Growth & Respiratory Response of Fig (Ficus carica L. cv. Mission) Fruits to Ethylene by Nasr Marei & Julian C. Crane
Use of ethylene to improve the ripening of figs.
Use of ethylene to improve the ripening of figs.
Trees are subjected to a variety of factors that reduce vigor and may eventually lead to population decline and death. Almost all of these factors are the result of human activity.
An archive of the no longer existent NAFEX page on figs.
Commercial fig orchards appear to have been established in the coast counties, and even in the Sacramento Valley and the Sierra Foothills, earlier than in the San Joaquin Valley. In 1876 there were trees in Yolo County, in Tuolumne, and only 685 in Fresno County.
On the basis of a brief survey of possible new outlets for figs and several exploratory experiments, it was decided that research be directed toward comparison of low-moisture fig powders prepared by three general methods of drying.
Always a fascinating subject…
How the Prusch Park fig collection came into being.