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Bulletin No. 5.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
DIVISION OF POMOLOGY.
 FIG CULTURE.
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.
US Dept. of Agriculture logo
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
1862 1889
AGRICULTURE IS
THE FOUNDATION OF MANUFACTURE
AND COMMERCE
WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
1897.
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.
U. S. Department of Agriculture,
Division of Pomology,
Washington, D. C., January 30, 1897.
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith, and to recommend forpublication as a bulletin of this division, articles on “Edible figs: theirculture and curing,” by Dr. Gustav Eisen, of San Francisco, Cal., and“Fig culture in the Gulf States,” by Frank S. Earle, of Auburn, Ala.
The climatic conditions of the sections of the United States in whichfigs can be successfully grown are so widely different that it has beendeemed advisable to publish these papers as one bulletin, in order thata comprehensive presentation of the subject may be within reach ofthose interested in this industry.
S. B. Heiges, Pomologist.
Hon. J. Sterling Morton,
Secretary of Agriculture.
CONTENTS.
 Page.
Edible Figs: Their Culture and Curing. (By Gustav Eisen.)5
Nature and structure of the flowers and fruit of the fig5
Classification of varieties of edible figs6
Varieties of figs found useful in California...                        
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