[1911] This insect is one of the Hymenoptera; the Cynips Psenes of Linnæus and Fabricius. There is another insect of the same genus, but not so well known.
[1912] Fée observes that the caprification accelerates the ripeness of the fruit, but at the expense of the flavour. For the same purpose the upper part of the fig is often pricked with a pointed quill.
[1913] “Infantiam pomi”—literally, “the infancy of the fruit.”
[1914] Fée denies the truth of this assertion.
[1915] Frumenta.
[1916] A mixture of the sugar of the fruit with the milky juice of the tree, which is a species of caoutchouc.
[1917] Capsis.
[1918] See B. iii. c. 11. The Balearic Isles still produce great quantities of excellent dried figs.
[1919] See B. iii. c. 17.
[1920] Orcæ.