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[[File:Fig.png||thumbnail|right|<center>Historic Fig tree, Scorpion Ranch, Santa Cruz Island, 2021 </center>]] | |||
'''Fig Trees: San Clemente Island''' | |||
'''1913 [USNIP March 1944]:''' “Lieutenant Commander S. E. Flynn, (M. C.), U.S. Navy, described Mosquito Harbor on the east coast as "the most picturesque spot on the island." In 1913, as a boy, the author visited Mosquito Harbor soon after Al Shade, a veteran boatman, had established a small fish camp there for use of sportsmen. Today the fig trees which Shade planted more than 30 years ago are among the largest to be found in California. There is just enough water from a near-by spring to support these two trees,” notes Lieutenant Commander Stanley A. Wheeler. | |||
'''Fig Trees: Santa Catalina Island''' | '''Fig Trees: Santa Catalina Island''' | ||
'''1865:''' The big fig tree on F street was planted by Mrs. Howland to commemorate the re-election of Abraham Lincoln. The election was in November, 1864, but the tree planting was deferred until February, 1865. (Williamson, Mrs. M. Burton History of Santa Catalina Island, 1903) | '''1865:''' The big fig tree on F street was planted by Mrs. Howland to commemorate the re-election of Abraham Lincoln. The election was in November, 1864, but the tree planting was deferred until February, 1865. (Williamson, Mrs. M. Burton History of Santa Catalina Island, 1903) | ||
'''August 8, 1897 [LAT]:''' “...Mr. Howland and party chartered the ''Sunbeam'' and went to Howland's Landing, two miles beyond the Isthmus, which was Mr. Howland's old home when the island was a sheep ranch. There are several buildings at the landing, and large fig trees, with ripe fruit.” | |||
'''Fig Trees: Santa Cruz Island''' | |||
Fig trees were planted in the island's ranching era at various locations, including Christy Ranch, Pelican Bay (Eaton era), and Scorpion Ranch. Foxes and ravens particularly like to forage on the fruit. | |||
Latest revision as of 01:35, 7 April 2023
Fig Trees: San Clemente Island
1913 [USNIP March 1944]: “Lieutenant Commander S. E. Flynn, (M. C.), U.S. Navy, described Mosquito Harbor on the east coast as "the most picturesque spot on the island." In 1913, as a boy, the author visited Mosquito Harbor soon after Al Shade, a veteran boatman, had established a small fish camp there for use of sportsmen. Today the fig trees which Shade planted more than 30 years ago are among the largest to be found in California. There is just enough water from a near-by spring to support these two trees,” notes Lieutenant Commander Stanley A. Wheeler.
Fig Trees: Santa Catalina Island
1865: The big fig tree on F street was planted by Mrs. Howland to commemorate the re-election of Abraham Lincoln. The election was in November, 1864, but the tree planting was deferred until February, 1865. (Williamson, Mrs. M. Burton History of Santa Catalina Island, 1903)
August 8, 1897 [LAT]: “...Mr. Howland and party chartered the Sunbeam and went to Howland's Landing, two miles beyond the Isthmus, which was Mr. Howland's old home when the island was a sheep ranch. There are several buildings at the landing, and large fig trees, with ripe fruit.”
Fig Trees: Santa Cruz Island
Fig trees were planted in the island's ranching era at various locations, including Christy Ranch, Pelican Bay (Eaton era), and Scorpion Ranch. Foxes and ravens particularly like to forage on the fruit.
