CONTENTS 



Preface 7-9 



Introduction v . 10-17 



General investigations — press reports — scientific 



work — plant evolution — sources of knowledge 



— illustrations — advice from distances. 



CHAPTER I. 



The Fig 24-26 



Derivation of word — history — nature of fruit — 

 three kinds — their spread — Smyrna figs. 



CHAPTER II. 



The Fig in California 27-38 



Varieties — development — Mission — Adriatic — 

 Smyrnas — importatio ns — blastophaga grossor- 

 um — caprification — pollenation — Calimyrna figs 

 — preserving — markets. 



CHAPTER III. 



The Fig in the South 39-56 



Varieties — Celeste — Magnolia — New French — 

 uses — yard trees — crops — commercial orchards 

 — canneries — production — Smyrnas — fresh fruit 

 — Brunswick — transportation — preserves. 



