The Forkner fig-gardens recipes; how to serve figs in the home . has madefamous the far-away Valley of Maeander,Asia Minor. Moreover, the history of the fig in Cali-fornia is fraught with interest, and has todo with the sacrificial wanderings of theFranciscan Fathers, who traversed—dur-ing the pre-territorial period—the then THE J. C. FORKNER FIG GARDENS RECIPES wastes now included within the boun-daries of the Golden State. Wherever there was left the impress ofthe Mission Father, there has ever beenin propagation the little Black Fig ofpleasant fruitage. Aside from other now world-famous
The Forkner fig-gardens recipes; how to serve figs in the home . has madefamous the far-away Valley of Maeander,Asia Minor. Moreover, the history of the fig in Cali-fornia is fraught with interest, and has todo with the sacrificial wanderings of theFranciscan Fathers, who traversed—dur-ing the pre-territorial period—the then THE J. C. FORKNER FIG GARDENS RECIPES wastes now included within the boun-daries of the Golden State. Wherever there was left the impress ofthe Mission Father, there has ever beenin propagation the little Black Fig ofpleasant fruitage. Aside from other now world-famousfig-tree growths of the San Joaquin (Cali-fornia) Valley, the six thousand acres ofFig Gardens, comprising the J. C. ForknerFig Gardens, just north of the city ofFresno, give emphasis to the claims madefor the Central California section. This six-thousand-acre tract of fig gar-dens has been and is being divided intothe smaller, individual holdings, bringinginto being a community of prosperoushomes—the beginning of the larger de-velopment now in the THE J. C. FORKNER FIG GARDENS RECIPES FOOD VALUE OF THE COMMON FIG— The Picus Carica, or common fig, is butone of more than an hundred species of amost interesting fruit which, from theearliest of ancient times has, in its varyingforms, been accorded not only a place ofimportance but of honor and of reverence. Biblical records mention the fig as cloth-ing, as food, as medicine, and, in thematter of clothing, were it still thefashion to wear em the Fig Leaf wouldbe particularly enhanced in value—a factdue to the infinite variety of its pattern,two leaves, even on the same tree, neverbeing found exactly alike—featuring ex-clusive designs. In the matter of food values, accordingto scientific analysis, the fig has no its component parts, there is nothingof refuse; the fig carries the minimum ofwater; in protein the fig is rated at ;in fat, .3; in carbo-hydrates, ; in ash,, approximating in fuel,
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