FIGS. 825 



BLACK BOURJASSOTTE (Barnissotte; De Bellegarde ; Precoce 

 Noire). Fruit, medium sized, roundish oblate, with a short neck, and 

 marked with obscure ribs. Skin, quite black, entirely covered with a 

 fine thick blue bloom, and cracking in lines when highly ripened, 

 Stalk, short. Eye, open like an eyelet-hole. Flesh, deep red, thick, 

 stiff, and syrupy ; most delicious. 



BLACK GENOA (Nigra; Negro d'Espagne). Large, oblong, broad 

 towards the apex, and very slender towards the stalk. Skin, dark 

 purple, almost black, and covered with a thick blue bloom. Flesh, 

 yellowish under the skin, but red towards the interior, juicy, with a 

 very sweet and rich flavour. 



Ripe in the end of August, Tree very hardy, and a good bearer. 



This is the large black fig so extensively grown in Languedoc and 

 Provence. 



BLACK ISCHIA (Blue Ischia; Early Forcing; Nero; Ronde 

 Noire). Medium sized, turbinate, flat at the top. Skin, deep purple, 

 almost black when ripe. Flesh, deep red, sweet, and luscious. Tree 

 hardy, and an excellent bearer ; succeeds well in pots. 



Ripe in August. 



Black Marseilles. See Black Provence. 

 Black Naples. See Brunswick. 



BLACK PROVENCE (Black Marseilles ; Eeculver; Noir de Pro- 

 vence). Small or below medium size, oblong. Skin, dark brown. 

 Flesh, red, tender, very juicy, and richly flavoured. Tree bears 

 abundantly, and is well adapted for forcing. 



Blanche. See White Marseilles. 

 Blue. See Brown Turkey. 

 Blue Burgundy. See Brown Turkey. 

 Blue Ischia. See Black Ischia. 



BORDEAUX (AuUquon ; Antique Noire ; AitUque Violette ; Figue- 

 Poire; Petite Aubique ; Violette; Violette Longue ; Violette de Bordeaux ; 

 Nagronne). Fruit, large, long, pyriform, marked with ribs ; very much 

 flattened laterally, and one side of the apex hanging down more than 

 the other. Skin, quite black, covered with a fine blue bloom, and 

 when dead ripe cracks in white longitudinal lines. Stalk, very short. 

 Eye, open. Flesh, pale coppery-coloured, very tender and juicy, 

 sugary and sweet. Excellent. 



BOURDISSOTTE BLANCHE. Fruit, small, round, inclining to 

 turbinate, and furnished with longitudinal ribs. Skin, green, becoming 



