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When Figs are cultivated in a garden, a good loamy soil 

 should be provided ; and they may be trained to close fences, 

 or trellises, in sheltered situations. At the approach of win- 

 ter they must be protected; those trained to close fences 

 may be secured through the winter by a covering of mat- 

 ting ; and such as may be in open situations should be libe- 

 rated from the trellis, and laid down close to the ground, 

 and covered three or four inches with earth ; or trenches may 

 be formed of that depth, sufficient to contain the branches, 

 which should be fastened down with hooked pegs, without 

 cramping them : such of the strong central branches as will 

 not bend may be enveloped in litter. They should be 

 pruned before they are laid down in November, and on 

 being raised again in April, they may be trained as before. 

 Figs may be cultivated in private gardens as easily as the 

 vine. 



SELECT DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF FIGS. 



ANGELIQUE, Coucourelle Blanche, Melitte. Fruit rather small, some- 

 what pyramidal; skin yellow, mottled with white ; pulp white ; seed tinged 

 with red. In the neighbourhood of Paris this variety produces two crops 

 annually; the first is usually thin, but the second very abundant and ex- 

 cellent. 



BLACK ITALIAN. Fruit small and round; pulp very delicious. Mr. 

 Forsyth used to cultivate this kind in pots, and it is recorded that he has 

 gathered from one plant two dozen figs in a day. 



BLUE OR PURPLE, Large Blue, Great Blue, Large Purple Fruit large, 

 oblong ; skin purple, covered with thick blue bloom ; pulp deep red, and oi 

 a rich flavour : ripe in August. The tree is 4iardy and prolific. 



BOURDEAUX, Figue Poire, Violette (Je Bonrdeaux. Fruit of a pyramidal 

 figure ; skin brownish red, slightly mottled ; pulp red, succulent, and sweet. 

 This is cultivated throughout France, and produces two crops annually. 



BROWN TURKEY. Fruit small and round ; pulp very delicious. This 

 and the Black Italian are mentioned by Mr. Forsyth as being cultivated by 

 him in pots, and each possessing equal merit. 



BRUNSWICK, Madonna, Hanover. Fruit very large, obovate ; skin pale 

 green, tinged with yellow; flesh pinkish, extremely rich, and high flavoured. 

 This is one of the largest and best hardy figs for garden culture, and it will 

 ripen in the neighbourhood of London by the middle of August. 



CHESTNUT, Chestnut-en' mired Ishia, Brown IscMa,. Fruit globular. ol 

 large size ; skin of a brown chestnut colour ; pulp purple, sweet, and hiet< 



