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CATALOGUE AND DESCRIPTION OF FIGS. 21 
Blanche Jaune.—Above medium, oblong, skin yellow, dotted white. France. 
Blanchette—ROLANDINA. 
Blanquette—LiPaRi. 
Blanquetto—LipaRl. 
Blanquette Grosse—A large variety of LIPARI, 
Blanquo—BLaNCuHeE. 
Blavette—CoTIGNANA. 
Blowers. (See Smyrna figs, p. 278.) 
Blower’s Smyrna—BLoweERs. 
Blue—BRowN TURKEY. 
Blue Burgundy—BRown TURKEY. 
Blue Celeste—CELESTE. 
Blue Ischia—Iscuia, BLACK. 
Bocarde.—Medium size; blackish brown; pulp, deep rose; very good. France. 
Bodoni.—Large; twocrops. France. 
Bonafoux.—France. 
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Bondance Précoce.—Size below medium; 1} by 14 inches; round, uneven: neck 
distinct, but short; stalk none, or very short; ribs distinct, few, slightly ele- 
vated; eye small, sunk, with a very small but distinct opening. and a slightly 
raised iris; scales few. medium size, color rose; skin rough, hairy, color 
muddy amber brown, with a darker flush in the sun and yellowish-red in the 
shade; light bloom around stalk. Pulp rose, very sweet and juicy; meat, 
amber white, very fine quality. A darker fig than the Brunswick; leaves 
oblong, medium, about 8} by 5} inches, 3 to 5 lobed. (Fig. 42.) 
Bonisotte Blanche—BourpIsoTtTe, BLANCHE. 
Bonne Dame.—A very early French fig. 
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Fra. 42.--Bondance Précoce figs. 
Bontard.—Size below medium; 14 by 1# inches long; neck short, tapering; stalk 
short; ribs few, but rather elevated, wavy, reaching the eye. Eyes small, 
depressed, open; scales few, large, amber: skin rather rough, yellowish-green 
with pale bloom. Pulp not fine, rosy pink: leaves above medium, 5-lobed, 
with only short spurs. Surface rough and coarse. Leaves longer than wide. 
the end lobe being thelongest. The variety received from the Royal Horticul- 
tural Society differs a little from the above, and may be described as follows: 
Size medium, turbinate, about 2} incheslong by 13 inches wide, but with short, 
distinct neck, or none; stalk very short; ribs few and indistinct; skin downy, 
light yeliow and green, with faint bloom; eye small, open or closed, with 
amber scales; no iris, flat. Pulp rose to amber, usually coarse and uneven, 
but sometimes fine amber, fine-grained; meat thin, white. juicy, and sweet, 
vinous but not rich; light green, without shade of other colors. Leaves 
small, wider than long, light green, 3-lobed, with short spurs. A good fig. 
Bontalette—Bontillette.—A white drying fig. Brignoles. France. 
Bontillette—BONTALETTE. 
Bordeaux—Petite Aubique; Petite Aubique Violette; Petite Figue Violette, Albi- 
cougris; Ficus erin. var. cinerescens Geny; Figue Poire; Fiquo Aubiquon.—Two 
crops: Second crop best; above medium, about 3i by 2inches. Pyriform, with 
very narrow neck and medium long stalk. Eye medium, raised, with red iris; 
skin not smooth. of a velvet brown color shading to ashy gray, spotted clear 
green on the neck, which is well set. Leaves 5 or 7 iobed, with long, narrow 
lobes, crenate, pointed. Requires moist ground, as it suffers from coulure 
(dropping) in dry soils. The Bordeaux isa very good fig, with two crops. Com- 
