278 THE FIG: ITS HISTORY, CULTURE, AND CURING. 
Zimitza.— Medium or below, longer than broad, turbinate; stalk large, about one- 
fourth as long as the fig; no neck; skin slightly downy, of a greenish olive 
color, mottled and dotted white or light yellow, lighter atthestalk end. Eye 
closed, scales greenish, shaded brown, iris light brown; pulp amber, with a 
slightly reddish center; leaves deeply but narrowly lobed. Good bearer and 
grower, and one of the latest of all figs. Dalmatia—possibly identical with 
Natalino. Specimens described were from trees imported from Dalmatia, 
Ziza Kheden.—Large, oblong, color blackish violet; pulp red. Algiers. 
SMYRNA FIGS, 
Under the name of Smyrna figs we should include only such varieties as actu- 
ally grow in Smyrna and which require caprification in order to set fruit. The 
practice to indiscriminately name varieties Smyrna figs should now be discarded, 
and the buyer of fig trees should insist upon having the pedigree of the trees sold. 
There are now fruiting in California some ten different varieties of these figs, some 
having proved to belong to the best types of Smyrna fig, grown irt?Smyrna for com- 
mercial purposes and distributed from that place all over the world. Most of the 
following varieties have fruited in California. The descriptions are based, for the 
most part, on observations during the season of 1901, after the preceding pages 
were in type and are inserted here because of the commercial importance of these 
varieties: 
Bardakjik—White Bardakjik; White Baltadjik; Bartadjic.—Fruit large 
to very large, ovate, pyriform, with long neck and stalk. Skin very thin, 
greenish gray. Ribs distinct; light gray, covered with small gray dots. Eyes 
deep red. Pulp rich, deep crimson. Tree a compact grower, spreading. 
Leaves large, 5-lobed. A first-class table fig, also used for drying. The form 
of the fig resembles an Egyptian pitcher for holding water—bardak meaning 
pitcher—hence the name, 
Bardakjik, Black—bartakjik; Black Bardakjik.—Large, oblong, pyriform, 
black. <A very fine table fig from Smyrna, Asia Minor, where with the white 
Bardakjik it is considered one of the very finest table figs. It will also dry 
well. 
Blowers—Blowers’s Smyrna.—Fruit medium, about 13 inches long by 12 
inches wide. Ribs heavy. Neck crooked, with short stalk. Skin yellowish 
green, with gray bloom. Ribs darker than the other parts of the skin, which 
is spotted over with gray dots. Eyeopen,dark green. Flesh blood red, tender, 
and sugary, witha rich sirup. Seedssmall, yellow. Tree medium of upright 
growth, with heavy branches. Leaf 9 inches wide by 10 inches long, 3-lobed, 
and afew 5-lobed. Both surfaces green, upper surface rough and glossy; veins 
yellowishgreen. Stalkofleafabout3tincheslong. Edgesof leaves indentated. 
This very distinct variety was one of the Bulletin importation, and first planted 
on the place of R. B. Blowers, from which the tree at Niles isan offspring. The 
Turkish nameis not known. Description partly from notes of Mr. J. C, Jones. 
Kassaba—Cassaba.—Fruit medium to large, almost globular, somewhat 
flattened atapex. Neckshort: stalk short. Eyelarge,open. Skin pale green. 
Pulpreddishpink. Seedssmall. Verysweet. Treean upright grower. (Roed- 
ing’s description. ) 
Leker Ingir.—Fruit roundish, oblate, with short neck. Pulp reddish pink. 
Seeds small. Skin greenish ocher, very thin, with dark specks. Ribs distinct; 
light greenish. Tree a very strong grower, with heavy and closely jointed 
branches. Growth upright. Leaves very large, deeply cut, and slightly 
indentated. Description after Schwarz. Imported by Roeding. 
Lob Ingir—Bulletin Smyrna; Commercial Smyrna (California); Erbeghli; 
Erbelli; Erbeili.—Fruit large to very large, about 22 inches wide by 2} inches 
long; decidedly flattened like an onion, being compressed in the diameter of 
stemtoeye. Neck thin, distinct but short, generally straight. Nostalkor one 
very short. Ribs heavy, uneven, knotted and branching. Eye large. with 
numerous scales of amber tint, open and about three-sixteenths inch wide, so 
that the pulp can be seen through the opening. Skin the color of beeswax, 
smooth and waxy, shaded greenish. Pulp pale to dark amber; when unripe, 
shaded red. No distinct iris. See’s large, flattened. Tree a strong, spread- 
ing, but rather straggling grower, with heavy branches, easily broken off 
through splitting. Leaves large, about 8 inches broad by 81 inches long, 
with 5 thin, deep lobes, with dentiferous edges. Leafstalks heavy, about 3} 
inches long. Color of leaves dark green on upper side, light green on under 
side. This fig isthe best type of Smyrna fig, and the majority of figs imported 
from Smyrna to this country belong to this variety. This tree should be 
encouraged to branch close to the ground. It is now widely disseminated in 
California, and trees 20 years old are growing in many places, showing that 
