The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-25
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Mr.. ". T. Swingle, Psychologist in
Charge of Crop Physiology and Breed
ing Investigations in the e. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture in Washington.
has sent the Board of Agriculture a
number of his circulars, application
blanks, etc., on the department work
of propagation and dissemination of
Smyrna fig culture for distribution. Tt
is desirable that as many people as
| can do so should give Smyrna fig Gull
ture a trial in order to ascertain
whether or not it could be made a
profitable industry. Indications at pres
ent are favorable to success. Both
kinds of trees are now thriving in
various portions of the Territory and
the recent successful introduction of
the fig wasp makes the prospect quite
promising
Applications for these circulars. ETC.,
should be made to the Division of
Entomology, Box 331, Honolulu When
the supply is exhausted the names will
be forwarded to Washington and the
publications will be supplied from
there
In recent letter Mr.. Swingle writes
as follows:
81 would like very much indeed to
have a trial made of the standard Lob
Ingir, the fig which yields the best
Smyrna fig of commerce, and also the
fig varieties that are being originated
in California. Some of these new va
rieties are in some ways superior to
the parent type"
List of publications relating to
Smyrna fig cultures:
The following works should all Of
them be in the hands of every grower
of Smyrna figs. Many points men
toned only very briefly in the circular
"Cooperative Distribution of New Va
rieties of Smyrna Figs and Caprifgs -
are treated fully in one or the other
of the following papers:
Essen, DR.. GUSTAV. The Fig:
It's History. Culture and Curing; with
Descriptive Catalogue of the Known
Varieties of Figs. Bulletin No. 8,
Division of Pomology, =. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, Washington, d.
c., 1901, 81 pages, 16 plates, 90 text
cuts (Can be secured by sending a
money order (not stamps) for S5c. to
the Superintendent of Documents,
Government Printing Office, Washing
ton, D. CO.
HOWARD, DIR. L. o. Smyrna Fig
Culture in the United States. In Year
book of the Department of Agriculture
for 1900 published May, 1eoD, pages
79-f06, plates, Z text cuts. (The re-
print of this article. Yearbook Reprint
No. 1876, can be secured free by writ
ing to the Division Of Publications, u.
S. Department of Agriculture.)
ROEDING, GEO. C. The Smyrna
Fig at Home and Abroad. Fresno,
California, 1908, 81 pages, 13 plates,
20 text cuts. (Sold by the author,
Fresno, California;; price so cents.)
SWINGLE, WALTER T. Some
Points in the History of Caprification
and in the Life History of the Fig. In
Official Report of the Gath Fruit Grow
ers' Convention of the State of Cali
fornia (Riverside meeting), SacraInen-
to, 1908. 10 pages. (Can be secured
by application to Hon. J. W. jeffrey,
State Commissioner of Horticulture,
Capitol Building, Sacramento, Califor-
nia)
ROEDING, GEO. c. The Fig in
California Horticulture, in the Fruit
Growers Guide, pages 27-31, three
cuts, one colored plate, Fresno, 1909;
price CSC. from author Gas above)..
SWINGLE. WALTER T. The Mas
lin Seeding Fig Orchard and Its Bear.
ing on the Smyrna Fig Industry of
California. In Official Report of the
35th Fruit Growers Convention Of the
State of California Sacramento meet
ing), Sacramento, 1909, 5 pages. (Can
be secured from Hon. j. W. jeffrey
&C a hove