•Vovember 1913 



THK (lAKDEN AND FIELD. 



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a week or ton davs' uiiic to 'jiol 

 linate the fips that \wre too small 

 at the first caprifyin<j. 



When the fij^s coine on slo\vl\ 

 and unevenly it is sonietiuves ne- 

 ct.\ssary to caprifv a third or a 

 fourth time so that tht whole of 

 the erop may lie fertilised. 



The caprifyinjr should be done 

 from the time the Smvrnas are 

 about the size of a hazel-nut up 

 till tWey are nearly the size of a 

 walniit, say, from a little under 

 half an inch to one inch in diame- 

 ter. The flowers inside must not 

 have become brown, must be of a 

 greenish colour, and be upstand- 

 ing. A safe proportion of Capri 

 trees to Smyrna trees is onp Canri 

 tree to fifty Rmvmas. Each fiig- 

 may be looked upon as .saWng from- 

 300 to 600 insects. 



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— Introduction to California. — 



After eight years of persistent 

 and continuous efTort the seventh 

 and last introduction from Aleiers, 

 sent over to Mr. Geo. C. Roedino; 

 by Mr. W. T. Swinsrle, of the de- 

 partment of agriculture, in 1899, 

 proved successful. The insects en- 

 tered a number of the vounij Capri 

 fisfs on the trees and thus became 

 permanently established in Cali- 

 fornia. 



The Smyrna fiors held their 

 crops, and the best drving figr in 

 the world was given a place 

 among-st the nroeressive fruit 

 growers of the West to enter into 

 competition with the decadent 

 Fast, that for over twenty cen- 

 turies had supplied practically all 

 the dried figs of commerre. 



— Renaming the Kig. — 



The Smvrna of Asia Minor, soon 

 after being firmly established in 

 America, was given the name 

 " Calimyrna," being a word com- 

 Dounded from the two words 

 California and Smyrna, taking the 

 first nart of the first name ^ and 

 cond name. This end was arri\'<ed 

 at by aiving a prize for the most 

 eunhonioiis and ar>r.ronriate name 

 for the fi<r, and " Calimvrna " was 

 selpct-°d from amoncr the thousands 

 submitted. 



As there are a number of vari- 

 etips of Smyrna fio^s, this namie is 

 rnven to the most famous drving 

 fip' known to distingmish it from' 

 other varieties of Smyrna fiigs. 



— Introduction to South Africa. — 



On hearing of the success in Cali- 

 fornia, the Cape Department of 

 Agriculture was not long in get- 



ting an impoilatiou of trees direct 

 from Mr. C.eo. C. Roeding, which 

 consisted of a jiarcel of 140 Capri 

 and Smyrna trees of diffe'icnt 

 varieties (Calimyrna, Kassaba, 

 Ilardajie), r ostly Calimyrna and 

 Capris No. i. No. 2, No. which 

 three vari'jties between them keep 

 figs on all the year round. This 

 was in 1902.3. 



Two lots went' to Constantia 

 District, one to Klsenburg, and 

 one to CTr-^^/^mstowu. 



In .Tulv, 1907, Mr. T/Ounsbury, 

 then Chief Government Rntomolo- 

 gi,st of the Cape, but now Chief 

 Knt onT^logist of the Union, was 

 in America, and as both our Capri 

 and Calimvrna had reached the 

 fruiting- stage he arranged to have 

 some of the Blastophatras sent on 

 at the r'ght .season. In" Novem- 

 ber, .1907, Mr. Mallv, Assistant 

 Government Entomolorrist (Cape), 

 on his return from. California, <Tot 

 four twigs of Capri from Mr. 

 Roeding with fruit containing 

 wasps. Thev were wranned in 

 damn moss and kent chilled till 

 landing on 4th .January, 1008. 



One twio- with fips on was put 

 in a tin of moist sand at once and 

 exposed to the sun and outside 

 conditions. The others were kept 

 in cold store till 20th Februasv. 

 After forty-five days, of exnosure 

 the first twie yi?lded a few fe- 

 males. This was at once brouorht 

 to Rl.senb'irg by Mr. Lbnnsbury 

 bimsp'f, who (Tpve instructions as 

 to what attention, etc., was to 

 be given to the cutting- and in- 

 sects when thcA- ,-mero-ed. Whether 

 any insects p-ot into the Capris 

 from this twig is not certain.. 



The second lot was hrou^-ht out 

 on 2=;th March. The insects were 

 carefully watched and helned where 

 possible, and fip-s into wh-'ch they 

 were seen to enter marked. 



The experim'ent Droved auite 

 successful, and the calimvrnas 

 hav'2 been pollinated by them each 

 year .since their introduction. 



The following is within a few 

 days— ^itheir earlier or later— the 

 time at which the Blastophagas 

 enter each crop of figs on the 

 Capris at TSl.senburg : — 



1st crop Profichi— enter 2nd week 

 in SeptembeT, emerge 2nd week in 

 January— 4 months. 



2nd crop Mammoni— enter 2nd 

 week in .January, emerge 2nd we?k 

 in March— 2 months. 



3rd crop Mammei— enter 2nd 

 week in March, emerge 2nd week 



in Se|>teiiil)ei— 6 inontiis. Total 

 12 months. 



— .Vdvautages of Calimvrna , Kig-^ 

 aiul Capriiication. — 



Apart from having the best Irv 

 ing fig in the country that -ver 

 the world has known, with its 

 neees.sary a])purtenances — Capris 

 and Eilastoi)hagas — it can rifelv 



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