CLIMATIC CONDITIONS LITTLE HINDRANCE TO FIGS 
Gustax Eisen, Ph. D. in “The Fig, Its History, Culture, and Curing,” pub- 
lished by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, states with respect to fig cul- 
ture in cold climates: 
“Although fig culture will always be carried on most successful and 
profitably in semi-tropical climates as at present, the fig tree readily accomo- 
dates itself to less favorable regions and may be grown in many other local- 
ities. It appears that the real barriers to fig culture are short and cold sum- 
mers. With warm days and long summers, such as are found in North Ameri- 
ca and central parts of Asia, a successful culture of figs might be accom- 
plished even with rigorous winters. *** There is no doubt that figs producing 
the first crop for the table could be grown profitably over a vast area of 
central North America and Europe in places where this delicious fruit is now 
entirely unknown in its fresh state. *** 
“The climatic conditions under which the cultivated fig will thrive and 
bear fruit are less restricted than those which favor or disfavor many other 
fruits. What other fruit can be grown out-of-doors with moderate success* 
through a district ranging from the south of Scotland to the Cape of Good 
Hope, from the shores of the Atlantic through Europe and Asia to China, 
from Chile to California and Oregon, and on the eastern coast as far north 
as Washington, D. C.” 
