CATALOGUE AND DESCRIPTION OF FIGS. Pe | 
good bearer, The fig generally known as Brown Turkey in California, and 
elsewhere in America as the BRUNSWICK. (Figs. 46, 47.) 
Fig. 46.—Brown Turkey figs. 
Brunswick—Bayswater; Bough ton; Brown Hamburgh; Clementine; De St. Jean; 
Hanover; Madonna; Red: Large White Turkey; Black Naples (?).—All these 
synonyms and some others 
are given by Dr. Hogg. Two 
crops. Firstcrop very large, 
pyriform, rather cylindrical, 
with swo.len cheeks, one of 
which is the larger; apex 
very obtuse, neck and stalk 
very short; ribs distinct, but 
not much elevated, few and 
broad. Eye medium, hardly 
elevated, open; iris slightly 
darker, with amber-rose 
scales. Skin pale amber 
withaviolet tint: ribs darker 
violet, shading reddish; the 
shady side paler amber, to- 
ward stalk and neck green- 
ish yellow; skin smooth, but 
not waxy: pulpamber. Sec- 
ond crop medium or below, 
otherwise not much differ- 
ent from the brebas. Tree 
is quite small. with strag- 
gling branches, deeply cut 
leaves, which on account of 
their small number as well 
as size give little shade. A 
very hardy fig, with large 
crops of medium quality. 
This fig, which is variously ‘ 
and erroneously known in Fia. 47.—Leaf of Brown Turkey hg. 
California and in the United ; 
States generally as Brown Turkey, Smyrna, etc., was, until the introduction 
of the ADRIATIC, the most common white fig in the first-mentioned State. 
The very large dingy white and brown Brebas are the first figs in the San 
Francisco market, but they are watery, not sweet, and otherwise poor in 
quality, although very juicy. (Fig. 48.) 
