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240 THE FIG: ITS HISTORY, CULTURE, AND CURING. 
and upright; a very pretty growth. Only the first crop ripens well. Second 
Fre. 61.—Leaf of Ford fig. 
crop, when it is partially mature, is of rounder form, but always drops. One 
of the very best Italian figs, and especially valued as a table fig. Extensively 
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Fia. 62.—Genoa, White figs. 
grown from Naples to Toscana and Riviera, but docs well also farther north. 
The Gentile (pronounced genteele) is one of the most luscious, pulpy, and 
