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THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



week or ten days, or until they are clr}-. The figs are then removed from 

 the trays and washed in a water solution of 5 per cent salt and ^ per 

 cent lime. If the figs are too dry, allow them to remain in water for 

 about twent}^ minutes, after which remove and spread them back on the 

 trays and stack. Let them remain in stack for one week only, in 

 October. But later in the season spread the trays out in the sun until 

 they are dry; after that, sort out all defectives and put in sweat boxes 

 ready for delivery to the packing house. White Adriatics are processed 

 in a similar way, except that the Adriatics are bleached by sulphur. 



The following is the tabular comparison of the distance and increasing 

 production yearly per acre of Smyrna figs. This table can also be 

 applied to the White Adriatics, with the exception that the Adriatics 

 come into maturity two ,years later : 



TABLE SHOWING THE PRODUCTION OF SMYRNA FIGS. 



Bearing age 



Exceptionally 



heavy, ricli 



soil. Number 



of trees per 



acre. 27 ; 

 planted 40 ft. 



by 40 ft. 



Yiekl. pounds 



per acre 



Extra heavy, 

 rich soil. 



Number trees 



per acre. 40; 



planted 33 ft. 

 by 33 ft. 



Yield, pounds 

 per acre 



Very heavy 

 soil. Number 

 trees per acre, 



48 : planted 



30 ft. by 30 ft. 



Yield, pounds 



per acre 



Medium Iieavy 

 soil. Number 

 trees per acre, 



09 ; planted 



25 ft. by 23 ft. 



Yield, pounds 



per acre 



Fifth year 



Sixth year 



Seventh year 



Eighth year 



Ninth year 



Tenth year 



Eleventh year __ 



Twelfth year 



Thirteenth year 

 Fourteenth year 

 Fifteenth year _. 

 Sixteenth year _. 

 Seventeenth year 

 Eighteenth year 

 Nineteenth year 

 Twentieth year _ 



283 



457 



675 



918 



1,242 



1,590 



2,000 



2,450 



2,950 



3,450 



4,000 



4,500 . 



4,950 



5,350 



5,750 



6,150 



lO.OOOt 



420 

 680 

 1,000 

 1,320 

 1,680 

 2,040 

 2,450 

 2,960 

 3,600 

 4,100 

 4,600 

 5,000 

 5,400 

 8,000t 



500 

 800 



1,200 

 1,600 

 2,050 

 2,.500 

 3,000 

 3,500 

 3,900 

 4,300 

 4,600 

 6,000t 



725 

 1,173 

 1.725 

 2,208 

 2,967 

 3,419 

 3,735 

 4,000 



*Full bearing, -j-Possibly full bearing. 



CONCLUSION. 



I am fully convinced, judging from unabated activities shown in the 

 production of Smyrna figs, that this industry is destined to become one 

 of the leading fruit industries of California. The Turkish statistics 

 show that the annual pi'oductiou of Smyrna figs in Meander Valley in 

 Asia Minor, is over 120,000 camel loads, each camel load averaging 600 

 pounds, making a total of 72.000,000 pounds. Of this, one-half is 

 exported to the United States. The total output of figs in California 

 is about 6,000 tons, 1,000 tons of which are the Smyrna variety, which 

 indicates that 80 per cent of the figs con.sumed in the United States are 

 of the Smyrna variet3\ Furthermore, as the indastry grows, there will 

 ])e a con.stant increase in price for the Smyrna variety. Its price per 

 pound ranges from 5^ to 7 cents at present, Avhereas the Adriatic is 

 bringing from 84 to 4 cents per pound. 



