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(10) Distance planted apart. 



(11) How are trees propagated ? 



(12) Are best varieties seedling or budded? 



(13) Are orchards large or small? 



(14) Age of fruiting; age when largest crops; maturity of trees. 



(15) What insect pests, and how treated ? 

 (a) Are there any beneficial insects ? 



(&) Are there any parasites of the injurious insects? 

 (c) Name parasites, and tell how they work. 



(16) Give particular information as to picking and curing lemons before shipping, 



season picked, etc. 



(17) Send any printed information aa to processes ; prices or statistics issued by Gov- 



ernment or otherwise. 



QUESTIONS ABOUT FIGS. 



(1) Name of best variety for drying. 



(2) Name of best variety for eating when ripe. 



(3) Name of other varieties worthy of culture and for profit. 



(4) Where are the trees grown that produce the varieties above named ? 

 (a) Distance from sea. 



(&) Elevation above sea-level. 



(c) Exposure to sun. 



(df) Hilly, rolling, or level land, and which is best. 



(e) Soil and subsoil character. 



(5) Climatic influences. 



(a) Temperature minimum, maximum, and average. 



(&) Rain-fall, in inches. 



(c) When rain falls, as to growth of trees and fruit, and how much and effects ? 



(6) Irrigation method, when and how much, and during what growth of trees and 



fruit ? 



(7) Cultivation when and how ? 



(8) Fertilizers what, when, and how ? 



(9) Pruning when and how ? 



(10) Picking. 



(a) At what stage of ripeness, time of day, etc.? 



(&) Give process, from picking to boxing of figs, minutely. 



(e) Are they dipped in some solution ; what and how ? 



(11) Distance planted apart. 



(12) How are trees propagated ? 



(13) Are orchards large or small ? 



(14) What age do trees attain and how long fruitful ? 



(15) What insect pests, and how treated ? 



(a) Are there any beneficial insects ? I 



(&) Are there any parasites of the injurious insects ? 

 (c) Name parasites, and tell how they work. 



(16) How are cuttings of best varieties to be secured ? 



(17) Can you secure any printed matter, such as reports, methods, or statistics issued 



by Government or otherwise, and send us ? 



QUESTIONS ABOUT OLIVES. 



(1) Name of best variety for pickled olives. 



(2) Name for best variety for olive oil ? 



(3) Names of other choice varieties for pickles (eating) and oil, worthy of culture 



and for profit. 



