BUSH OR TREE 
In this climate it is advantageous to grow fig trees in bush or clump 
form. It is their natural way of growing, and they will eventually assume this 
form anyway. Fruit-bearing wood composes a larger proportion of the tree 
when in bush form, and it is nearer to the source of moisture and soil nutrition. 
ROOTS 
The condition of the roots of any nursery stock is most important. It is 
of primary importance with fig trees because drying out damages their roots 
beyond recovery. Our fig trees are not dug and stored as is customary with 
most nursery stock. Until the day they are shipped to you, they are stored 
in the only place that protects their vitality, and that is in the ground where 
they are grown. Furthermore, they are hand dug to insure the minimum loss 
of roots; they are then protected with wet sacks from the field to the packing 
shed, where they are carefully packed in peat moss. They will reach you 
full rooted, healthy, vigorous, ready for quick growth and production. These 
methods, based on long experience, insure success in planting. 
SHIPPING 
Depending upon weather conditions, shipping will start in March and 
continue through May loth. Wet soil may sometimes delay shipping a few 
days. 
