CATALOGUE AND DESCRIPTION OF FIGS. 241 
highly flavored of all figs, and should be generally cultivated. It grows best 
in deep, rich bottom lands with moist ground. and does not take well to dry 
hills. So far only a few figs of this variety are grown in California. The old- 
est tree in the Stateis found on Dr. Kimball's place, near Haywards (Alameda 
County). Other trees, now 8 years old, are grown at Knights Ferry. The 
second crop dréps there, as it does in Italy and elsewhere. The climate of 
Knights Ferry is very warm and dry, while that cf Niles and Haywards is 
Fia. 63.—Geuntile fig in California. 
moist and comparatively cool. It was supposed for years that all that this fig 
required was a warm and dry air in order to ripen the second crop. But its 
failure to do so, even in the hottest place, satisfies the author that it belongs 
to the San Pedro class, which requires caprification for the second crop. the 
flowers of which are apparently perfect female flowers. It appears that in 
Italy several figs are known as Gentile, but the one described above is the 
true Gentile, and no other varieties should bear that name. (Figs, 63, 64, 65.) 
