eral figs with the pollen of the Capri fig, then went round at the 

 end of the row and proceeded down toward the south and pollen- 

 ated probably twenty figs in several places, selecting such figs as 

 showed growth. We then tied a string at each place below the 

 fig that was pollenated, so as to find them afterward. 



Question : Mr. Eisen claims to have inserted a quill into an 

 edible fig, and when he withdrew it that there were Blastophaga 

 at the end of the quill. He so stated in his lecture on the Blas- 

 tophaga. 



Mr. Maslin I recollect that on a tree next to the Capri fig 

 there was a Blastophaga ; but I doubt the correctness of the state- 

 ment, because we were not looking for any insect in the fig, 

 and you don't generally find something you are not looking for. 

 We were not looking for insects. 



Question : How large were the figs you operated on ? 



Mr. Maslin About 1 inches long and li inches thick. 



Question : How were the openings of the figs at that time ? 



Mr. Maslin To the eye they were not open. Closed as tight 

 as tight could be. 



Question : In your opinion, was it possible for an insect to 

 get in ? 



Mr. Maslin That I could not say ; but I was particular, 

 because I am interested in that question. I particularly looked 

 to see if I could find a fig where the insect wa's in ; but I declare 

 I never saw a fig where it seemed possible for an insect to enter; 

 and when I took a bottle of these Blastophaga to my ranch, and 

 went over the ten acres, I found only two figs with a hole big 

 enough to put an insect in, and I put the insects into these, but 

 the figs have fallen off. 



Question : Was the pollen used taken from California-grown 

 figs or from the imported ? 

 * Mr. Maslin From Capri figs grown by Mr. Shinn. 



Mr. Maslin [Continuing.] I have ten acres of Smyrna seed- 

 lings. I sowed the seed in 1885 and 1886. The first crop this 

 year the fruit on the limbs was very thick, as on plum and 

 prune. The figs this year of that crop on the trees that were 

 grown from seed are big, but had no saccharine matter in them 

 and dried right up. About two weeks ago I found two dozen 

 little figs on currant wood, being so-called second crop. They 

 were of a lovely cream, ivory color. The meat was amber color 



