SMYRNA FIG CULTURE. Of” 
varieties in the Maslin orchard, frequently maturing as early as the first week in 
August. Described and named by Walter T. Swingle, of the United States Depart- 
ment of Agriculture. 
Stanford.—A large, thrifty tree with dense top (fig. 12). Leaves medium to large, 
three to five lobed or entire, sinuses shallow and broad, lobes bluntly pointed, edges 
finely to coarsely serrate or wavy; dark green, rough, without gloss on upper suriace, 
smooth beneath, with soft tomentum, petioles one-half to one-third the length of 
blade and with veins greenish white and tomentose; fruit medium, a little smaller than 
the ordinary Lob Ingir, turbinate or globular; neck small, very short; stem medium 
to short; ribs not very prominent, irregular, extending from eye to neck, color lemon 
yellow, with greenish tinge at maturity; eye very small, surrounded by dark ring, 
scales whitish; pulp bright rosy red, dark amber at maturity; flesh white, tinged 
with green. 
This variety consists of four giant trees growing on rich bottom land of the Stanford 
University ranch at Vina, Cal., in a row with ordinary Lob Ingir trees. These trees 
were grown from cuttings imported from Asia Minor by the writer in 1882. The fruit 
ripens a week or ten days earlier than that of other Lob Ingir trees and seems to be © 
immune from splitting. During the four years that the variety has been under obser- 
vation not asingle split fig has been found on either tree, although the usual percentage 
of split fruit was found on the ordinary Lob Ingir treesin the same row. The manager 
of the ranch permitted the United States Department of Agriculture to take 500 cut- 
tings each year for tour years for free distribution. The value of the variety will soon 
be demonstrated from these widely distributed cuttings. The writer proposes to name 
the variety ‘‘Stanford,’’ in honor of the late Gov. Leland Stanford, founder of 
Leland Stanford Junior University. 
West.—Another of the seedling trees of the Maslin orchard, raised from the best 
imported Smyrna figs, has been named in honor of the late W. B. West, of Stockton, 
Cal., who imported a great many varieties of figs from southern Europe and did much 
for the fig industry in California. It is a large, thrifty, open-top tree, with long- 
jointed wood and drooping branches, and with a clean, smooth trunk 16 inches in 
diameter a foot from the ground. Leaves very large, deeply three to five lobed, with 
coarsely serrated edges, glossy green above, under surface smooth, covered with 
soft, short tomentum; petioles one-third to one-half the length of blade; fruit medium 
to large, pyrifoem; color greenish yellow, retaining the green tint toward the neck 
up to full maturity; pulp pinkish just before maturity, changing to dark amber when 
_ fully ripe. One of the sweetest and best all-round figs in the Maslin orchard. Skin 
very thin and almost immune from splitting. It bears a fair first crop. It is now 
being tested in many localities from extensive distributions made by the United 
States Department of Agriculture. 
Wilson.—A clean, thrifty tree of spreading habit. Leaves large, shining, dark 
green above, lighter and tomentose beneath, mostly three lobed, afew entire; lobes 
obtuse, sinuses broad, shallow; lobes coarsely to finely serrate, or with wavy edges; 
petioles large, greenish white, half as long as the blade, slightly tomentose or glabrous: 
veins same color as petioles; stipules ight green, tipped with brown; fruit medium 
to large, ribs conspicuous; skin thin, delicate, light green, inclined to crack in ripen- 
ing,.covered with scattered whitish dots, pruinose toward the stem; neck very short 
and thick; stem medium to short; eye medium, open; scales reddish brown, dis- 
closing rosy red pulp within, which darkens to chocolate brown when dry; seeds 
small, amber color; flesh thin, white. It makes a very good dried fig, rich, but not 
equal in quality to the Lob Ingir. The variety was imported by the United States 
Department of Agriculture in 1891 and named by Dr. Gustav Eisen in honor of James 
Wilson, at that time Secretary of Agriculture. 
Bardakjik.—Tree a compact, low-spreading grower, with thick, closely jointed 
branches, leaves very large, five lobed, sinuses shallow. . Fruit handsome, medium to 
