Show SMYRNA FIG BECOMING MAJOR lADU SIRl the smyrna fig industry has grown greatly in california through the safeguarding of the sup ply and steps are now being taken to provide for the placing of capri fige in other localities of the south where smyrna figs are being grown the crop of smyrna figs Is absolute ly dependent on a ready supply of caprI fIgs or male trees carrying the fig insect or for fertil zing smyrna figs it Is recognized that the time may come when it will be worth while to all of the common figs including those which otherwise reach an edible condition without pollination because of the great improvement in flavor and size that results from the formation of viable seeds the smyrna fig which is the variety dried commercially will not mature at all without the fig insect matures in the inedible capri figs which grow on a sep arate tree from the real figs figal these aprI fIgs produce the pollen which Is carried on the legs of the fig in sect when it emerges and flies files to the tree and cap rifles its fruits it is customary to hang a number of the email small caprI fIgs in the smyrna fig trees at the time the insects begin to emerge A carrigg orchard at loomis calif is under lease to the U S 8 department of agriculture and has as been b ee n a prominent factor in producing acing the california fig crop arrangements range ments are being made for a cap rigg planting at some location near san francisco sufficiently protected against winter cold to insure a sup ply of winter to use in reestablishing the fig insect when killed out in the less protected places there is need for other similar plantings the smyrna fig investigations on conducted by the department of agriculture in the southeastern states are chiefly confined to bringing into fruit the numerous seedlings of the smyrna variety occurring in widely sc scattered a tiered communities A limited distribution of insect bearing capri figs from froth brunswick ga has brought gratifying results in producing good crops on otherwise barren bartell trees the fig 99 insect has been established also at points la in south carolina florida and texas in fit addition to the first station at brune bruns wick |