FIG CULTURE IN VARIOUS FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 45 
VARIETIES OF FIGS. 
The varieties of figs grown in Italy are many, in some localities 
reaching a hundred or more. <A great uncertainty exists in regard to 
Fia. 6.—Gentile fig. 
names. Local names are given everywhere, and as no systematic 
descriptions of all the various varieties have ever been published, no 
