At a recent meeting of the California Horticultural Society Mr. Rixford remarked that the Smyrna, he had heard, produces more than one crop, but it is only one crop (the second) which is used for drying. In regard to the caprification process, it is considered in Asia Minor essential, and unless it is practiced the crop fails. As you know, the blossoms of the fig are inside of the fig, and the claim is that an insect crawls into the fig, and moving about carries the pollen from the anthers to the stigmas. The importance of fig culture on this coast can hardly be over-estimated. There is no reason why California should not produce all the figs which we need on this coast.