266 THE FIG: ITS HISTORY, CULTURE, AND CURING. 
Ronde Noire—Round Black.—Size large, about 2} by 2 inches; quite round, 
irregular; neck distinct but very short, wellset; ribs distinct, running together 
and hardly elevated; eye small; scales very small, reddish; iris large, paler, 
not elevated, but still distinct, with a margin around the scales. Skin smooth, 
waxy, color dark violet-brown, very evenly diffused, and in the shade hardly 
paler, only near the stalk more greenish. Bloom thick, bluish white; pulp 
amber,meatamber. A very fine fig, which can not be too highly recommended 
as atable fig. Entirely distinct from Osborn Prolific, (Figs. 84, 89.) 
Fic. 84.—Ronde Noire figs. 
Ronde Rouge.—Medium; color of skin dull, tawny red; pulp dull red. Second 
crop of good quality. (Barron.) 
Ronde Violette Hative.—First crop: Large, 24 inches long by 2} wide; almost 
globular, with no neck and no stalk; ribs large and prominent; skin smooth, 
