FTtUITTNG WOOL OF FIG TREES. 



85 



REFERENCES. 

 A, characteristic Iran h : a, 

 leadtr with jruit in various 

 stages of ilevelopment ; b, 

 bifle shoot that lias nvt heeti 

 siopptd, wiiTh tlie fruits 

 larger than a lla el A ut re- 

 mwed, and those from, the 

 size of a Pea to that of a 

 Hazel I^ut retained foj-pro- 

 dvAiitig the first and o^Uy 

 ciop another season ; c, side 

 s.'oottJiat had all the inci- 

 pient Figs larger than a 

 Ha:el Nut careju ly rubbed 

 off early in September, caus- 

 ing yoimg fruit to foi-vi at 

 joints; d, side shoot pinched 

 at sixth good leaf, not count- 

 ing basal ones, with young 

 fruit rangtn'i in size jrom 

 that of a I'ea to t -ree purta 

 fu'l {iroir/n ; e, side shoot 

 stopped at sixth good leaf 

 and large incijrieM bigs re* 

 moved ly middle ot Septem- 

 ber^ with Fig huds formed 

 at .,0 nts : 1, bigs to be re- 

 tained ; 2, Jruit to be ruhlied 

 off; 3, loin's from winch, 

 large fruit has been removed 

 in September. 

 B, bearing shoot : f laroe 

 fruU (second crop) thai sel- 

 dom rijena in this rountrii 

 and to he removed, as it 

 is usually damaged by 

 autumm. Jrosts, or falls in 

 the sprini or early summer : 

 a, small fruit to be retained 

 for thp. first and only crop 

 {ex-rpt in the case ot very 

 carh/ varieties a'^iainst south 

 n-ails in the South of E'ng- 

 land and in umisually hot 



C, liearing shoots a Per remov- 

 ing large incipient fruits : 

 h, terminal wood bud ; i, 

 small fruit developing in 

 Jol'owiug season into ripe 

 Fi'js durimj August and 

 September ; j, joints from 

 which large indjyisnt fruits 

 have been revioved. 



PICTORIAL PRACTICE. — PLAIN HINTS IN FEW "WORDS. 

 FIG. 64.-FRUITING WOOD OF FIG TREES. 



