. [Catalogue]. Nursery stock California Fresno Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) California Fresno Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. FANCHER CREEK NURSERIES. 43 escape. The men gathering the figs, dump them into a large pile in some central point in the orchard. They are then taken in hand by another crew, who string the figs on raffia fibre, using a darning needle for piercing the figs. String will serve, but raffia is much softer, cheaper and better. The figs should be pierced in the fleshy part
. [Catalogue]. Nursery stock California Fresno Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) California Fresno Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. FANCHER CREEK NURSERIES. 43 escape. The men gathering the figs, dump them into a large pile in some central point in the orchard. They are then taken in hand by another crew, who string the figs on raffia fibre, using a darning needle for piercing the figs. String will serve, but raffia is much softer, cheaper and better. The figs should be pierced in the fleshy part near the stem end. The number to a string is usually ten, the first and end figs will be forwarded by us as soon as the wasps commence to issue from the Marame figs. Application for the wasps should not be made until the caprifig trees are four years old. The figs should be strung up in the same manner as is fol- lowed in suspending the infested figs in the Smyrna trees. Three to four figs in each tree is sufficient for colonizing the Cross-Section of the Caprifig Fruit. (Profichi Crop). being held in place by a half hitch. After the figs are strung, they are thrown up into the trees with a dexterous twist, causing the string to wind around a branch. Whenever possible, have the string suspended in a shady spot of the tree. The work is further facilitated on the Roeding Place by hang- ing a wire basket in each tree, which will hold from eight to ten figs. This basket is four inches square, one and one-half inches deep and is made of five-eighths mesh. The basket is suspended by means of light copper or iron wires, which are wound around a branch in a shady part of each tree. Caprifig Trees. These should be planted in a group by themselves in a protected sit- uation in the orchard, or they can be planted around the home as shade trees, being very desirable for this purpose. The figs when they drop dry and shrivel up, and do not make a mess under the tree like the edible
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