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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. JWiller, 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. No. 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. JVliller, No. 10. 

 Great Blue. Hanhury. 



Large Purple. JVurs. 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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