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is exhausted. By so doing there will be very few, if any, of the Smyrna 

 figs that will be over-fertilized, and this is what must be avoided. If 

 too many wasps go into the same Smyrna fig they leave an over-supply of 

 pollen on the female flowers, which causes the fruit to split open before 

 ripening, thus deteriorating it in value. 



Following is a description of the Lob Ingir Smyrna fig given by Gustav 

 Eisen: "Lob Ingir; Bulletin Smyrna; Commercial Smyrna (Cali- 

 fornia) ; Erbegli ; Erbelli ; Erbeili. Fruit large to very large, 2% inches 

 wide by 2% inches long; decidedly flattened like an onion, being com- 

 pressed in the diameter of stem to the eye ; neck thin, distinct but short, 

 generally straight; no stock or one very short; ribs heavy, uneven, 

 knotted and branching; eye large, with numerous scales of amber tint, 

 opened and about three sixteenths of an inch wide, so that the pulp can 

 be seen through the opening; skin the color of beeswax, smooth and 

 waxy, shaded greenish; pulp pale to dark amber; when unripe shaded 

 red ; no distinct iris ; seeds large, flattened ; tree a strong, spreading, 

 but rather straggling grower, with heavy branches. This fig is the 

 best type of Smyrna fig, and the majority of figs imported from Smyrna 

 to this country belong to this variety. It is a distinct fig, and this and 

 no other fig should be known as Smyrna, if this name is to be used 

 at all. The promiscuous use of the name Smyrna fig can not be too 

 much condemned." 



MR. MASLIN. Mr. Eoeding said, "How soon we forget." Mr. Rix- 

 ford, in 1883, imported what was reported to be Smyrna cuttings. 

 The Bulletin distributed these. The fig trees which Governor Stanford 

 imported turned out to be what we call to-day the Brown Turk. I 

 desire to state that Rixford of the Bulletin was the first man to intro- 

 duce the Smyrna fig. 



MR. ROEDING. I think, however, that Governor Stanford fur- 

 nished the money to Mr. Rixford to bring the figs over. There are 

 many of those trees growing to-day. 



On motion of Mr. Berwick, duly seconded and carried, that two Vice- 

 Presidents be selected by the Chair, the Chairman appointed Mr. Booth 

 and Mr. Stabler as such Vice-Presidents. 



An adjournment . was thereupon taken until 9:30 o'clock a. m. to- 

 morrow, the members, however, being invited to attend a reception 

 and entertainment this Tuesday evening, tendered by the Women's 

 Civic Improvement Club of Marysville and the Women's Improvement 

 Club of Yuba City. 



