FIG CULTURE IN VARIOUS FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 35 
with those grown in Smyrna in Asia Minor. Other varieties, bearing 
only or principally large first-crop figs, are known as ‘*basilika” 
(Pacilina) or “royals.” They are generally dark and used only for 
the table. 
The figs for drying and export come principally from Kalamata, a 
Fia. 4.—String of figs as packed in Greece. (Photograph by Paddock & Fowler Co.) 
place also celebrated for its ‘‘currant” raisins. The islands of Andros 
and Syros are also well known for their figs, though they are inferior 
to those of Kalamata. The crop from the latter place is principally 
exported to Russia, Austria, and central Europe generally. <A few 
reach France and the United States. The bulk of all these figs is 
