Fig Culture / Edible Figs: Their Culture and Curing. Fig Culture in the Gulf States.
Transcriber’s Note
Bulletin No. 5.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
DIVISION OF POMOLOGY.
EDIBLE FIGS: THEIR CULTURE AND CURING.
By GUSTAV EISEN,
Curator in Biology, California Academy of Sciences,
San Francisco, Cal.
FIG CULTURE IN THE GULF STATES.
By FRANK S. EARLE,
Horticulturist, Alabama Experiment Station, Auburn, Ala.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 1862 1889 AGRICULTURE IS THE FOUNDATION OF MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCE
Gustavus A. Eisen
F. S. Earle
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FIG CULTURE.
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.
CONTENTS.
FIG CULTURE.
NATURE AND STRUCTURE OF THE FLOWERS AND FRUIT OF THE FIG.
CLASSIFICATION OF VARIETIES OF EDIBLE FIGS.
VARIETIES OF FIGS FOUND USEFUL IN CALIFORNIA.
CAPRIFICATION.
CLIMATE SUITABLE FOR FIG CULTURE.
FIGS FOR DRYING.
FIGS FOR TABLE USE.
FIGS FOR PRESERVING, CANNING, AND HOME CONSUMPTION.
SOIL.
PROPAGATION.
PLANTING.
DOUBLE TREES.
STANDARD TREES.
PRUNING.
DRYING AND CURING.
PICKING.
SULPHURING.
DIPPING FRESH FIGS.
DRYING ON TRAYS.
DEGREE OF DRYNESS.
SWEATING AND EQUALIZING.
ARTIFICIAL DRYING.
PACKING.
PACKING.
PROPAGATION.
SOIL AND LOCATION.
CULTIVATION AND FERTILIZATION.
INSECT ENEMIES AND DISEASES.
VARIETIES.
USES.
MARKETING FRESH FIGS.
CANNING FACTORIES.
