FIGS. 113 



Fruit oblong, somewhat globular at the apex. Skin very 

 thin, green ; but when fully ripe, it is stained through by the 

 pulp to a brownish cast : the inside is purple, and will stain 

 linen or paper. -Pulp high flavoured, especially in warm 

 seasons. 



Ripe towards the end of August. 



21. LARGE WHITE. Hanbury. 



Fruit large, oblong, with a short foot-stalk. Skin white 

 and thin. Pulp white, but often more or less tinged with 

 purple, sweet and rich. 



Ripe in August. 



22. LARGE WHITE GENOA. Miller, No. 4. Forsyth, 

 Ed. 3. No. 4. i 



Fruit large, globular, a little legthened towards the stalk. 

 Skin thin, of a yellowish colour when fully ripe. Pulp red, 

 of a good flavour. 



Ripe about the end of August. 



Mr. Forsyth says this bears two crops annually. 



23. MARSEILLES. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 48. 

 White Marseilles. Ib. 



Pocock. Ib. 



Figue Blanche. Duhamel, Vol. i. p. 210. t. 1. 



Fruit small, about two inches in diameter, and nearly the 

 same in height, slightly ribbed, somewhat turbinate, and 

 flattened at the apex. Skin pale green, becoming yellow- 

 ish white when highly ripened. Flesh white, dry, sweet, 

 and rich. 



Ripe in August. 



The Marseilles Fig has been for many years cultivated 

 by Mr. Knight at Downton Castle ; and he informs me that 

 it succeeds well in the highest temperature of a pine stove. 



24. NERII. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 55. 



Fruit rather less than the Marseilles, and more long in 

 shape. Skin pale greenish yellow. Pulp similar in co- 

 lour to that of a pomegranate. 



It is much the richest of its species ; and there is in its 

 juice a slight degree of very delicate acid, which renders it 

 peculiarly agreeable to most palates. The Nerii Fig is also 

 cultivated by Mr. Knight at Downton Castle, who has been 

 so obliging as to furnish me with the above description, da- 

 ted Sept. 23, 1830. He says, " It offers fruit very abun- 

 dantly ; but the whole falls off alike in the stove and in the 

 open air ; and it succeeds only in low temperature, under 

 glass. I have obtained it in high perfection, by bringing the 



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