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CATALOGUE AND DESCRIPTION OF FIGS. 247 
Ischia, White—Green Ischia; Singleton, Hogg; Brocket Hall, Hogg.—Size small 
or very small, about 1? by 14 inches; shape round, with a small, narrow, dis- 
tinct neck; stalk very short or variable, always very thin and weak. Ribs 
distinct on the cheeks, less pronounced toward the stalk, and entirely disap- 
pearing on the apex. Eye open, scales amber rose, large, no iris and the 
region around the eye not in the least elevated. Skin smooth, bluish green, 
Fic. 70.—Ischia, White figs. 
with a light-brown flush and violet-brown ribs. Pulp rosy red: meat white. 
A sweet fig, but very small and with no flavor. Requires moist. rich soil. 
The crown is large, round, dense, and compact. Leaves shallow, 3-lobed, 
with rounded lobes. A very common fig in California, but one which hardly 
deserves cultivation when so many superior varieties are to be had. (Fig. 70.) 
Italian—BROWN TURKEY. 
Japanese Fig—HIrTa. 
23740—No. 9—O1——17 
