. Descriptive illustrated catalog of dependable fruit and ornamental trees : roses and palms, vines and shrubs adapted to prevailing conditions of soil and climate on the West Coast together with planting and cultural notes. Nursery stock, California, Fresno, Catalogs; Fruit trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Trees, Seedlings, Catalogs. CALIMYRNA FIG TREE A fine specimen, demonstrating what pruning and care will do the inside of the fig, but it very often occurs that on breaking open a fig, three to four insects will be found crawling round. Within a sho
. Descriptive illustrated catalog of dependable fruit and ornamental trees : roses and palms, vines and shrubs adapted to prevailing conditions of soil and climate on the West Coast together with planting and cultural notes. Nursery stock, California, Fresno, Catalogs; Fruit trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Trees, Seedlings, Catalogs. CALIMYRNA FIG TREE A fine specimen, demonstrating what pruning and care will do the inside of the fig, but it very often occurs that on breaking open a fig, three to four insects will be found crawling round. Within a short time after the wasp has penetrated the fruit, the entire interior of the fig changes; in about ten days it becomes plump and firm and of a deep green color, while the figs on the same tree which the wasp has failed to reach turn a sickly yellow, shrivel up and drop off. Nature again asserts herself in behalf of man, by delaying the pushing out of the Mammoni crop of figs until the season for caprifying the edible figs is practically over with. The Mammoni is the lightest of all the crops, and it is very difficult to find any figs of this crop in the Capri fig tree until July. There are just enough of the late Profichi figs on the tree at this time to supply wasps for the Mammoni CALIMYRNA FIG The genuine fig of commerce; note abundance of pulp SMYRNAS Calimyrna (Genuine Smyrna). A name originating with us to give distinction to the real Smyrna fig after the introduction of the fig wasp. Fruit large to very large, turbinate, pyriform, very short, stalk short, ribs distinct, orifice large, of a pale ochre color and widely opened when the fig is matured or before shriveling; skin lemon-yellow; flesh reddish amber, sometimes pale amber, turning to dark amber just before falling. Flavor and quality unsurpassed. To grow this variety successfully it is necessary to have the aid of the wasp (Blastophaga grossorum), which dwells in the wild or Capri varieties and conveys the p
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