CATALOGUE AND DESCRIPTION OF FIGS. 265 
Ragusa— Dalmatian; Dalmatian Ragusaine; Ragusaine.—A white fig of fair qual- 
ity, introduced from Dalmatia to France. Probably the same fig as intro- 
duced by G. N. Milco to California under the name Dalmatian. 
Ragusaine—RaGusa. 
Recousse Noire—LKcousse Noire?—Large, roundish-oblate, with long neck, and 
with lopsided swollen cheek on one side. Ribs obscure; stalk very short; eye 
closed; skin violet-dark mahogany or chestnut, pale toward the neck and green- 
ish toward the stalk end; pulp opaline with a shade of rose in center. Tender 
and juicy, but not flavored. Medium guality (Hogg). A very good late fig. 
Recousse Violette.—Similar to Recousse Noire, but with deep red pulp. 
Reculver.—lIs said to be different from Grosse Violette de Bordeaux, SAN PEDRO, 
Buack, from which it differs by being smallerand moreround. It also resem- 
bles Black Provence.—MARSEILLAISE, BLACK. It was originally found grow- 
ing wild on an old wall in the village of Reculver, in Kent, England. Fruit 
small, roundish; skin black; pulp red, thick, but not rich (Barron). 
Reculver.—Medium; about 2} inches long by 1? inches wide; pyriform, tapering; 
lopsided cheeks; short narrow neck; no stalk. Low, branching ribs, distinct 
fromstalk totheeye. Eyesmall, closed or open, with small, rosy-colored scales. 
Skin slightly kairy, of a brownish violet, covered with a faint gray bloom. 
Pulp thick, amber-salion, lightestat eye, turning salmon towards thestalk end. 
A good fig. - Leaves about 9 inches by 3, deep, broad lobes and two shallow 
spurs. Not identical with Black Marseillaise, as suggested by Dr. Hogg. 
There are two distinct figs known as 
Reculver. The author has not seen the 
variety mentioned by Barron. 
Reculver?—MARSEILAISE, BLACK. 
Red—BRUNSWICK. 
Red-Black—RoskE NoIReE. 
Red Caiana.—Catana. 
Red Frette—ROUGE DE LA FRETTE. 
Rocardi.—Small; about 1? inches long by 14 
inches wide; pyriform, with small neck; 
stalk very short. Eye small, sunk; 
scales large, with rough iris. Skin 
smooth, with indistinct ribs. Color of 
skin violet-purple, with fine, gray bloom 
extending all over the fig, or with dark 
violet flush. Pulp sweet, amber or red- 
dish amber, with differentshades. Meat 
thin, white. Pulp solid. Tree a mod- 
erate grower. Leaves 3-lobed. 
Rock Fig—NEGRETTA. 
Rolandina—Briasca (Grasse); Rolandine; 
Blanchette; Fico Dattero; Ficus vezzoso; 
Cortese (eastern Riviera); Coasco (west- 
ern Riviera); Ficus rolandina Risso; 
Ficus sylvestris var. praedulcis Geny.— F1q.83.—Raby Castle fig. 
Onecrop. Size medium; 2+ inches long 
by 12 inches wide; short, pyriform or bell-shaped; skin yellowish green mixed 
witn red and violet. Eye reddish; pulp yellowish white, tinted rose, very 
sweet and thick, with small seed, highly flavored. Tree medium, with 
deeply-cut and pointed lobes. Together with Bellona, the Rolandina is one 
of the very best figs cultivated in the south of France for drying. It is exten- 
sively grown there and the object of much trade. Fresh it is of medium 
quality only. Principally grown in the south of Provence. 
Rolandina Negra—Rolandine Noire; Ficus rosa nigra Risso; Ficus sylvestris 
var. rubricaulis Geny.—A variety of the reddish-gray Rolandina, more oblong 
turbinate, dark violet reddish, with red pulp. Provence, France. 
Rolandine—ROLANDINA. 
Rolandine Noire—ROLANDINA NEGRA. 
Rondella Blanca—White Rondella; Ficus helena Risso.—Similar to the Black 
Rondella, but with thinner skin and of a yellowish green color. Mentone-on- 
the-Riviera, France. 
Rondella Negra—Black Rondella; Ficus sylvestris var. ceresana Geny (San- 
vaigo).—Below medium; 13 to 2 inches diameter; turbinate; suddenly con- 
tracted at the neck, which islong; eye red, with violet iris; skin blackish violet; 
pulpred. Around Mentone-on-the-Riviera. 
Rondeletta—Ficus. carica var. rotundula Geny, S8.—Globular: bright green 
shaded brown; 1} to 1? inches diameter. Pulpred. Savoy at Nice. 
