WHITE FIGS. 



6. MALTA. Lind. 

 Small Brown. 



A small, but very rich fig, which will often hang on the tree 

 until it begins to shrivel, and becomes " a fine sweetmeat." 

 Fruit much compressed at the apex, and very much narrowed 

 in towards the stalk. Skin light brown. Pulp pale brown, and 

 of a sweet, rich flavour. Ripens later than the foregoing, about 

 the last of August. 



7. SMALL BROWN ISCHIA. Lind. 



A very hardy sort, which, in tolerably warm places south of 

 Philadelphia, will make a small standard tree in the open air, 

 bearing pretty good crops, that ripen about the first of Sep- 

 tember. Fruit small, pyriform, with a very short footstalk. 

 Skin light brown. Pulp pale purple, of high flavour. Leaves 

 oiore entire than those of the common fig. 



8. VIOLETTE. Lind. Duh. 



A very good sort from the neighbourhood of Paris, where it 

 produces two crops annually. Fruit small, roundish-obovate, 

 flattened at the apex. Skin dark violet. Pulp nearly white, or 

 a little tinged with red on the inside, and of pleasant flavour. 



9. VIOLETTE DE BORDEAUX. Thomp. 



Bordeaux. Lind. Dull. 



A fig which is much cultivated in France, being quite pro- 

 ductive, though of inferior flavour to many of the foregoing 

 sorts. Fruit large, pyriform, about three inches long, and two 

 in diameter. Skin deep violet when fully ripe, but at first of a 

 brownish red. Pulp reddish purple, sweet and good. 



Class II. Fruit, White, Green, or Yellow. 



10. ANGELIQUE. Thomp. Lind. Duh. 



Concourelle Blanche 

 Melitte. 



This little fig is a very abundant bearer, and a pretty hardy 

 sort. Fruit small, t.hoyate. Skin pale greenish yellow, dotted 



