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BULLETIN NO. 5.

                    U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

                         DIVISION OF POMOLOGY.

                              FIG CULTURE.

                 EDIBLE FIGS: THEIR CULTURE AND CURING.

                            By GUSTAV EISEN,

          Curator in Biology, California Academy of Sciences,
                          San Francisco, Cal.


                    FIG CULTURE IN THE GULF STATES.

                           By FRANK S. EARLE,

        Horticulturist, Alabama Experiment Station, Auburn, Ala.

                             [Illustration:
                UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
                             1862      1889
                             AGRICULTURE IS
                     THE FOUNDATION OF MANUFACTURE
                             AND COMMERCE]

                              WASHINGTON:
                      GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
                                 1897.

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                         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