DEPENDABLE — CAREFREE 
The 2,500 fig bushes growing in this community produce large quantities 
of fine fruit. Many of the bushes, due to their more favorable environment, 
produce very large crops of the finest quality. Rarely, if ever, is any attention 
given to these trees. They are planted; the fruit is gathered; pruning keeps 
them within bounds. 
OLD SHOES 
One grower in Crisfield informed us that old shoes were responsible for 
the exceptional growth and production of one of her fig trees. It is a beautiful 
specimen and most productive, producing at least two bushels of fruit yearly. 
There were several pairs of old shoes, and other objects, in various states of 
decomposition resting among and around the 15 to 20 branches forming the 
bush. Fig bushes have always been tempting places to CHUNK most anything 
that needs covering UP. We know that anything, NEW or OLD, placed around 
fig trees, helping to conserve moisture while disiniegrating into humus, is 
highly beneficial. Duplicating the soil conditions of dooryard trees is one 
secret of successful fig growing. These conditions are: MOISTURE, GOOD 
DRAINAGE, HUMUS, FERTILITY. Two or three sacks full of pine straw 
(needles) makes an ideal mulch, and looks well. 
