66 THE FIG: ITS HISTORY, CULTURE, AND CURING. 
As arule Mr. West found that the fine varieties which he imported 
produced much better figs in the foothills of the sierra than in Stock- 
ton, and he was the first to recognize this region as superior for fig 
culture. 
Among California importers John Rock stands most prominent. He 
has imported figs at various times from foreign countries, and pos- 
sesses now the most extensive collection on the Pacific coast. The 
trees are at Niles, Cal., not far from San Francisco. Of the earlier 
importations there is no record, but in the spring of 1885 he received 
from Thomas Rivers & Son the following figs: Barnissotte Grise, 
Angelique, Col di Signora Bianca, De Constantine, Negro Largo, 
Early Violet, Lardaro, Black Marseilles, Drap d’Or, White Genoa, 
Bondance Precoce, Brown Ischia, Pro- 
lific, Monaco Bianco, Brunswick, Bour- 
jassotte Grise, Rocardi, Col di Signora 
Nera, Grosse Grise Bifere, Royal Vine- 
yard, Hirta, Brown Turkey, Ronde 
Violette Hative, White Marseilles, 
Bourjassotte Blanche, White Ischia, 
Du Roi (fig.8), Agen, Doré Norbus, 
Pasteliere, Raby Castle, Bourjassotte 
Noire, Grassale, Black Ischia, Ronde 
Noire. In 1889 he received the fol- 
lowing figs from a house in Provence, 
France: Salette, Martale, Rosso di 
Mensiglia, Grosse Violette, Des Dames, 
Bianea Moreati, Angelique, Avarcugo, 
Crovere, De Calabria, A Feuilles Tri- 
lobes, Courcourelle, Giallo Verde, Gi- 
allo Rotondo, Negrondo, Madalena, 
Aubique Leroy, Ronde Rouge de Pro- 
vence, Imperial, Rolandina, Tureo di 
Constantinople, Mascula: In the fall 
of 1890 the Department of Agriculture at Washington, D. C., sent to 
Mr. Rock the Trojano, Dottato, Brizanzola, and Guigliana; and from 
a local nurseryman were received in 1891 the Capri, Smyrna, Verdale 
Longue, Cernica, Zemitza, ete. 
Felix Gillet, of Nevada City, Cal., has at various times imported 
from France figs of the following varieties: Pagaudiere, Noir Mou- 
tier, Buissonne, Madeleine Blanche, Grosse Marseillaise, Datte, De 
Versailles, Franch Paillarde, Napolitaine, Verdale. These were 
imported in 1874. The following varieties were sent to Mr. F. Gillet 
from the United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., 
and are now being tried by him: Dalmatino, Broghetto, Rubaldo 
(undoubtedly Rubado), San Piero, Dottato, and San Vito. 
Fria. 8.—Du Roi fig. 
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