HO FIGS. 



SECT. II. Fruit Red or Purple. 



6. BOURDEAUX. Duhamel, t. 2. f. 2. 

 Figue-Poire. Ib. Vol. i. p. 213. 



Violette de Bourdeaux. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 70. 



Fruit pretty long, of a pyramidal figure, rounded at the 

 apex, and a little pinched in towards the stalk, about three 

 inches long, and two inches in diameter. Skin brownish 

 red, becoming deep violet when fully matured, slightly mot- 

 tled with a few greenish specks. Pulp deep red or purple, 

 succulent and sweet. 



This is cultivated throughout France, and produces two 

 crops annually, both of which in a warm season are good, 

 although not possessing very high flavour. 



7. BROWN TURKEY. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 64. 

 Brown Italian. Forsyth, Ed. 7. No. 9. 

 Fruit small and round. Pulp very delicious. 



This and the Black Italian are mentioned by Mr. For- 

 syth, as being cultivated by him in pots, and each possess- 

 ing equal merit. 



8. BRUNSWICK. Pom. Mag. t. 48. 

 Madonna. Miller, 9. 



Hanover. Of some Gardens, according to the Pom. 

 Mag. 



Fruit very large, obovate, fleshy, with an oblique apex. 

 E\je rather depressed. Stalk short and thick. Skin pale 

 green on the shaded side, with a tinge of yellow ; next the 

 sun, dull brownish red, sprinkled with small pale brown 

 specks. Flesh pinkish in the interior, nearly white next the 

 skin, but chiefly semi-transparent reddish brown, extremely 

 rich, sweet, and high flavoured. 



Ripe the beginning and middle of August. 



This is one of the most useful of the hardy figs. In a 

 south-eastern corner, trained against a wall, it ripens by the 

 middle of August, in even unfavourable seasons. In an or- 

 dinary summer, in the neighbourhood of London, it begins 

 to mature by the beginning of that month. It is, perhaps, 

 the largest purple fig we have, and the most useful variety 

 that can be selected for a small garden. 



9. CHESTNUT. Miller, No. 1. 

 Chestnut-coloured Ischia. Ib. 

 Brown Ischia. Ib. 



Fruit of a large size, globular. Eye pretty large, and 



