FIGS. 75 



Early Purple. See Slack Ischia. 



EAELY VIOLET. Small, roundish. Skin brownish red, 

 covered with blue bloom. Flesh red, and well flavoured. 

 August. Tree hardy, and an abundant bearer ; well 

 adapted for pots and for forcing, when, according to Mr. 

 Kivers, it bears three crops in one season. 



EAJRLY WHITE (Small White; Small Early White}. 

 Fruit roundish-turbinate, somewhat flattened at the apex. 

 Skin thin, pale yellowish white. Flesh white, sweet, but 

 not highly flavoured. August. 



Figue-Poire. See Bordeaux. 

 Fleur Kouge. See Thrown Turkey. 

 Ford's Seedling. See Marseilles. 

 Hanover. See Brunswick. 

 Howick. See Brown Turlcey. 

 Italian. See Brown Turkey. 

 Jerusalem. See Brown Turkey. 

 Large Blue. See Brown Turlcey. 



LARGE WHITE GENOA. Large, roundish-turbinate. 

 Skin thin, of a pale yellowish colour, when fully ripe. 

 Flesh red throughout, and of excellent flavour. End of 

 August. This is a variety of first-rate excellence, but 

 the tree is a bad bearer. 



Large White Turkey. See Brunswick. 



Lee's Perpetual. See Brown Turkey. 



Long Naples. See Brown Turkey. 



Madeleine. See Anyelique. 



Madonna. See Brunsivick. 



MALTA (Small Brown). Small, roundish-turbinate, 

 compressed at the apex. Skin pale brown, when fully 

 ripe. Flesh the same colour as the skin ; very sweet, 

 and well flavoured. End of August. If allowed to hang 

 till it shrivels, it becomes quite a sweetmeat. 



Marseillaise. See Marseilles. 



MARSEILLES (Ford 's Seedling; Pocock's; White Mar- 

 seilles ; White Naples; White Standard; D'Athenes; 

 Blanche; Marseillaise}. Medium sized, roundish-turbi- 

 nate, slightly depressed, and ribbed. Skin yellowish 

 white. Flesh white, very melting and juicy, with a rich, 



