

 while the upper portions remain dry, leathery, and develop little 

 or no flavor. 



