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dence. In 1899 the fact was accomplished. The living insect 
appeared in large numbers at Fresnc—the offspring of those 
brought to California in April, 1899, by the United States De- 
partment of Agriculture. 
Foes of the Fig—The fig is freer from insect pests than 
other fruit trees, and yet it is a mistake to consider it wholly 
free. The writer has seen the leaves well covered with a lecan- 
tm scale, and has found a moth larva boring in the pith of the 
young shoots; still, practically, the fig tree in California has not 
yet suffered from insects. 
The gopher has a pronounced appetite for fig roots, and 
their presence should be carefully watched for. Swine have a 
liking for fig bark. The trees of the grand grove planted at 
Hock Farm, on the Feather River, by General Sutter, were 
completely girdled from the ground as high as a pig could reach 
by standing on its hind legs. Figs make good food for hogs, 
and plantations have been made with this in view, but if the 
hogs are to be harvesters, it will be well to protect the stems of 
the trees from them. 
VARIETIES OF THE FIG. 
The fig presents what may be termed an aggravated exam- 
ple of the confused momenclature which pervades California 
iruits. Dr. Eisen has made a commendable effort to bring 
order out of chaos by a study of foreign records and locally- 
grown fruit. and has published a catalogue of varieties chiefly 
grown in California, with descriptions of the characteristics of 
each in Bulletin 5 of the Division of Pomology of the U. S. 
Department of Agriculture, from which the following is chiefly 
drawn :— 
Adriatic.—Size medium, roundish; neck medium; stalk short; ribs ob- 
scure; eye open, with red iris; skin very thin, greenish in the shade, yellow- 
ish in the sun; pulp bright strawberry red or white, with violet streaks in 
the meat; varies in quality according to location. This has been found very 
useful in California, but is not of fine flavor when dried. It requires rich 
soil, with considerable moisture and a very large percentage of lime. This 
variety is zo¢ identical with that known in Italy as Adriatic. 
Agen.—Medium size, roundish; skin bright green, cracking longitu- 
dinally when ripe, showing white bands; flesh deep red, very rich; a good 
bearer, but very late, requiring a Jong hot season. : 
Angelique ; syn. Angelica.—Medium, pyriform; ribs prominent; yellow- 
ish white; pulp white, with rose-colored center; leaves five-lobed. A very 
good variety in some of the coast valleys. } : hee oat 
Athens ; syn. Marseillaise.—Small, roundish or turbinate, with indis- 
tinct ribs, depressed at apex; skin rough; color whitish yellow, pulp red, 
opaline. Very sweet, and one of the best drying figs both in France and 
California. . 
Bourjassotte, Black; syn. Barnissotte, Black.—Medium, broader than 
long, flattened at apex, with no neck and an uneven cheek; ribs distinct, 
even; eye small, sunk, closed; skin waxy, black with violet blush; bloom 
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