THE KADOTA FIG 29- 



sweet as sugar; there is no evidence whatever that 'the Kadota either splits 

 or sours, as do so many other varieties, and finally, it seems to us, the ideal 

 green shipper and preserving fig has been discovered in this variety. 



Clark Orchard has Wealth of Kadotas 



From FIG & OLIVE JOURNAL 

 [July, 1919] 



W. Sam Clark has been more than busy with his Kadota fig crop on 

 his place near Sultana, the first crop being a large one and in much demand 

 for green shipment. The later crop, now showing in a well-developed stage 

 on the trees, promises to be a record-breaker. The trees, though young, none 

 of them being more than six years old, are fairly covered with young figs. 

 Mr. Clark has been most successful in disposing of his Kadotas for good 

 prices to the preserving concerns, as well as finding a remunerative market 

 in the larger cities where he has been consigning the fruit intended for fresh 

 consumption. After a recent visit to the Clark orchard we would say that, 

 under present conditions in the fig business, the owner has the nearest thing 

 to a gold mine that we know of. For thrifty growth, healthy appearance 

 and yield of fruit the orchard of W. Sam Clark is probably unequaled in 

 California. 



Mission on the Borders 



Regardless of what may be grown upon your land, borders should be 

 planted to figs ; avenues, roads and by-ways should be lined with fig trees, not 

 alone from financial views, but to add beauty and attractiveness to your prop- 

 erty. 



The tremendous rooting habits of a fig permit it to reach out great dis- 

 tances and gather tree and fruit food from the soil otherwise lost to the owner. 



The roads and avenues of California are so numerous and generous in 

 width that vast acreages in the aggregate are lost to the state as producing 

 agencies unless employed by the use of the fig. Nothing can be more pleasing 

 to the eye than an avenue of great spreading fig trees, laden with luscious fruit, 

 during the heat of summer. 



No money comes to a land-owner that is as near "velvet" as the returns 

 of the fruit from these borders of fig trees. There are many cases that mav 

 be cited in the San Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys where the entire running 

 expenses of the enclosed areas are more than balanced by the returns from the 

 crop of dry figs gathered from these border plantings. All produced, we may 

 assume, from land otherwise lost to the owner. It is strongly advisable in the 

 majority of cases that the Mission fig be planted as a border tree. 



This fig requires no caprification, no special care, the fruit in drying falls 

 and is cheaply gathered, and invariably finds a ready sale on a market be 

 coming greater each season. This fig is rapidly becoming a great favorite, du* 

 to its splendid flavor, and absence of sour and splits, and its uses are more 

 varied than any other dried fig of commerce. 



The consuming public throughout the United States and Canada are 

 being educated to the uses of this fig and no mistake can be made in planting 

 it on borders and ditch banks. 



