244 THE FIG: ITS HISTORY, CULTURE, AND CURING. 
Grosse Jaune—TAPA CARTIN, ; 
Grosse Marseillaise—MARSEILLAISE, LONG. 
Grosse Marseilles—MARSEILLAISE, LONG. 
Grosse Marseilles.—Fruit medium, long, pyriform; skin greenish yellow, shaded 
brown; pulp dull red, second quality. (All according to Barron.) 
Grossc Monstreuse de Lipari.—First crop: Fruit very large, 3 inches wide and 
pearly as high: turbinate, broad and flattened at apex; skin pale chestnut 
brown, darker on the side exposed to the sun, and marked with dark longi- 
tudinal ribs down to the sides, and with occasional dark spots, the whole sur- 
face covered with thick bloom. Stalk short and thick; eye large and closed; 
flesh dull red, thick, juicy, and well flavored. (Hogg.) Found by Hogg in an 
orchard at Bouches des Rhone, France. 
Grosse Rouge de Bordeaux—San PEDRO, BLAcK.—It is doubtful if this is synonym 
ot Black San Pedro. It is not a synonym of Bordeaux, which is a smaller fig. 
Grosse Savantine Bifére—GROsSsE GRISE BIFERE.—Under this name the author has 
received from the Royal Horticultural Society of London a fig in every respect 
identical with Grosse Grise 
Bifero, characterized by the 
peculiar arrangoment of the 
bloom of that fig. The bloom 
is absent from the apex near 
the eyc, and there is a strong 
line of demarcation between 
the two zones. 
Grosse Verdale—VERDAL, LONG. 
Grosse Verte—ADRIATIC. 
Grosse Violette—DAUPHINE. 
Grosse Violette de Bordeaux—San 
PEDRO, BLACK.—This fig is 
not identical with Bordeaua, 
which is a smaller fig. 
Grosse Violette Longue—San PE- 
DRO, BLACK. 
Grosso Kigo—B ARNISSOTTE, 
BLACK. 
Géilijliana—GUILOANA. 
Guiliana — Guijliana.— Small, 
round, turbinate, about 1+ 
inches: no neck; no stalk. 
Ribs few, distinct; eye small, 
open, scales large. violet am- 
ber. Large violetiris. Color 
dingy violet gray. greenish in 
shade, with blue bloom on 
stalk end. not reaching the 
equatorial. Pulp brownish 
salmon; inner scaies rosy red. Fic. 67.—Leaf of Grosse Grise Bifére fig. 
A sweet fig, but of very poor 
appearance. Leaves small, 3-iobed, very shallow lobes, almost entire. The 
spelling is somewhat in doubt. It was received under the synonym. 
Hanover—BRuUNSWICK. 
Hardy Prolific.—Large to medium; pyriform; about 22 to 24 inches long by 24 
inches wide: generally very flat at apex, lopsided and variable, very much in 
the shape of Brunswick fig, to which this variety stands very near; neck 
generally well set, but.very short; ribs few, rough. wavy, but shallow, dis- 
appearing, and irregular; eye medium, flat, with low iris, scales pale amber: 
skin smooth, except for ribs, rather waxy, greenish on one side, violet olive 
on the other. Pulp amber white; meat white, very juicy and good. but not 
highly flavored. Second crop more turbinate and resemb!es Brunswick less 
than first crop. Tree avery strong grower with a fine head. Leaves medium 
to large, 5 lobed, about 74 inches long by 7} inches wide. A large, good fig. 
Hirta—Del Giappono; Ficus hirta; Hirta du Japon; Du Japon; Japanese fig.— 
Size, 24 by 14 inches; medium; round, with distinct neck and very short stalk; 
ribs indistinct; cheeks swollen and uneven: eye very open. scales small, rosy red, 
iris small, but rough: skin smooth, but not waxy, not downy even when mag- 
nified. Color bluish brown. with red and green flush in the shade; pulp fine, 
pale amber; meat fine, whito: seedssinall; leaves small, 3-lobed. thick, almost 
entire. Tree a very poor grower. A Japanese figof medium quality. There 
is said to exist another Hirta with downy fruit. alsofrom Japan, (Fig. 68.) 
