Fig Culture / Edible Figs: Their Culture and Curing. Fig Culture in the Gulf States.

Chapter 2: LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

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A practical manual explains fig biology, distinguishing the flower types that determine fertility and the need for caprification, and classifies cultivated varieties by their ripening habits and uses. It outlines climate and soil requirements, propagation methods including seedlings, budding, and grafting, and planting and pruning practices for orchard management. Detailed guidance is given on harvesting, drying, curing, and packing figs for market or preservation, covering sulphuring, dipping, tray and artificial drying, sweating, and grading. A regional section addresses Gulf Coast culture, cultivation and fertilization, common pests and diseases, recommended varieties, and channels for fresh and canned fruit marketing.

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 for publication as a bulletin of this division, articles on “Edible figs: their culture 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 which figs can be successfully grown are so widely different that it has been deemed advisable to publish these papers as one bulletin, in order that a comprehensive presentation of the subject may be within reach of those interested in this industry.

S. B. Heiges, Pomologist.

Hon. J. Sterling Morton,

Secretary of Agriculture.