268 THE FIG: ITS HISTORY, CULTURE, AND CURING. 
medium, about 2} by 1% inches, bell-shaped to turbinate or heart-shaped; 
greatest diameter at center, gradually tapering toward the stalk, which is of 
medium size. Skin thick.smooth. of green color, shaded reddish brown and 
yellow in the sun, and with ashy gray in the shade, adhering strongly to the 
meat. Pulp intensely red, very sweet and flavored, with a drop of honey exud- 
ing at the eye,rather sharp in taste; eye reddish: leaves small, 3-lobed, and 
not deeply cut; branches few and slender and tree of small growth to medium. 
The first crop very small or none. The second crop larger; ripe in September 
and November. One of the best Italian figs for the table. Extensively culti- 
vated in northern Italy and Provence, but especially so in the Marche, Umbria, 
Sabina, Piedmont, Appenines. Lombardy. and Romagna. In many places 
known as Fico Cuore, on account of its heart-like shape. Is to be highly 
recommended. (Fig. 88.) 
Fig:87.—Royal Vineyard figs. 
Rubado Negro—Ficus serotina Risso; Ficus sylvestris var. hyberna Geny; 
Roubauda Negra (Nice).—Size 2 to 24 inches diameter; turbinate; violet red 
or fine black; eye red with a large reddish-brown iris; skin hard: pulp bright 
red. thick. agreeable. November. One of the latest figs. Nice, Italy, etc. 
Roubauda Blanca—RvUBADO. 
Roubauda Negra—RuBavdo NEGRO. 
Rubaldo—RvuBADO,. 
Rubicone—SaNn PEDRO, BLACK. 
Safranée.—Reddish gray. Nice and Salon, France. 
Saint Dominique—DOMINIQUE. 
Saint Esprit.—Large, oblong; color dark violet. Resembles Aubique Noire but 
is inferior in ta8te. Provence and near Ponte St. Esprit in Languedoc, as well 
as at Aix and Salon. A good early crop; second crop poor. 
Saint Francis—FRANCISCANA, 
