284 THE -FIG: ITS HISTORY, CULTURE, AND CURING. 
Valley soil should not be understood to mean that figs may not do as 
well in other varieties of soil, nor that the Pacific coast loealities 
mentioned are preeminently suited for fig culture. 
The folowing analysis of figs and other fruit was made at the 
agricultural laboratory of the California State Experiment Station at 
Berkeley, under direction of Prof. E. W. Hilgard: 
The table below makes it eyident that among California fruits the figs hold no 
mean place in sugar contents. 
Percentages of sugar and acid. 
Num-| Juice. | Sugars. 
Fruits. bee ee | l 
eae Acid. Sugars. Flesh. Whole fruit. 
| Per cent. Per cent. | Percent. | Per cent. 
Higs, Wihite Adriatic. 2-<-2---..2-+--- 2 0.15 2590 1 eee ee 19.20 
Othericss trom Dularensse--e oo 9 .10 to .20 |10.00t0 29.00 |....--....---- 8.0 to 19.20 
PAMTICOLS Sse ree Saas See eee ll - 68 13. 31 11.93 11.10 
Hreneh prunes, 225 fas) ease eo oe oe 13 dl | 23. 69 19.70 18.53 
IPTG eee eens en eee 3 48 | PEDG 13. 25 12.89 
Peachesizs sssc ese eee ee ee ace 2 24 | 17.00 13. 40 12.50 
TA peseee ee een e es Senha ee SO | eee £50) |} 24.00 23.00 20.70 
OFFENSES [55 aaa eee sree ees 80 1.28 | 10. 68 7.12 5.40 
| 
The acid of the figs, expressed in terms of sulphuric (SO.) for the sake of com- 
parison, seems thus to be very much lower than that found in any of our other 
fruits. 
NUTRITIVE VALUES—NITROGEN CONTENTS. 
Without repeating what has already been published by this station in its fruit 
bulletins relative to the importance of the flesh-forming ingredients (albuminoids) 
of our fruits, we give below, in tabuiar view, the average amounts of these mate- 
rials contained in some of the fruits we have examined and considered. Added 
to this-are such data from European sources as are at hand. 
Average percentage of albuminoids, 
Calculated to 
whole fresh fruit. 
Num- SN 
Fruits ber of T?ue | In the 
at analy- crane fresh | In fresh 
ses. | * |flesh, or | pits or 
edible rind. 
portion. | 
Figs. 
California: 
Mihiber Adriatic: 5 ses --tir fa 2 SE eS ee en sae | 2 | 1.50 (1.50) ))| 2oaeeeeee 
Ora Pey oi Neca ties aie Ee a Se ee te SO Oe ROY rE leas ye ake ee | 6. 1.20 (1520) | Cee 
DEVIATED OF eae eects ee es es Rg ERE eae a A ees eee 1.42 (1, 42)\.| 2222 Soeees 
Oranges. | 
California... 23 23.00 eccals 2 epee ee ee 35 1.14 . 76 0.8 
Murope, (Sicilian) seks See eee ae Se ee eee eee eee LS: 3a Sees - Sa 
' Apricots. 
@aliformiay sce eee he eae eee. eee Pe mee ee 11 1.25 1, 088 162 
Bruin opOt ene Se eee ee ee ERE ee Oe pe Me | eee 049 >|... ee 
Pruives. | 
Californians. 3-2 2h coe cs) as hee ee noe Se ee | 20 1.012 . 837 «175 
Muropes- sce ate oe, ee SS ae ee ee eee eee Se eee ee eee «480 | 2.15. 5.52-|- ee 
Apples and pears. 
WROD 2.2 Bee 3 loc ae cot ee ae Se ae tae ee re ene eae | ea eee i005 | Woes secnee |e 
