FIGS CHARACTERISTICS OF BEARING. ,8, 



laying all in, so that the branches are ultimately jammed. This must be avoided by 

 rubbing some of the shoots off. At the close of the third season the tree has a foundation, 

 from which sufficient growths will start to cover the wall space without shortening the 

 branches to produce more. The tree in the illustration, Fig. 57, is representative of 

 what a fan- trained fig tree ought to be, namely, single-stemmed and with thinly - 

 lisposed branches, instead of, as usually seen, a mere thicket with suckers springing 

 from the root. 



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x r 



Fig. 58. CHARACTERISTIC GROWTHS AND FRUIT PRODUCTION IN THE Fio. 



References ; U, indoor branch : o, last season's terminal growths ; p, embryo figs in bud ; q, firs! -crop figs the two 

 lowest ripe. V, current year's growth : ?, second-crop figs ; s, third-crop figs trees started early and kept growing 

 till late otherwise first crop in succeeding year. W, outdoor branch : t, last year's wood ; u, first-crop figs ripe 

 (August or September) ; v, current year's growth ; ?, second-crop figs generally worthless ; x, embryo figs first and 

 only crop generally of the following year. X, weak, sappy, crowded shoot of last season destitute of embryonic figs. 

 Y, similar shoot to X, but grown under full exposure to sun, and pinched y. Z, result of growing thinly and pinching : 

 s, embryo figs succeeding season's first crop. 



Characteristics of Bearing. Fruit production in the fig is distinct from all our 

 commonly grown fruit trees. Instead of producing one crop only it will bear 

 two, and even three crops in one season, but on distinct growths. The first crop of each 

 year is borne on the wood of the previous season's formation ; the second crop (also 



