226 THE FIG: ITS HISTORY, CULTURE, AND CURING. 
stalk about one-fourth inch long; color of skin, straw yellow, beautifully striped 
with longitudinal bandsof bright, lively green, some of which are broad, others 
narrow. Eyeclosed, surrounded by a narrow iris; pulp bright rose, very sweet 
and delicious. This fig is similar in quality to the white Col, but with shorter 
neck and a distinct variegated skin and paler-colored pulp. Itisnotan exten- 
sively cultivated fig, on account of inferior bearing qualities, but for a garden 
fig it is much to he recommended, as it would sell well in any market. This 
fig is, however, inferior to the black Signora. 
Colombro—ltaly. 
Comadre.—Fico da Comadre.—The best white-drying fig in Portugal, grown in 
Algarve, on the north shore of the Mediterranean. 
Commercial Snyrna—Los INGIR. 
Common Blue—BROWN TURKEY. 
Concordana.—Possibly identical with Congourdane—MUSSEGA. 
Constant Date—DATTE QUOTIDIENNE. 
Constantine— De Constantine.—From the Chiswick Garden. Royal Horticultural 
Society. Medium tosmall. Turbinate, 2 incheslong by 1iinches wide. Neck 
short and thin. Stalk very short. Many irregular ribs. Flat at apex. Eye 
small; open, with a browniris. Color of skin, deep olive green, with violet 
ribs. Pulp dense, but with hollow center, of deep rose color. Tree straggling 
and spreading. Leaves medium, 3-lobed. (Fig. 52.) 
Fra. 52.—Constantine figs. 
Corbo—San PEDRO, BLACK. 
Cordelia.—Large, about 2} inches long by 2 inches wide; pyriform, with the great- 
est diameter near the eye, where the fig is slightly flattened. Neck very short. 
Stalk short. Ribs coarse, but few, fading out towards the stalk. Eye very 
prominent, with large scales, all sunk below the cheeks. Skin yellowish, with 
green shade. Eye pinkish or yellow, with a darker zone around the seeds; 
variable. Meat and pulpamber. A large zone below theeye contains numer- 
ous male flowers of perfect development, with much pollen when ripe. The 
lower zone contains only mule or gall flowers. This fig was found in the San 
Francisco market in August, 1893, where it had been brought from Cordelia, 
Cal. Exact location unknown to the author. The fig is very juicy, sweet, 
and pulpy; but the male zone is, as usual, very dry. The figis one of the 
sweeter kinds, but devoid of flavor. The characteristic male flowers of this 
fig place it close to the Croisic fig, as described by Professor Solms-Laubach. 
Cordeliére—COTIGNANA, 
Cordelliére—SERV ANTINE, 
Cortese—ROLANDINA. 
Cortice Crasso--PELOUA. 
Cotignana—Observantine; Observantiere Grise; Cordeliére; Figue Grise; Ficus coti- 
gnand Risso; Ficus sylvestris var. praecox Geny; Blavette; Barbillanne.—Two 
crops. Brebas above medium, 3 to 3} inches by 21. Pyriform, flattened, 
