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(10) Distance planted apart. 



(11) How are trees propagated ? 



(12) Are best varieties seedling or budded ? 



(13) Are orchards larg« 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 ? 



(b) 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 as 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 eg^ting when ripe. 



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



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

 (o) Distance from sea. 



(i) Elevation above sea-level. 



(c) Exposure to sun. 



(d) Hilly, rolling, or level land, aud which is best. 



(e) Soil and subsoil character. 



(5) Climatic influences. 



(a) Temperature — minimum, maximum, and average. 



(6) Rain-fall, in inches. 



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



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



fruit ? 



(7) Cultivation — when and how ? 



(8) Fertilizers — what, when, and how t 



(9) Pruning — when and how ? 



(10) Picking. 



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



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



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



(11) Distance planted apart. 



(12) How are trees propagated ? 



(13) Are orohp,rd8 large or small? 



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



(15) What insect pests, and how treated ? 

 (o) Are there any beneficial insects ? 



(6) Are there any parasites of the injurious insects T 

 (c) Name parasites, aud 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 clioico varieties for pickles (e.itiiig) and oil, worlhy ofoiiltnvo 



and for prnfit^ 



