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for drying. Skin dark purple, with a rich bloom. Flesh dark rose 

 coloured, firm, sugary, and jnicy. Tree moderately vigorous, and a 

 free bearer. 



Black Bourjassotte (Precoce Noire). A very early French variety, 

 with medium-sized, roundish oblate fruit. Skin quite black, and 

 thickly covered with a blue bloom, cracks in lines w r hen fully ripe. 

 Flesh deep red, firm, syrupy, and very highly flavoured. Tree 

 vigorous and prolific. 



Black Genoa (Nigra). This variety, which is supposed to be of 

 Italian origin, bears large oblong fruit, very broad at the apex, and 

 slender towards the stalk. Skin deep purple-black, covered thickly 

 with bloom. Flesh deep red, juicy, sweet, and well flavoured. Tree 

 very robust, hardy, and prolific. 



Black Ischia (Blue Ischia). An Italian variety, with medium-sized 

 turbinate fruit, flattened at the top. Skin deep purple-black. Flesh 

 deep red, sweet, and luscious. Tree hardy, very prolific, and bears at 

 :an early period of growth. Fruit ripens a little after the Black 

 Genoa. 



Black Provence (Black Marseilles). A French variety, with 

 roundish oblong fruit, rather below the medium size. Skin brownish- 

 black. Flesh red, tender, very sweet, and luscious. Tree hardy, 

 very prolific, and bears at an early age. Ripens rather early. 



Bordeaux (Violette, Violette de Bordeaux). A. desirable French 

 variety, with large, long pyriform fruit. Skin black, thickly covered 

 with bloom, and when dead ripe splits in lines. Flesh yellowisn-red, 

 tender, juicy, and sweet. Tree robust, and a moderately good bearer. 



Brown Ischia. An excellent Italian variety, with medium-sized 

 roundish fruit, which ripens early. Skin light chestnut brown. Flesh 

 reddish-purple, very sweet, and highly flavoured. Fruit somewhat liable 

 to crack and burst in wet seasons. Tree hardy and robust, and a heavy 

 bearer. 



Brown Turkey (Blue Fig, Blue Burgundy, Brown Italian, Brown 

 Naples). This is a popular Fig of Italian origin, with large oblong or 

 pyriform fruit, which ripens early. Skin brownish- red, covered with a 

 thick blue bloom. Flesh red, very sweet, and luscious. Tree very 

 hardy, and a regular and abundant bearer. 



Brunswick Black (Naples, Broivn Hamburgh). This is an excellent 

 variety of doubtful origin, and one of the best of the dark-skinned sorts. 

 Fruit large and pyriform. Skin deep violet-brown. Flesh reddish-pink, 

 sweet, and richly flavoured. Tree very hardy and prolific. 



Castle Kenned}/. This is an old and popular variety in the United 

 Kingdom, and derives its name from Castle Kennedy in Scotland, where 

 it has been cultivated for considerably more than a hundred years. The 

 fruit is very large, obovate in shape, and remarkable for its earliness, 

 being ripe several days before most other kinds. Skin pale dingy-brown 

 mottled with grey. Flesh pale, with slight stains of red in the centre, 

 tender, sweet, and fairly well flavoured. Tree hardy, of vigorous habit, 

 and an abundant bearer. 



Col di Signora Blanca. An Italian variety of high quality, said to be 



