CATALOGUE AND DESCRIPTION OF FIGS. 245 
Hirta du Japon—Hirva. 
Hospitalier.—A white drying fig from Salon, France. 
Honey Fig—MEOv. 
Howick—BRown TURKEY. 
Imperial—/mperiau (Nice); Imperiala (Italy); Micus imperialis Risso.—Two 
crops. First crop medium and of poor quality. Second crop: 2} by 24 inches, 
Fia. 68.—Hirta figs. 
turbinate, lopsided and cracked, with a long neck which is quite hard. Color 
greenish gray, tinted violet red, with a bright red eye. Pulp pale red; quality 
medium. Common around Grasse, in Provence. 
Imperiala—IMPERIAL. 
Imperiau—IMPERIAL. 
Ischia, Black—Blue Ischia, Black Ischia.—Small, about 14 by 1} inches; neck short; 
stalk short to medium; skin smooth, with few ribs, of which only one here 
and there is distinct. Color dark violet black, lighter and somewhat greenish 
around the apex. Neck as dark as the body; shaded and flushed green. Eye 
