The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-08-27
FIG PLANTS ARE
FREE AS AIR

Mr.. W, T. swingle, Psychologist in
Charge of Crop Physiology and Breed
ing Investigations in the U. s. Depart
ment of Agriculture in Washington,
has sent the Board of Agriculture
number of his circulars, application
blanks, etc, on the department work
of propagation and dissemination of
Smyrna fig culture for distribution. 1t
is desirable that as many people as
can do so should give Smyrna fig cul.
ture 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 931, 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:
''I 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 culture:
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 Caprifigs" !"
are treated fully in one or the other
of the following papers:
EISEN, DIR. GUSTAV. The Fig:
Its History, Culture and Curing; with
n Descriptive Catalogue of the Known
Varieties of Figs. Bulletin No. 9,
Division of Pomology, U. 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 Soc. to
the Superintendent of Documents,
Government Printing Office, Washing
ton, D. C.)
HOWARD, DIR. L. o. Smyrna Fig
Culture in the United States. In Year
book of the Department of Agriculture
for 1900 published May, 1901), pages
79-1O6, plates, 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 80 cents.)
SWINGLE, WALTER T. Some
Points in the History of Caprifcation
and in the Life History of the Fig. In
Official Report of the 34th Fruit Grow.
ers' Convention of the State of Cali.
fornia (Riverside meeting) Sacramen-
to, 1908. 10 pages. (Can be secured
by application to Hon. j. w. Jeffrey,
Capitol Building, Sacramento, Califor.
MAJ
RoEDING, GEO. C. The Fig in
California Horticulture, in the Fruit
Growers Guide, pages 27-S1, three
cuts, one colored plate, Fresno, 1909;
price 2jc. 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, pages. (Can
be secured from Hon. j. w. jeffrey
as above.)