212 THE FIG. 



with lighter coloured specks. Pulp white, but only tolerably 

 sweet. It will usually bear two crops. 



11. LARGE WHITE GENOA. Thomp. Lind. Fors. 



Fruit large, roundish-obovate. Skin thin, pale yellow. Pulp 

 red, and well flavoured. 



12. MARSEILLES. Thomp. Lind. 



White Marseilles. 

 White Naples. 

 Pocock. 



Ford's Seedling. 

 White Standard. 

 Figue Blanche. Duh. 



A very favourite sort for forcing and raising under glass, but 

 which does not succeed so well as the Brown Turkey, and the 

 Ischias, for open culture. Fruit small, roundish-obovate, 

 slightly ribbed. Skin nearly white, with a little yellowish 

 green remaining. Flesh white, rather dry, but sweet and rich. 



13. NERII. Thomp. Lind. 



A fruit rather smaller and longer than the Marseilles, and 

 which, from a mingling of slight acid, is one of the most exqui- 

 site in its flavour. Fruit small, roundish-obovate. Skin pale 

 greenish yellow. Pulp red. Flavour at once delicate and 

 rich. This is a very favourite variety, according to Loudon, 

 " the richest fig known in Britain." 



14. PREGUSSATA. Thomp. 



A sort lately introduced from the Ionian Isles into England. 

 It is tolerably hardy, quite productive, and succeeds admirably 

 under glass. Fruit of medium size, roundish, a good deal flat- 

 tened. Skin purplish brown in the shade, dark brown in the 

 sun. Pulp deep red, with a luscious, high flavour. Seeds un- 

 usually small. Ripens gradually, in succession. 



15. WHITE ISCHIA. Thomp. 

 Green Ischia. Lind. Fors. 



A very small fig, but one of the hardiest of the light coloured 

 ones. Fruit about an inch in diameter, roundish-obovate. Skin 

 pale yellowish green, very thin, and, when fully ripe, the darker 

 coloured pulp appears through it. Pulp purplish, and high fla- 

 voured. A moderate grower, and good bearer. 



