. 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. FIG 587 the Smyrna product, but i Adr Bla.'k Is.' L-k, , Bourjassut,- liluiic IJruu u i eraus) California Black, Capri, Culestu (Cclestine), Col di htg- twri Xt-ro Drap d'Or, Du Roi, Grossale, Ladaro, Negro LarK" Roude Noire, Ronde Violette Hative, Royal Vineyard, San Pedro. Smyrna, White Genoa (Gr


. 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. FIG 587 the Smyrna product, but i Adr Bla.'k Is.' L-k, , Bourjassut,- liluiic IJruu u i eraus) California Black, Capri, Culestu (Cclestine), Col di htg- twri Xt-ro Drap d'Or, Du Roi, Grossale, Ladaro, Negro LarK" Roude Noire, Ronde Violette Hative, Royal Vineyard, San Pedro. Smyrna, White Genoa (Grosse Marseilles), White Isehia, White ,- i Marseillesl. The California Expi-rnn. .ir ;!. has grown at various places the above â -!.â v;iiii ii< ~, imi'I, hi addition, about 35 others, thus testiiiir a ,-oll. .-i i,.u ..t some 60 sorts, and these have been widely distriiiuted (or 6 or 8 years. The list includes Abondauce Preeoce. Brianzola. Black Brogiatto, Bellona, Bordeaux, Brown Isehia, Dalmatian, Doree Narbus, Rocardi, Rubrado, Verdal Longe, 3 varieties of Smyrna, Osborne Prolific, Pastlliere and an especially fine variety, Hirta du Ja- pon, a medium-sized, turbinate, dark purple Fig with yellowish white flesh and high quality. This last named variety, with Angeliqiie. Early Violet. Brown Turkey and a few orb. r-. is for house culture or forc- ine The b'-t ^., in France, Spain and Italy have bein drawn . l^r thr various importations of Figs ill California ill tracts sel- : counties, as -. Santa Bar no, but the Sacrament. have been '''l in iiu'- iiio-n\ in dom excei-ilim;- '-'O ari.'^, I In- lr;,.lin;_' far as area is .â¢.. an' L"s \nr bara, San Butte and i counties of Alameda, Santa Clara, Sob ^. ^ , Stanislaus, San Joaquin, Placer, Yuba, El Dorado and Shasta contain : of the finest groves and specimen producing Figs quality. In 1890 M- by the little Pit; " i orchards of the tni. and man


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