Show 0 RT 1 0 LT RE I 1 figa figs to become a standard crop during a recent visit to the atis ml bourl nt station the writer a number of 0 fig trees in a thrifty condition here and there were ware pertly partly grown figi prof howard who accompanied the writer ex planed that these flirt are borne on tho second year wood woo and as much of the new now wood froze last winter tho the crop at 0 fruit nas as small the ing thins thing about tt it la Is that the fig can stand any laid old at all these fig trees at the Misso missouri url station have to be bent down and covered up every winter hay ilay and rubbish la is used tor for that purpose otherwise the trees freeze bade back to the ground in case of 0 so freezing back they make a very luxuriant growth the next spring ahe writer saw some game that had been lett left unto verel and had been frozen back ket let they had made a growth of at east least six feet aad bad developed very large amount ot of foliage however howeiler they bore no fruit the tree trees that had been covered had a height of perhaps eight feet and were very bushy and supplied with ith a great wealth of 0 foliage M e have looked upon the fig as a tree belonging to the fire are parched deserts of africa and asia A ve 0 have never suspected that it could be grown out of doors even in the temperate zone if it it can be made to grow as far north aa as columbia Muo url what can an we look for in tie the great region lying to the south of missouri certainly that vast stretch of at country little to cold will bo be found a Magall cent region in which to develop orchards harda at 0 this oriental fruit southwest are still greater possibilities southern arizona and new mexico should prove to be the regions best adapted to the development of at the figs and we may be sire the people of choso regions will not be slow to find out the possibilities that slumber in the combination of those warm valleys and the fruit food of the arabs in california already the growing of these orchards has become a buil busl nees of itself trees are coming into bearing by the thousands and the shipment of fresh figs ie Is to begin this season the present outlook tor for this crop around fresno california Is eald said to be very encouraging the yield la Is larger than it was last year and the quality la Is better preparation preparations are being made to ship these figs by express to chicago and new york where a good market awaits them few people in this country have ever tasted ripe and fresh use building Dull Bui dino ldina fruit houses I 1 A fruit bouse house should be so constructed as 93 to preserve an even temper tempers I ture says a bulletin ot at the cornell station storage houses are ot of kwof types first those which modify but do not regulate extremes of temperature and second those which furnish definite lo loir jr temperature of at the first class are generally within tha to means of at the commercial fruit grower those of the second belong to thi th equipment of the fruit dealer th tha ordinary storage houe bowie Is probably a frame building provided with a well drained cellar and nd having perfectly insulated walls and double doors insulation a su ula tion Is secured by providing two or more air spaces in the walls these air ires should be separated by paper co ed d partitions comparatively low temperatures tempera turea in these bull building dings may be secured in fall by keep itic them tightly closed during the warm part of the day and ventilated on cool coot nights fruit bouses houses of at this charac ter will keep out frost so that the grower may hold bis his fruit till a favor able opportunity for selling occur occurs dry air prevents the growth of fungi but causes the fruit to shrivel ft moist atmosphere oa on the other preserves the plumpness of the fruit but encourages tho the development of at para pars bitic plants extremes should be avoided the principal thoughts for the fruit grower to keep in mind in handling his fruit are that it Is a per bable article that its keeping sea son on may be lengthened by careful handling and by low even ven tempera turu lure and that may be increased by placing tl it on the market in an attractive term form exporting some timo time ago we mentioned the tho fact that the department ot at agrical turo hat ha made an experimental shipment of at apples to the other side of the water and that tho the consignments bad had arrived there thero in safety more recently two consignments of early peaches were made both of these have now arrived and ben been sold at a profit oa on the other side bid the cold storage facilities were rawer too good it such a thing can be possible and several crates of pitches peaches were frozen solid these crates were ant the outside of the tack stack aad and got tbs th bulk of the refrigeration the tew pera ture was kept a little too low for the best beat of at results this Is a thinly tha that will have to be experimented I 1 with in the shipping of at peaches alis thea last consignment netted the shIp shippers per six basket crate which Is I 1 considered a good price if peaches can be shipped abroad and kept ini fal perfect condition till sold tt it means the opening up of an immense market and also a profitable one farmers Fan aen s review the orchard and the garden adil add greatly to the appearance a 0 every averyt farm corn dreary is 1 the itye they are not |