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the young shoots of the present, which is generally the most 

 abundant. 



The following are the varieties of this fruit, that are generally- 

 considered as best worth cultivating, and are placed in the order of 

 their ripening. 



1. The brown or Chesnut-coloured Ischia Fig. The fruit is very 

 large, globular, with a pretty large eye, pinched in near the foot- 

 stalk, of a brown or chesnut-colour on the outside, and purple 

 within ; the grains are large, and the pulp sweet and high-flavoured. 



2. The black Genoa Fig. This is a long fruit, which swells 

 pretty large at the top, the lower part slender ; the skin of a dark 

 purple colour, almost black, has a purple farina over it, like that on 

 some plums ; the inside is of a bright red, and the flesh is ver j 

 highly flavoured. 



3. The small white early Fig. This has a roundish fruit a little 

 Ratted at the crown, with a short foot-stalk ; skin, when ripe, of a 

 pale yellowish colour, and thin ; the inside white, flesh sweet, but 

 not high flavoured. 



4. The large white Genoa Fig. This is a large globular fruit, a 

 little lengthened towards the stalk ; skin, thin, of a yellowish colour 

 when ripe, and flesh red. 



5. The black Ischia Fig. Fruit short, middle sized, a little flat- 

 ted at the crown ; skin, almost black, when ripe ; flesh, of a deep 

 red, and highly flavoured. 



6. The Malta Fig. Fruit small, compressed at the top, great- 

 ly pinched towards the foot-stalk ; skin, a pale brown colour ; flesh, 

 the same, and very sweet. 



7. The Murrey, or brown Naples Fig. Fruit, large and globu- 

 lar, of a light brown colour, with some faint marks of a dirty 

 white ; flesh, nearly of the same colour, and well flavoured ; grains, 

 large. 



8. The green Ischia Fig. Fruit, oblong, almost globular at the 

 crown ; skin, thin, of a green colour, but, when fully ripe, it is 

 stained through by the pulp, to a brownish cast ; flesh, purple, 

 well flavoured, and will stain linen or paper. 



9. The Madonna Fig. Fruit, long, pyramidal, and of a large 

 size ; skin, brown ; flesh, a lighter brown, coarse, and of little 

 flavour. 



10. The common blue, or purple Fig. Fruit, purple, oblong, 

 and small ; the tree, a great bearer and very hardy. 



1 1 . The long brown Naples Fig. Fruit, long, somewhat com- 

 pressed at the crown ; foot-stalks, pretty long ; skin, of a dark 

 brown, when fully ripe ; grains, large ; flesh, inclined to red, and 

 well flavoured. The leaves of this tree are deeply divided. 



12. The yellow Ischia Fig. Fruit, large, of a pyramidal form ; 

 skin, yellow when ripe; flesh, purple, and well flavoured ; leaves, 

 very large, and not much divided. 



13. The small brown Ischia Fig. Fruit, small, of a pyramidal 

 form, with a very short foot- stalk ; skins of a light brown ; flesh, 

 inclining to purple, of a very high flavour ; leaves, less divided 

 than any of the other sorts. 



