THE FIG. 



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thinning out must be clone at times, if not an- 

 nually. 



In the cold northern counties, where the Fig must be 

 matted up to preserve the late fruit through the winter, 

 rather a different plan must be adopted. To insure a 

 crop of good early fruit they must be grown under 

 glass or be planted on a warm south wall, pruned like 

 Fig. 42, and the late crop well matted up with Frigi 



Fig. 43. 



Domo and reed mats outside. Of course I do not 

 mean that the young Figs must be pruned off, but, on 

 the contrary, those made late must be matted up to 

 preserve them, as is seen in Fig. 43, a. 



Figs may be grown with ease by any one under 

 rough-built glass where a western climate can be imi- 

 tated, and no more priming required than summer stop- 

 ping, as already referred to. The fruit may appear an 



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