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flavoured This kind will often yield two crops in England, the first fruit 

 of which ripens in August. 



EARLY WHITE, Small Early White. Fruit somewhat round ; skin thin ; 

 when fully ripe of a pale yellow colour ; pulp white, sweet, and of plea- 

 sant flavour. This generally ripens two crops in one season. 



GKEEN ISCHIA. Fruit oblong; kin green, very thin; pulp purple, 

 which, when fully ripe, stains the skin to a brownish cast. This is a very 

 high flavoured fig, especially in warm countries : ripe in August. 



LARGE WHITE GENOA. Fruit large, globular; skin thin, white, turning 

 to yellow when fully ripe; pulp red, and of good flavour, This in Eng- 

 land bears two crops, annually. 



MALTA, Small Brown, of some gardens. Fruit small ; skin pale brown ; 

 pulp very sweet and well flavoured: ripe in August, and if left hanging on 

 the tree until shrivelled, it becomes a fine sweetmeat. 



NERII. The Nerii fig is highly esteemed in England. Fruit oblong, of 

 medium size; skin pale greenish yellow; the flesh is very rich, and the 

 juice possesses a delicate acidity, which renders it peculiarly palatable : ripe 

 in August. 



PRECUSSATA. Fruit large, oblate ; skin dark brown ; pulp deep red ; re- 

 markably sweet and rich : ripe in August. 



PURPLE GENOA. Fruit large, long; skin dark purple; pulp extremely 

 sweet and luscious: ripe in August. 



VIOLETTE, Figue Violette. The Violet Fig, like the Angelique, is much 

 cultivated in the neighbourhood of Paris, and produces two crops annually. 

 Fruit small ; skin deep violet ; pulp, near the skin, white ; the interior red, 

 and of excellent flavour. 



WHITE MARSEILLES, Pocock, Figue Blanche. Fruit medium size, some- 

 what turbinate ; skin pale green, becoming yellowish when fully ripe: flesh 

 white, dry, sweet, and rich : ripe in August. 



YELLOW ISCHIA, Cyprus. Fruit large, of a pyramidal form , skin yel- 

 low, when fully ripe ; pulp purple and high flavoured : in August and 

 September. 



FILBERT AND HAZLENUT. 

 NOISETIER AVELINIER. Corylus. 



THE Filbert, in many varieties, and also the common Ha- 

 zlenut, grow spontaneously in the woods of Britain, and 

 some few varieties are indigenous in this country. The 

 kinds of Filberts generally cultivated are the white, red, cob, 

 clustered, and frizzled; of each of which there are many 

 varieties. As this shrub is so easily cultivated, it is a matter 

 of astonishment that the nuts from this genus of plants are 

 so scarce in our markets. In different parts of England 



