. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. FIG 587 re no f eelj c 1 eh grown by the I Agen \ngel que I Ilk. Pro ence or Re B Turke Brunsw ck :ele te (Celest ne) Col d S g 1 Ro Cro ale Lalaro Isegro nde Violette H it ve Royal rna Wh te C enoa (Crosse White Marseille (Pette a Exper ment Stat on has 1 1 e elle t t
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. FIG 587 re no f eelj c 1 eh grown by the I Agen \ngel que I Ilk. Pro ence or Re B Turke Brunsw ck :ele te (Celest ne) Col d S g 1 Ro Cro ale Lalaro Isegro nde Violette H it ve Royal rna Wh te C enoa (Crosse White Marseille (Pette a Exper ment Stat on has 1 1 e elle t tur hou e 1 e ol tore II en Prance Sj a n a d Italy have II I for the 1 ou m] ortat ons of Figb I 111 oUect ons are bas>ed J r/-,/;/..â Altout 5,000 acres of land in California iKivr iihinted in Pigs, mostly in small tracts sel- iluHi iXiTi iliiiLT 120 acres. The leading Pig counties, as f:ir ;i-i art-a is concerned, are Los Angeles, Santa Bar hara, San Bernardino, Butte and Presno, but the counties of Alameda, Santa Clara, Solano, Sacramento, Stanislaus, San Joaquin, Placer, Yuba, El Dorado and Shasta contain some of the finest groves and specimen The Smyrna Figs.â\ttet many attempts, the true Smyrna Pigs were introduced on quite an extensive scale by the San Francisco Bulletin in 1882, by the late James Shinn, and by George Roeding, of Presno. Prom these different importations, California became well stocked with both the Capri and Smyrniaca types. The Pig wasp was obtained in July, 1891, by James Shinn, but the locality was unsuited to its propagation. It was again introduced at various times by the United States Department of Agriculture and by Mr. Roeding, until it now seems to be fairly well established at Fresno. The Smyrna Pig was first hand-pollinated in 1891 at Niles and also for several seasons at Presno, producing Pigs which when dried were of superior quality. In 1899 Mr. Roeding's Smyrna Pigs, caprified by the little Fig wasp, bore a Pig crop. Several l
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