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	fig - definition by dict.die.net
		Fig faun, one of a class of rural deities or monsters supposed to live on figs.
		Fig leaf, the leaf tree; hence, in allusion to the first clothing of Adam and Eve (Genesis iii.7), a covering for a thing that ought to be concealed; esp., an inadequate covering; a symbol for affected modesty.
		Fig marigold (Bot.), the name of several plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum, some of which are prized for the brilliancy and beauty of their flowers.
	dict.die.net /fig (608 words)

	Common Fig - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Common Fig (Ficus carica) is a large shrub or small tree native to southwest Asia and the eastern Mediterranean region (Greece east to Afghanistan).
		The Common Fig is widely grown for its edible fruit, grown throughout its native area, and also the rest of the Mediterranean region and other areas of the world with a similar climate, including Australia, Chile, South Africa, and California, Oregon, Texas, and Washington in the United States.
		As the figs were of the parthenocarpic type, they are of an early domestic breed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Common_Fig (501 words)

	Fig
		The Smyrna fig was brought to California in 1881-82 but it was not until 1900 that the wasp was introduced to serve as the pollinating agent and make commercial fig culture possible.
		Large-scale fig producers in California spray ethephon to speed up ripening and then wind-machines are drawn past the trees or helicopter overflights are made to hasten fruit drop, thus shortening the harvest period by as much as 10 days in order to avoid impending rain and insect attack.
		Fig mosaic is caused by a virus and is incurable.
	www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/morton/fig.html (3078 words)

	Figs
		Figs should be cut back when they are transplanted and survive better if set 2 to 4 inches deeper than they were grown in the nursery.
		Fig trees planted in late fall often develop root systems before leafing out in the spring, but because young trees are more susceptible to cold injury, it is often advisable to delay transplanting until just before dormancy is broken in early spring.
		Fig rust is an important fungal disease that attacks the leaves of figs caused by Physopella fici.
	aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu /extension/fruit/figs/figs.html (2689 words)

	Crop Profiles
		The Smyrna-type fig cultivar grown in California is Calimyrna (2, 3).
		Figs that require wasp-pollination consist of two groups of trees, the caprifig and the edible fig.
		Fig orchards are located as far as possible from other host orchards such as stone fruits and citrus since driedfruit beetles can fly several miles to find a suitable host.
	www.ipmcenters.org /cropprofiles/docs/cafigs.html (2885 words)

	botanical.com - A Modern Herbal \| Fig, Common - Herb Profile and Information
		To such an extent, indeed, were figs a part of the staple food of the people in ancient Greece that there was a law forbidding the exportation of the best fruit from their trees.
		The Figs are borne in the axils of the leaves, singly.
		Fig growers therefore adopt an artificial means of ensuring fertilization: a small feather is inserted and turned round in the internal cavity, the pollen thus being brushed against the pistils.
	www.botanical.com /botanical/mgmh/f/figcom12.html (1870 words)

	FIG Fruit Facts
		The second crop is borne in the fall on the new growth and is known as the main crop.
		Fig canker is a bacterium which enters the trunk at damaged zones, causing necrosis and girdling and loss of branches.
		Figs for shipping are collected daily just before they reach the fully ripe stage, but yield to a soft pressure, usually indicated by small cracks in the skin.
	www.crfg.org /pubs/ff/fig.html (2222 words)

	NATURE. The Queen of Trees. Fig Trees \| PBS
		The massive sycomore fig featured in NATURE's THE QUEEN OF TREES is a member of one of the world's most successful group of plants.
		Archaeologists say that the common fig may have been one of the first plants domesticated by humans.
		Another notable group of figs are the "strangler figs." These tropical, vine-like trees start as tiny seeds that have fallen on the branches or roots of an existing tree of another species.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/nature/queenoftrees/figtrees.html (494 words)

	K & W Farms, Inc. - History of the Fig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The use of figs among early Greeks paralleled their rise in the literature: when mention of figs was infrequent in the literature, fresh figs were a luxury of the rich.
		Fig culture was still unknown in the lowlands between the Tigris and Euphrates (Solms-Laubach 1885) by the time it had been highly developed in Iran, Armenia, and Afghanistan.
		Common edible figs and their pollinating counterpart, caprifigs, are members of the subgenus Eusyce within Ficus carica-a species characterized by only unisexual axillary flowers and by gynodioecism.
	www.meccagold.com /history.htm (3826 words)

