CATALOGUE AND DESCRIPTION OF FIGS. . 253 
Marseillasa—ATHENES. 
Martale.—Provence. 
Martinique—Black Martinique.—Below medium; round, with short neck; ribs 
prominent; eye open; stalk very short; color deep blackish purple; pulp dark 
red, stiff,andoily. Very good. This is all according to English authors. 
There is also a white Vartinique. ; 
Martinique—MaRTINIQUE, WHITE. 
Fia. 75.—Marseillaise, White figs. 
Martinique, White—Martinique.—White Martinique, small, 1? inches long by 
11 wide, pyriform; neck short, but very distinct and well set; stalk short or 
none; cheeks prominent, swollen; ribs very distinct, few, and broad from 
base of neck to eye: eye open, large, with elevated iris: scales rosy: skin 
rather rough. yellowish-green; ribs pale violet-reddish, and a reddish or violet 
flush, which is faint on the sunny side. Violet pale bloom on neck. Pulp 
rosy red, with few seeds: meat pink. Very sirupy and juicy, and well fla- 
vored. Leaves medium, very deeply lobed, lopsidea, margins crenated, wavy, 
