And, of course, harkening back to the "creeping fig" vines hanging in Zoyd's window on p. 3. > "under a fig tree" (VL, Ch. 4, p. 39) A tree that bears its > fruit without visible blossoms and before leaves appear. Mr. Pynchon is > probably referring to the Calimyrna fig tree. > http://www.californiafigs.com/history/ [...]