38 BULLETIN 732, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
large, pyriform, with short neck and long stem. Color light grayish green, covered 
with small gray dots, especially toward the neck, ribs distinct; eye small, scales not 
protruding, apex flat; skin very thin and delicate, cracking at full maturity, showing 
the white flesh beneath; pulp a rich brilliant red, seeds small and numerous. A 
first-class table fig, grown exclusively for that purpose in the Smyrna district of Asia 
Minor. Roeding says that scattering trees are to be found in gardens near Smyrna 
and in the foothills a few miles from the city. They are always caprified, but not so ~ 
systematically as in the fig district proper. 
CAPRI VARIETIES. 
Milco.—Tree vigorous, symmetrical, spreading, dense top, clean, smooth trunk and 
branches (fig. 5); leaves medium to large, three to five lobed, dark glossy green above, 
lighter below, lobes bluntly pointed, finely to coarsely dentate, sinuses shallow; 
petioles half the length of the blade and with the veins hairy; stipules pointed, green, 
turning brown when falling; profichi fruit medium to large, turbinate, lopsided; 
neck short and stout; stem short, but increasing in length on those figs growing toward 
the end of the old wood; ribs prominent when young, smoothing out as the size in- 
creases; quite firm when the insects are ready to issue; color dark green, lighter 
toward the stem, assuming a reddish brown at maturity; eye small, with pinkish 
scales. This caprifig is unique in having a few male flowers scattered among the gall 
flowers; cluster of stamens not large; gall zone well developed and generally -filling 
the cavity of the receptacle; flesh greenish white, with band of dark violet stain. 
The profichi crop, with its generation of Blastophaga, matures later than most varieties. 
There is little doubt that the variety was imported from Italy by the late W. B. West, 
of Stockton, under the name Verdoni, but was exploited by G. N. Milco, whose name 
became attached to it. . 
‘The Milco is an early bearer and one of the most valuable figs in cultivation. It car- 
ried its annual crop of fruit and fig wasps for 40 years on the old Gates tree, 10 miles 
west of Modesto, Cal., and on others in the vicinity of Lathrop, Cal., unaided by other 
trees in the neighborhood. . 
Loomis.—A Very thrifty, open-topped tree; leaves three to five lobed, a few entire; 
lobes broad toward the apex and obtuse, sinuses shallow, edges finely to coarsely ser- 
late; petioles half the length of the blade and with veins greenish white, slightly 
tomentose; upper surface glossy green and very rough, under surface lighter and 
~ smooth. Foliage holds later than most trees. Stipules purplish brown when falling. 
Mamme crop good, up to half an inch to 1}inchesin diameter. The figs of the profichi 
crop are very large, up to 24 inches in diameter, and have a distinct neck and promi- 
nent ribs. This tree never fails to carry a good mamme crop, and it produces one of 
the earliest profichi crops in the orchard. 
Newcastle—Knobby trunk with spreading top, thrifty; leaves rough glossy green 
with three to five lobes, mostly five, sinuses broad, half the depth of tle blade, no over- 
lapping of the lobes, margins coarsely serrate and lobes acute, petioles short, one-half 
the length of the blade, creamy white; leaves slightly glossy, green and rough above, 
lighter green beneath; petioles and veins slightly tomentose; carrying a fair mamme 
crop from three-quarters of an inch to 1} inches in diameter. Mammoni crop fair, 
containing many seeds. Produces an early profichicrop. Tree vigorous and holding 
foliage late. 
Mason.—A thrifty, spreading tree, dense top, clean, smooth trunk; leaves with 
three to five lobes, smooth surfaces, upper side dark green, under side a little lighter, | 
sinuses deep, one-half to two-thirds the length of the blade, edges finely serrate to wavy, 
points of the lobes obtuse; petioles one-third to one-half the length of the blade, veins 
slightly tomentose. A splendid and very early caprifig, never failing to carry a 
mamme crop through the winter. Profichi figs large, with enormous staminate cluster 
and a long season. 
