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CHAPTER VI. 



FIGS. 



SECT. I. Fruit Blue or Black. 



1. BLACK GENOA. Miller^ No. 2. 



Fruit long, swelling pretty large at the apex, where it is 

 rather obtuse : the lower part is very slender next the stalk. 

 Skin of a dark purple colour, almost black, covered with a 

 purple bloom. Pulp bright red and highly flavoured. 



Ripe in August. 



2. BLACK ISCHIA. Miller, No. 5. 



Fruit middle-sized, round, a little flattened at the apex. 

 Skin almost black when ripe. Pulp deep red, and very 

 highly flavoured. 



Ripe in August. 



This is a very productive fig ; but the birds are great de- 

 vourers of it, if the fruit is not protected. 



3. BLACK ITALIAN. Forsyth, Ed. 7. $"0. 9. 

 Fruit small and round. Pulp very delicious. 



An abundant bearer in pots. Mr.. Forsyth, from whom 

 this is taken, says he has gathered from one plant, in a 

 twenty-four pot, two dozen figs at one gathering. 



4. LARGE BLUE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 11. 

 Common Blue or Purple. J\f7/er, No. 10, 

 Great Blue. Hanbury. 



Large Purple. Nurs. Catalogues. 



Fruit large, oblong. Skin purple, or dark brown, cover- 

 ed with a thick blue bloom. Pulp deep red, of a very good 

 flavour. 



Ripe in August. 



This is a very hardy sort, and a most excellent bearer. 



5. SMALL BLUE. Hort. Soc. Cat. 12. 

 Little Blue. Hanbury. 



Fruit below the middle size, with a short footstalk. Skin 

 blue, thin. Pulp red, of very good flavour. 

 Ripe in August. 



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