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GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. 



The following additional varieties have also been found 

 to bo especially desirable figs: Green Ischia (White 

 Ischia or White Italian), Black Ischia. 



Marketing. — The usual method of shipping the fig is 



Fig. 195— Lemon Fig. 



in the dried form, packed in small fig boxes. The plan 

 for drying is given above. 



GOOSEBERRY.— (Ttibes oxyacanthoides.) 



The Gooseberry, like the Currant, is a native of Europe. 

 Green, it is used for pies, tarts, and puddings; ripe, it is 

 a very agreeable dessert fruit. It is more impatient of 



