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FIG CULTURE IN VARIOUS FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 51 
In southern France or Provence the following localities are espe- 
cially renowned for their figs, fresh or dry, and in their vicinity may 
be found large plantations of figs: Aix, Salon, Marseilles, Brignoles, 
Toulon, Grasse, Antibes, St. Remi, Entrecasteux, Bandol, Seyene, 
Tarascon, Nice, Bordeaux, Treves, Hyéres, St. Tropez, St. Maximin. 
CURING THE FIGS. 
When the figs are perfectly ripe they are picked early in the morn- 
ing, after the dew has dried off. There are at least two ways of curing 
the figs in France. In the first method the figs are simply placed on 
trays made of wicker willows, exposed to the sun, and turned every 
morning and every noon. 
The other process consists in dumping the figs into boxes after they 
have been exposed for two or three days and then allowing them to 
go through a sweat for forty-eight hours. After that time they are 
again exposed and the drying is finished in the sun. At the approach 
of showers the trays are stacked and covered with waterproof canvas. 
Every morning the dried figs are taken out. When all are dried they 
are separated into three different sizes. Ovens are used for inferior 
figs only. 
PRINCIPAL FIG VARIETIES GROWN IN SOUTHERN FRANCE, 
The following are the principal varieties of figs grown in southern 
France: 
White varieties. 
Napolitain, second crop; ripens in September; freshand dry. At Aix and Salon. 
Verdale; fresh and dry; ripensin September. At Brignofes and Salon. 
Bourdisotte blanche; fresh and dry; ripens in September. At Marseilles. 
Aubique blanche; for drying only. 
Ragusa; ripens in the middle of September. At Marseilles. 
Hospitalier; for drying; ripens in the beginning of September. At Salon. 
Doucette; fresh and dry; end of August. At Salon. 
Messongue; fresh and dry. At Salerne. 
Boutilete; for drying. At Brignoles. 
Marseillaise, figue d’Athénes; for drying only; end of August. At Marseilles 
and Toulon. 
Seyroles; for drying. At Grasse and Draguignan. 
Versailles; fresh; middle of July. 
Pissalutto; fresh and dry. At Grasse. 
Peconjudo; fresh and dry. At Grasse and Antibes, 
Cougourdane. At Aix and St. Remi. 
Tibourenque; fresh and dry; middle of September. At Marseilles and Salon. 
Col de Signora; fresh. At Rousillon. 
Beaucaire; for drying. At Entrecasteaux. 
Blanquette; only for drying in localities where other drying figs will not do well, 
Colored varieties. 
Quasse blanche; for drying; end of August. At Bandol and La Seyne. 
Figue-datte (Dattero-Italy); fresh and dry; end of August. At Salon and 
Eyguieres. 
