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varieties in the Maslin orchard, frequently maturing as early as the first week in 

 August. Described and named by Walter T. Swingle, of the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. 



Stanford. — A large, thrifty tree with dense top (fig. 12). Leaves medium to large, 

 three to five lobed or entire, sinuses shallow and broad, lobes bluntly pointed, edges 

 finely to coarsely serrate or wavy; dark green, rough, without gloss on upper surface, 

 smooth beneath, with soft tomentum, petioles one-half to one-third the length of 

 blade and with veins greenish white and tomentose; fruit medium, a little smaller than 

 the ordinary Lob Ingir, turbinate or globular; neck small, very short; stem medium 

 to short; ribs not very prominent, irregular, extending from eye to neck, color lemon 

 yellow, with greenish tinge at maturity; eye very small, surrounded by dark ring, 

 scales whitish; pulp bright rosy red, dark amber at maturity; flesh white, tinged 

 with green. 



This variety consists of four giant trees growing on rich bottom land of the Stanford 

 University ranch at Vina, Cal., in a row with ordinary Lob Ingir trees. These trees 

 were grown from cuttings imported from Asia Minor by the writer in 1882. The fruit 

 ripens a week or ten days earlier than that of other Lob Ingir trees and seems to be 

 immune from splitting. During the four years that the variety has been under obser- 

 vation not a single split fig has been found on either tree, although the usual percentage 

 of split fruit was found on the ordinary Lob Ingir trees in the same row. The manager 

 of the ranch permitted the United States Department of Agriculture to take 500 cut- 

 tings each year for four years for free distribution. The value of, the variety will soon 

 be demonstrated from these widely distributed cuttings. The writer proposes to name 

 the variety "Stanford," in honor of the late Gov. Leland Stanford, founder of 

 Leland Stanford Junior University. 



West. — Another of the seedling trees of the Maslin orchard, raised from the best 

 imported Smyrna figs, has been named in honor of the late W. B. West, of Stockton, 

 Cal., who imported a great many varieties of figs from southern Europe and did much 

 for the fig industry in California. It is a large, thrifty, open-top tree, with long- 

 jointed wood and drooping branches, and with a clean, smooth trunk 16 inches in 

 diameter a foot from the ground. Leaves very large, deeply three to five lobed, with 

 coarsely serrated edges, glossy green above, under surface smooth, covered with 

 soft, short tomentum; petioles one-third to one-half the length of blade; fruit medium 

 to large, pyriform; color greenish yellow, retaining the green tint toward the neck 

 up to full maturity; pulp pinkish just before maturity, changing to dark amber when 

 fully ripe. One of the sweetest and best all-round figs in the Maslin orchard. Skin 

 very thin and almost immune from splitting. It bears a fair first crop. It is now 

 being tested in many localities from extensive distributions made by the United 

 States Department of Agriculture. 



Wilson. — A clean, thrifty tree of spreading habit. Leaves large, shining, dark 

 green above, lighter and tomentose beneath, mostly three lobed, a few entire; lobes 

 obtuse, sinuses broad, shallow; lobes coarsely to finely serrate, or with wavy edges; 

 petioles large, greenish white, half as long as the blade, slightly tomentose or glabrous; 

 veins same color as petioles; stipules light green, tipped with brown; fruit medium 

 to large, ribs conspicuous; skin thin, delicate, light green, inclined to crack in ripen- 

 ing, covered with scattered whitish dots, pruinose toward the stem ; neck very short 

 and thick; stem medium to short; eye medium, open; scales reddish brown, dis- 

 closing rosy red pulp within, which darkens to chocolate brown when dry; seeds 

 small, amber color; flesh thin, white. It makes a very good dried fig, rich, but not 

 equal in quality to the Lob Ingir. The variety was imported by the United States 

 Department of Agriculture in 1891 and named by Dr. Gustav Eisen in honor of James 

 Wilson, at that time Secretary of Agriculture. 



Bardakjik. — Tree a compact, low-spreading grower, with thick, closely jointed 

 branches, leaves very large, five lobed, sinuses shallow. Fruit handsome, medium to 



