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Posted: 12:00 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013

Common figs don’t need pollination

By Walter Reeves

For the AJC

Q: Some time back I listened to a radio caller asking about wasps that pollinate figs. Based on what I heard, I told my sister that the wasps only pollinate the Mission figs that grow in California. My sister disagreed and now my research says all figs are pollinated by wasps. Is Walter wrong this time? The Kelly Family, email

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