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we received from Mr. S. Walker, in whose collection it has pro- 

 duced fruit for five or six years, the original tree having been 

 received from France seven or eight years ago. Mr. Walker 

 agrees with us in thinking it distinct from the Figue of the 

 London Horticultural Society. It is a very vigorous and 

 hardy tree, bearing large crops every year, and it grows rap- 

 idly either upon the quince or pear. 



Fig. 10. Figue. 



Size., medium, about three and a quarter inches long, and two 

 and a quarter in diameter : Form., oblong pyramidal, regular, 

 largest near the middle, rounding off to the eye, and tapering 

 into the stem : Skin, little rough, thick, green, traced with 

 russet around the crown, and broadly tinged with dull red on 

 the sunny side : Stem, rather short, about three quarters of an 

 inch in length, stout, swollen, and very fleshy at the base, 



