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THE POT-CULTUKE OF FIGS. 



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require very little pruning in winter. In a collection of varieties there will 

 always be a few plants with this short stubby wood, from which the first crop of 

 fruit may be obtained, thus securing a succession throughout the season. Many 

 of the finest varieties scarcely ever bear fruit on the wood of the previous 

 year's growth, but produce all on the young shoots of the same year ; while 



others bear well on the old wood, but very rarely on the young shoots, and there 

 are some few which produce the fruits continuously, although never very abun- 

 dantly. Thus, by a proper selection of sorts, and by treating them according to 

 their respective habits, it becomes easy to secure a continuous supply. 



The above figure represents the variety called (Eil de Perdrix in a 10-in. 



