THE FIQ. 293 



CLASS II. 



FRUIT, WHITE, GREEN, OR YELLOW. 



ANGELIQUE. Thomp. Lind. Duh. 

 Concourelle Blanche. Melitte. 



This little fig is a very abundant bearer, and a pretty hardy 

 sort. Fruit small, obovate. Skin pale greenish yellow, dotted 

 with lighter coloured specks. Pulp white, but only tolerably 

 sweet. It will usually bear two crops. 



LARGE WHITE GENOA. Thomp. Lind. Fors. 



Fruit large, roundish-obovate. Skin thin, pale yellow. Pulp 

 red, and well flavoured. 



MARSEILLES. Thomp. Lind. 



"White MarseiEes. Ford's Seedling. 

 White Naples. White Standard. 



Pocock. Figue Blanche. Duh. 



A very favourite sort for forcing and raising under glass, but 

 which does not succeed so well as the Brown Turkey, and the 

 Ischias, for open culture. Fruit small, roundish-obovate, 

 slightly ribbed. Skin nearly white, with a little yellowish 

 green remaining. Flesh white, rather dry, but sweet and rich. 



NERII. Thomp. Lind. 



A fruit rather smaller and longer than the Marseilles, and 

 which, from a mingling of slight acid, is one of the most exqui- 

 site in its flavour. Fruit small, roundish-obovate. Skin pale 

 greenish yellow. Pulp red. Flavour at once delicate and 

 rich. This is a very favourite variety, according to Loudon, 

 " the richest fig known in Britain." 



PREGUSSATA. Thomp. 



.A sort lately introduced from the Ionian Isles into England. 

 It is tolerably hardy, quite productive, and succeeds admirably 

 under glass. Fruit of medium size, roundish, a good deal flat- 

 tened. Skin purplish brown in the shade, dark brown in the 

 sun. Pulp deep red, with a luscious, high flavour. Seeds un- 

 usually small. Ripens gradually, in succession. 



