SG6 GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. 



Brown ISChia* Fruit medium to large, roundish obo- 



vate ; skin chestnut brown ; 

 flesh purple, sweet, and ex- 

 cellent; leaves broad and 

 five-lobed. 



Small Brown Ischia, 



Fruit small, pyriform, with 

 a short stalk; skin light 

 brown ; flesh inclining to 

 purple, high flavored ; leaves 

 less sinuate than in the other 

 sorts. This and the Brown 

 Turkey are generally con- 

 sidered the hardiest varieties. 



Black Genoa. Leaflets 

 narrow, and the leaf seven- 

 Fig. 94.-BROWN ISCHIA. i o b e a ; fruit large, long, 

 obovate, tapering to the stalk, which is slender ; skin al- 

 most black, glossy, covered with purple bloom ; flesh 

 bright red, of excellent flavor. 

 This continued to bear fruit abund- 

 antly until frost, and like the 

 Brunswick is indispensable. 



Celestial* Fruit quite small, 

 pyriform ; stalk slender ; skin very 

 thin, dark colored, and covered 

 with purple bloom; flesh light 

 red, and of delicious flavor. 



In dry weather the fruit hangs 

 on the tree until it shrivels, im- 

 proving in sweetness and flavor. 

 Trees grow quite large, and are 

 very productive, yielding constant- Fi - 95. CELESTIAL. 

 ly from July to October. Leaves five-lobed. May prove 

 to be the Malta of Downing, and others. Very hardy. 



