PICO  , an

island in the Atlantic Ocean, belonging to Portugal, and forming part of the Azores archipelago . Pop . (1900), 24,028; area 175 sq. m . Pico is a conical mountain, rising to the height of 7612 ft . The soil consists entirely of pulverized lava . The so-called Fayal wine, though named after an adjacent island, was formerly produced here, and largely exported to Europe . But in 1852 the vines were attacked by the Oidium fungus and completely destroyed, while the orange-trees suffered almost as much from the Coccus hesperidum . The people were consequently forced to emigrate in great numbers, till the planting of fig-trees and apricots alleviated the evil . Pico also produces a species of wood resembling mahogany, and equal in quality to it . Its chief town is Lagens do Pico . Pop . (2975) .