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cuttings should be made and set in rows three feet 

 apart and ten inches apart in the row. Select wood of 

 last season's growth, and make cuttings about ten inches 

 in length. The following fall the trees will be ready to 

 transplant to a permanent place. Prune both roots and 

 top severely before transplanting. I have grown them 

 for home consumption for the last thirty -eight years, 

 and only once have had the trees killed, but three or 

 four times the first crop of figs has been destroyed by 

 late frost. 



Enough for a family supply may be grown on a few 

 trees planted about the lot in protected situations about 

 the houses. 



The varieties usually cultivated bear two crops in a 

 season. The first crop grows on the old wood or wood 

 of the previous year's growth ; the second, on the wood 

 of the current season. 



No pruning is necessary except the removal of sur- 

 plus branches, which, if left, render the tree too much 

 crowded. 



Varieties. — I have discarded for the hill country all 

 except that commonly known as White Two Seasons, a 

 vigorous grower, reasonably hardy and a producer of 

 large yellow figs of fairly good quality, though somewhat 

 soft when ripe. It invariably sets both first and second 

 crops. It is the earliest and most reliable variety I have 

 grown. 



Celestial is a hardy, vigorous grower, and, while the 

 fruit is small, it compensates in quality for its small 

 size. This variety rarely sets a full first crop, but 

 invariably produces a large second crop. The fruit is 



