CATALOGUE AND DESCRIPTION OF FIGS. 279 
the variety thrives in various parts of that State, First imported by the Bul- 
letin Company, later by Roeding. 
Maple-leaved Smyrna—Smyrna, Maple-leaved.—Fruit medium, turbinate, 
rounded at apex, with short stalk and neck. Noribs, Eye wide open, dark 
yellow incolor. Skin pale, yellowish green or greenish ocher, without any 
dark specks, in this differing from Leker Ingir. Pulp paler than that of Leker 
Ingir, honey colored, with red streaks. Tree of spreading habit, branches 
short jointed. Leaves large, deeply lobed, and serrated, standing upright. 
Description after Schwarz and Jones. Imported by Roeaing. 
Purple Smyrna— bulletin Black; Smyrna Black.—Fruit medium to large, 
pyriform, flattened, about 24 inches wide by 24 inches long. <A very short, 
curved neck characteristic of the variety. Stalk very short, about one-eighth 
inch long. Many ribs of even size. Eye flat, with 5 scales, surrounded by a 
dark and flat iris. Color of skin brownish purple shaded greenish. Pulp red- 
dish brown. Flowers and seed small. Flesh violet white. Sirup sweet and 
highly flavored. When dried it makes a fine black fig, better than the Mis- 
sion. Tree large, spreading, strong grower, and heavy branches. Leaves 9! 
inches long by 9 inches broad, 5-lobed, the end lobe the largest. Two of the 
sinuses are very deep. Stalk medium,:about 3} inches. Imported first by the 
Bulletin Company, later by Roeding. 
Round White Smyrna.—Fruit, large, about 22 inches long by 2! inches 
wide, almost globular, with a short neck; apex sometimes flattened; ribs plain. 
Skin tender, yellowish green with gray bloom, and with long, grayish spots. 
Eye grayish when ripe. pinkish when unripe, open. Pulp strawberry red, 
surrounded by a white flesh. A rich, white sirup, fig sweet and highly fia- 
vored. Seeds yellow,small. Treeastrong grower, spreading, heavy branches. 
Leaf very large, about 10 inches long by 9 inches wide, 3-lobed, a few 5-lobed, 
the point of the middle lobe making an angle of 90 degrees. Leaves dark 
green, upper surface rough, but glossy, under surface with yellowish-green 
veins. Edges of the 3-lobed leaves indentated. Stalks about 3} inches long. 
A very fine variety. Also sent out as West's Smyrna, because it was first 
planted on West's place when imported by the Bulletin. The Turkish name 
not known. Description from notes by Mr. J. C. Jones, of Niles. 
Small Purple Smyrna—Smyrna, Small Purple.—Fruit small, globular, 
with short stalk and noneck. Skin purple-olive, very thin, with light-gray 
ribs, dotted over with round, brownish dots. Pulpa dark amber or rose amber. 
Eye never opens widely. Tree small and dense, growing in the form of an 
umbrella, Turkishname not known. Imported by Roeding. Description after 
notes by Schwarz and J.C. Jones. Mr. Schwarz noted that the ieaves of this 
tree are very large and that they drop from the tree earlier than those of any 
other Smyrna variety. 
Wilson—Smyrna.—Fruit about 2 inches wide by 22 inches long; pyriform, 
with almost no neck or one that is very short; when present it is slightly 
bent. Stalk short, seldom more than one-fourth inch long. Ribs few, plain, 
large. Skin thin, green, covered with gray b'oom and dotted over with 
numerous oblong, white specks. Eye medium, with five large scales edged 
with pink. Pulp very full, rosy red. Seeds small amber in color and very 
hard. Flesh white and very narrow. Tree a strong grower and of spreading 
habit. Leaves shallow, 3-lobed, about 7} inches long by 7 inches wide; under 
surface woolly; upper surface smoothand glossy. A valuable variety sent out 
by the U.S. Department of Agriculturein 1891 and labeled ‘‘Smyrna.” It fruits 
only with caprification. The variety is named for the honorable Secretary of 
Agriculture, James Wilson, under whose administration as Secretary of 
Agriculture the Blastophaga wasps have been successfully introduced to 
California, and the culture of Smyrna figs been made a perfect and unqualified. 
success, 
CAPRIFIGS. 
Most of the following caprifig varieties. twenty in number, are now growing in 
California in the experimental nursery at Niles. As far as is known, no eaprifigs 
have prev ously been described, and it is to start an investigation of these varie- 
ties that the following descriptions are offered. The imperfections in some of the 
descriptions are due to the fact that some of the varieties have not yet come into 
full bearing in this country. The value of caprifigs is fully equal to that of the 
Smyrna varieties. The caprifigs. when first received, were simply labeled No. 1, 
2, 3, etc., and much confusion has been the result. In order to help straighten 
out this difficulty I have here proposed new names for such varieties as were not 
properly named before. 
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