48 



THE BRUNSWICK FIG. 



Brunswick. Hort. Soc. Fruit Cat. p. 49. 



Madonna. Miller's Diet. ed. 8, no. 9. Forsyth's Treatise, 



ed. 5. no. 10. 

 Hanover of some Gardens. 



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 unfa- 

 vourable seasons. In an ordinary summer, in the 

 neighbourhood of London, it begins to mature by 

 the beginning of that month. Notwithstanding 

 these qualities, it is not much recommended in 

 works upon gardening, in which it is frequently 

 described as a coarse variety. If by this term is 

 meant that it is unusually large, the epithet coarse 

 is well applied, as it is, perhaps, the largest Purple 

 Fig we have ; but if the expression is intended to 

 refer to its quality, nothing can be more unjust, its 

 flavour being rich and excellent in the extreme. 



Upon the whole, this may be safely taken as the 

 most useful variety that can be selected for a small 



garden. 



The name of Brunswick is retained in preference 

 to that of Madonna, because it is now the better 

 known of the two. 



