CATALOGUE AND DESCRIPTION OF FIGS. 215 
Bianca Morcati—lItaly. 
Bianchetta—ALBo. 
Biancoletta—ALBOo. 
Biancolini—ALBo. 
Biancotondo Grossissimo.—Largest size; white, for table. Possibly identical 
with GENTILE. Italy. 
Biberaeao.—Size 3 by 1} inches, oblong. Neck tapering, short; stalk short; skin 
smooth, rather waxy: few and indistinct ribs; eye closed. Scales reddish 
pink,small; meat white; pulp brown with a reddish flush; seeds small. Color 
dark bluish-black. with a dull bloom. Leaves medium, 3 to 5 lobed, lobes 
rather deep, with wavy margins: stalk long. Provence. Tree strong, with 
rounded head. Not identical with Douro VEBRA, which is a much smaller fig. 
Bifére Blanche.—Small, white table fig: good bearer, but medium quality. 
France. 
Bifere de l’Archipel.—France. Not identical with DE L’ARCHIPEL. 
Bifere de la Malmaison.—Size below medium; round, sometimes oblong, lopsided, 
one side of apex hanging down below the other: no ribs; stalks stout; skin 
pale brown streaked with purple, with thick gray bloom: eye closed; pulp 
tender, juicy, but not finely flavored, pale rose to red. <A very rich fig. 
Binelli—Dotrato. 
Binellino—DoOTTATo, 
Bitter Skin—AMAROUNA. 
Black and White—BLANCHE ET NOIRE. 
Black Bardakjik—BaRDAKJIK, BLACK. 
Black Barnissotte—BARNISSOTTE, BLACK. 
Black Bourgassotte—BARNISSOTTE, BLACK. 
Black California—MiIssion. 
Black Coucourelle—COUCOURELLE GAVOTTE, 
Black Douro—DowrRo, BLACK, 
Black Ischia—IscuHIa, BLACK. 
Black Marseillaise-- MARSEILLAISE, BLACK. 
Black Martinique—MARTINIQUE. 
Black Mexican—MIssIon. 
Black Mission—MiIssI0on. 
Black Mussega—MUSSEGA NEGRA. 
Black Naples—Given by Hogg as synonym of BRUNSWICK, which is probably not 
correct. 
Black Pissalutto—PIssSALUTTO NEGRO. 
Black Provence—MARSEILLAISE, BLACK. 
Black Rondella—RONDELLA NEGRA. 
Black San Pedro—San PEDRO, BLACK. 
black Spanish—GENOA, BLACK. 
Blancassa—Ficus albida Risso; Ficus carica var. fodereana Geny.—Two crops. 
First crop: Subglobular; skin rough: color greenish white, flushed with yellow, 
12 to 21} inches; pulp pale rose, shading to white. Second crop: Subpyriform, 
rounded, greenish yellow; larger than the firstcrop, 2iby 1}inches. Pulpred, 
Blanche—Blanche d’Argenteuil; Blanche Hative; d Argenteuil; Grosse Blanche 
Ronde; Blanquo (Provence).—Two crops. First crop: 24 by 2} inches long, 
round, slightly turbinate, flattened at apex; stalk short, no neck; ribs promi- 
nent; eye medium, open: color of skin greenish yellow; pulp amber white, with 
a few large seeds. Second crop: Fruit small, turbinate, flattened at apex, 
about 1}inchesdiameter. Skin rough, with shallow, indistinctribs. Noneck 
and very short stalk. Eye small, flat, open or closed. Color of skin yellowish 
green, with white seams when ripe. Pulp amber white, with small seeds, 
very juicy, finely grained and sweet. No trace of pink. Tree moderately 
small. Leaves small, 3-lobed. Even the second crop, though smaller, is of 
a very fine quality. This fig does not seem to belong to the Marseillaise class. 
Extensively cultivated at Argenteuil for the Paris market. This fig is the 
oldest fig introduced to Argenteuil near Paris. It is said to have been brought 
there during the time of Julhianus Apostata, the Roman Emperor. (Fig. 41.) 
Blanche d’ Argenteuil—BLANCHE. 
Blanche @ Athénes—ATHENES. 
Blanche de Toulouse—White Toulowse.—Large, oblong; very good. A white 
variety common around Toulouse, in France. 
Blanche de Versailles—White Versailles.—Fruit small, white. and early. 
Grown in northern central France for the Paris market. 
Blanche et Noire—Black and white.-—A mottled fig, interesting on account of 
its color, but otherwise of no great importance. 
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