Transcriber’s Note Obvious spelling and punctuation errors corrected. Inconsistencies in spelling and capitalization left as in the original. Italic text is represented by underscores surrounding the _italic text_. Small capitals in the original have been converted to ALL CAPS in the text. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 States,” by Frank S. Earle, of Auburn, Ala. The climatic conditions of the sections of the United States in which figs can be successfully grown are so widely different that it has been deemed advisable to publish these papers as one bulletin, in order that a comprehensive presentation of the subject may be within reach of those interested in this industry. S. B. HEIGES, _Pomologist_. Hon. J. STERLING MORTON, _Secretary of Agriculture_. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS.