and very sweet, but not filling the receptacle. It only showed 

 that there was some saccharine principle being developed. 



AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY. 



The ground for argument by those who believe in caprifica- 

 tion has been that no fertile seeds had been found in any Cali- 

 fornia-grown fig. Also, that all figs, and especially the Smyrna, 

 only contain female flowers ; and the fact of fruit of trees 

 imported from Smyrna not coming to perfection gave them 

 stronger grounds for such belief, that is, the pollen of the male 

 or Capri fig had to come in contact with the flowers of the female 

 fig to produce fruit. Also that the reason of not having found 

 kernels in the seeds of California-grown figs was attributed to 

 the lack of the pollen fertilization. 



California-grown figs with fertile seeds. 



(1) Specimen showing mature fruits. 



(2) Specimen showing how the fruits lay in the receptacle; the male flowers are towards 

 the blossom end. 



On October 20, 1891, while visiting an orchard at Los Gatos, 

 I came across a tree which attracted my attention by reason of 

 it being of peculiar foilage ; and upon cutting the fruit I found 

 that it possessed both pistillate (the female organ of a phamo- 

 gam, consisting of the ovary with its stylus and stigma) and 

 staminate (the pollen-bearing organ of the flower, consisting of 



