FIGS GROWN IN CALIFORNIA 



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Monaco Bianco; syn. White Monaco. Large, rounded, turbinate; flattened, 

 neck small but very distinct; ribs numerous; eye very open; skin dark bluish 

 green, with thin bloom; pulp dark-red rose. A most excellent rig for table, 

 one of the best in California. 



Mouissouna. Globular, turbinate, flattened, dark violet, blue bloom, pulp 

 red, soft and sweet. 



Pacific White. An unknown variety found growing on a farm in Placer 

 County. Medium, size, fine grained, very sweet, dries well, but the skin is 

 thicker and more tough than the imported fig. That and its small size are 

 the only objections to it. It is quite widely distributed in southern California. 



Pastilicre. Large, 3 inches by i l A; elongated, pyriform, with long neck; 

 stalk short; eye closed, surrounded by an elevated iris; skin rough, hairy, with 

 blue bloom; pulp red. Fine for preserves. 



Ronde Noire. Large, round, but irregular; neck distinct, short; eye small; 

 skin smooth, waxy, dark violet brown; pulp amber. Greatly to be recommended 

 as a table fig. Is not related to Black Ischia or Osborn Prolific. 



Ronde Violctte Hative. Large, globular, with no neck; glossy green, shaded 

 violet brown; eye large; flesh amber, surrounding rose center. 



Rose Blanche. Large, roundish, flattened; long stalk; brown or white 

 ground; flesh bright red. Suitable for table and drying. 



Royal Vineyard. Medium, pyriform, long, slender neck; reddish brown, blue 

 bloom; eye large, open; flesh bright red. 



San Pedro, White; syn. Brebas. Very large, round, flattened at apex; stalk 

 and neck short; eye open; skin thick, tender, of a bright yellow color or 

 greenish in the shade, without bloom; pulp amber. A remarkable and hand- 

 some fig. Only the first crop matures without caprification. Suited only for 

 table use. Requires moist, rich soil. 



San Pedro, Black. Very large, elongated ovate, with no stalk, but with 

 well-set neck; skin smooth, violet black with green neck; pulp red, coppery, 

 tinted violet. For table use. The largest fig known. 



'^'Smyrna (Fig of Commerce, Drying fig of Smyrna, Calimyrna). Of sev- 

 eral attempts to secure the true Smyrna fig, or the variety which produces 

 the well-known Smyrna fig of commerce, that made by the San Francisco 

 Bulletin, and managed by G. P. Rixford, has achieved most prominence, and 

 is now generally conceded to have proved successful. Fourteen thousand cut- 

 tings were obtained through United States Consul E. J. Smithers, in 1882, and 

 a large part of these were distributed throughout the State. A later direct 

 importation of fig cuttings from Smyrna was made by the Fancher Creek Nur- 

 sery, of Fresno. These trees have already borne fruit, as has been described 

 in a preceding paragraph on caprification. In the summer of 1890 cuttings 

 imported from Smyrna by the United States Department of Agriculture were 

 sent to several parties in this State. As the fig insect has fully established 

 itself, as described on a previous page, this variety will establish itself as the 

 leading drying fig here as a Smyrna, and a very important industry will be 

 established upon it. Other figs previously called Smyrna in this State are 

 misnamed. 



The Rixford Fig. There are, however, new varieties of direct Smyrna 

 parentage attracting attention in this State. The planting of Smyrna fig seed 

 by Mr. E. W. Maslin, at Loomis, in 1886, has yielded several varieties which 

 Mr. W. T. Swingle described in the Pacific Rural Press of February 27, 1909, 

 as of decided promise, and at least two of them represent a new type of drying 

 figs, decidedly different from any of the varieties of the Smyrna fig as yet im- 

 ported from the Old World. These new varieties, which might be called 

 self-sealed figs, show a drop of pellucid gum completely filling the very narrow 



