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The place were these figs develop is the place where dur- 

 ing last season existed a leaf, and which fell off last fall. 

 These figs grow rapidly and mature generally in the end 

 of May in all southern countries, or in June in northern 

 ones. This is the first crop of figs, also known as early 

 figs, first figs or summer figs. This crop of figs has not 

 yet matured, or, in some varieties, has hardly matured, 

 when other young figs are seen to push out from the leaf 

 joints of the present year. In course of a month or two 

 these figs ripen and constitute then the second or main 

 crop. With most figs this crop ripens in August, later or 

 earlier according to variety. This crop is also known as 

 second figs, autumn figs or late figs. 



A third or later crop is found in some varieties forming 

 in August and ripening in November. This may be called 

 the third crop. But this third crop is not greatly distinct 

 from the second crop; both develop from the leaf joints 

 of the same season. In reality this third crop of edible 

 figs can only be considered as the last of the second crop. 

 The first crop is', however, entirely distinct from the sec- 

 ond crop, as it is produced on the old wood. Sometimes 

 the last figs of the third crop do not fall in the autumn, 

 but winter over and ripen early next spring just as the 

 first crop, and are thus hardly distinguishable from it. In 

 the caprifig the three crops are more distinct than in any 

 cultivated varieties of the edible fig. 



The Crops of the Caprifig. — In the caprifig the three 

 crops are more distinct than in the edible fig, but, as in 

 that fig, they are not always all present in the same tree. 

 Thus caprifig trees exist which develop only one crop, 

 while others possess two or three crops. The variation 

 in crops may be confined to individual caprifigs trees of 

 the same variety, or it may characterize some special va- 

 riety, in which all the trees are exactly alike. 