	Fig Interest Group
		The fig industry is not large or politically powerful and the budget cuts of recent years have eliminated the fig breeding programs.
		Figs are easy to grow in warm climates, but produce their best fruit in Mediterranean climates with hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters.
		Fig trees and fruit are sometimes attacked by a variety of borers, mealybugs and scale insects.
	www.nafex.org /figs.htm (3940 words)

	Fig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Cluster fig (Ficus racemosa), Sycomore Fig (Ficus sycomorus).
		The fig is a picturesque deciduous tree, to 50 ft tall, but more typically to a height of 10 - 30 ft. Their branches are muscular and twisting, spreading wider than they are tall.
		The common fig bears a first crop, called the breba crop, in the spring on last season's growth.
	userwww.sfsu.edu /~dcruz/fig.html (2204 words)

	Calimyrna Figs In California
		In Calimyrna figs this turns out to be a lesson in futility because the styles are all too long (much longer than her ovipositor).
		The fig wasp larva is clearly a seed predator feeding inside the ovary of a normal flower.
		The creeping fig (Ficus pumila), a remarkable Asian vine that is commonly cultivated in southern California.
	waynesword.palomar.edu /pljune99.htm (2833 words)

	Ficus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fig wasps grow in caprifigs but not in the other because the female trees' female flower part is too long for the wasp to successfully lay her eggs in them.
		There is evidence that figs were among the first cultivated crop, because they were of a mutation which could not reproduce normally.
		Figs and other dried fruit were measured for their antioxidant content.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fig (785 words)

	Home Fruit Production - Figs
		Figs have been a part of Texas homesteads since the early development of the state.
		Figs are very susceptible to soil-borne nematodes that feed on small roots and reduce water movement into the tree.
		Fig rust is an important fungus disease that attacks the leaves of figs.
	aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu /extension/homefruit/fig/fig.html (2506 words)

	Sex Determination In Ficus Carica
		Fig flowers have no petals and are characteristic of the Mulberry Family (Moraceae) and the closely-related Nettle Family (Urticaceae) and Marijuana Family (Cannabaceae).
		Smyrna-type figs are homozygous recessive for the caducous (early deciduous) trait [pp] and require pollination in order for the fruit to set.
		The mature one-seeded drupelets impart a superior nutty flavor to Calimyrna figs and your fig newtons.
	waynesword.palomar.edu /pljun99b.htm (3516 words)

	Fig Trees of Africa and Asia: Banyan, bodhi fig, common fig, and sycamore fig.
		Fig Trees of Africa and Asia: Banyan, bodhi fig, common fig, and sycamore fig.
		Banyan, bodhi fig, common fig, and sycamore fig.
		Sycamore fig was sacred to ancient Egyptians, who revered it as the "Tree of Life."
	www.icogitate.com /~tree/fig.w32.htm (323 words)

	Fig. DermNet NZ
		The fig is a picturesque deciduous tree, up to 15m tall, but more typically to a height of 3-10m.
		Fig leaves are bright green, single, alternate and large (to 25cm length).
		However, there are reports of anaphylaxis after eating figs; this may represent cross reaction with natural rubber latex.
	www.dermnetnz.org /dermatitis/plants/fig.html (517 words)

	Fifer’s Web site: The Partisans of Boston Common
		The spring and trees were blooming, but none of it mattered compared to these four… no, five… gaunt and disturbing horsemen trudging their way across the common (fig.
		While surveying the work on the common, I was met by some British tourists, who were equally impacted by this sculpture, and we briefly chatted about it.
		This little repartee on the common showed me just how much impact the sculpture had, and the influence it had on its hundreds (thousands?) of daily viewers.
	www.fifegeek.com /misc/docs/partisans/index.shtml (1514 words)

	FIG (figged, figging) :: AudioEnglish.net dictionary
		fig tree (any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature)
		fig (fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried)
		common fig; common fig tree; Ficus carica; fig (Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit)
	www.audioenglish.net /dictionary/fig.htm (407 words)

	Ficus carica : common fig
		I have eaten brown turkey figs and they are small, and delicious.
		My fig tree produces humungous fruits that are dryer inside and not as delectable.
		How can I get them to mature earlier and have a juicy delicious taste as a smaller fig?
	hortiplex.gardenweb.com /plants/p1/gw1017209.html (75 words)

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