FIGS. 



CHAP. VI. 



FIGS, 

 SECT. I. Fruit blue or black. 



1. BLACK GENOA. Miller, No. 2. 



Fruit long, swelling pretty large at the apex, where 

 it is rather obtuse : the lower part is very slender next the 

 stalk. Skin of a dark purple colour, almost black, 

 covered with a purple bloom. Pulp bright red and 

 highly flavoured. 



Ripe in August. 



2. BLACK ISCHIA. Miller, No. 5. 



Fruit middle-sized, round, a little flattened at the 

 apex. Skin almost black when ripe. Pulp deep red, 

 and very highly flavoured. 



Ripe in August. 



This is a very productive fig ; but the birds are great 

 devourers of it, if the fruit is not protected. 



3. BLACK ITALIAN. Forsyth, Ed. 7. No. 9- 

 Fruit small and round. Pulp very delicious. 



An abundant bearer in pots. Mr. Forsyth, from 

 whom this is taken, says he has gathered from one 

 plant, in a twenty-four pot, two dozen figs at one ga- 

 thering. 



4. LARGE BLUE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 11. 

 Common Blue or Purple. Miller, No. 10. 

 Great Blue. Hanbury. 



Large Purple. Nurs. Catalogues. 



Fruit large, oblong. Skin purple, or dark brown, 

 covered with a thick blue bloom. Pulp deep red, of a 

 very good flavour. 



Ripe in August. 



This is a very hardy sort, and a most excellent bearer. 



