a | UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
. BULLETIN No. 732 
Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry 
WM. A. TAYLOR, Chief 
Washington, D. C. November 14, 1918 
SMYRNA FIG CULTURE 
By 
G. P. RIXFORD, Physiologist, Crop Physiology and 
Breeding Investigations 
CONTENTS 
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The Smyrna Fig Industry ...... 1 | Caprifig Plantations . ......e- 21 
Crigin of Smyrna Fig Culture ... . 2 |. The Seedling Fig Orchard at Loomis, Cal. 21 
Introduction of Smyrna Figs into the Harvesting and Curing . 22 
United States Packing Figs . . ... 24 
Classification of Cultivated Figs Wess Shipping Fresh Figs ... . Ao 
Crops of the Fig Tree ‘ Smyrna Fig Culture in the Southern 
Ability of the Caprifig to Carry the Win- States 26 
ter Crop Aa ata ateraet Oo fad 28 
The Fig Flowers ° : Descriptions of Varieties 34 
Caprifig Seeds Opportunities inthe Industry . 40 
Application of Caprifigs to Smyrna Trees Bibliography .. .» 41 
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GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1918 
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