FIGS CAN BE GROWN IN YOUR COMMUNITY 
The possibilities of the culture of fig trees in your community can only 
be appreciated by a comparison of the climatic conditions existing in your 
community with those existing here in our orchards at Crisfield, Maryland. 
The following temperature data are taken from the 1941 Yearbook of Agri- 
culture, entitled “Climate and Man”, published by the U. S. Department of 
Agriculture. Years covered are 1899-1938. 
Growing January Minimum Length Of 
Locality Killing Frosts Days myerade AllTime Record 
News Work NYG ANoseull Nov. 6 AM SVP. 14 40 Years 
lelherslaniae;, ls, 1 April 12 Noveu2 204 31.7 14 23 Years 
Atlantic City, April 6 Nov. 7 TAS 34.8 9 40 Years 
Cape May, N. J. April 8 Nov. 12 218 34.9 3 33 Years 
Philadelphia, Pa. April 5 Nov. 2 2 34.4 ll 40 Years 
Baltimore, Md. April 8 News 2 208 aS) 8 i 40 Years 
Solomons, Md. April 8 Nov. 7 JAS 36.9 5 40 Years 
Annapolis, Md. April 10 Neg. Il 205 S18. 6 40 Years 
Cambridge, Md. April 14 Nov. 31 200 36.7 6 40 Years 
Incixeiaaiey, iaererr Wrersin,, IDI, yerall is Nov. 27 195 SSG 10 40 Years 
Crisfield, Md. April 9 Nove 77 212 38.8 5 19 Years 
It is not meant to imply from this table that the climate of Philadelohic. 
for example, is as well adapted for growing figs as that of Crisfield and many 
other points in Chesapeake Bay region and further south. However, they can 
be grown successfully out of doors in any locality having around 200 growing 
days. They are grown with excellent success in Washington, D. C. without 
any winter protection. They are rarely injured by cold there, (probably once 
in 10 to 15 years) and then some fruit usually ripens the same year with 
normal production thereafter. 
