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CHAPTER IX. 



OF FIGS. 



Different Sorts described. — Of Raising t Pruning^ Trainings and 

 Sheltering Fig-Trees. 



Ihe Fig has been cultivated in England ever 

 since the year 1548. Turner^ s Names of Her be Sy 

 Sign, Dij, Some of the oldest that we know of in 

 this kingdom are in the Archbishop of Canter- 

 bury's gardens at Lambeth. 



This genus of plants is arranged in the third 

 order of Linnaeus's twenty-third class, entitled 

 Polygamia Dioecia, and is named Ficus Cariccu 



The Jbllovoing are the Soi'ts best xvorth cultivating in this 



Country. 



1. Brown Chesnut-coloured Ischia. This is 

 one of the largest that we have : it is of a brown 

 or chesnut colour on the outside, and purple within; 

 the grains are large, and the pulp sweet and high- 

 flavoured. It ripens in August 5 and if planted 

 against a hot wall, two crops may be obtained 

 annually. 



^. Black Genoa Fig. This is a long fruit of a 

 dark-purple colour, the inside being of a bright 

 red, and the flesh very high-flavoured. It ripens 

 in the latter end of August. 



