FIGS. 165 



' " If this sort is permitted to hang upon the tree till the 

 fruit is shrivelled it becomes a fine sweetmeat. 



1 C 2. MINION. Hitt, p. 306. 



Fruit small. Skin brown. Pulp high flavoured. 



Hitt says the tree is always low, and will bear with- 

 out the assistance of a wall. 



13. MURREY. Miller, No. 7. 

 Brown Naples. Ib. 



Round Naples. Hanbury. 



Fruit pretty large, of a globular figure. Skin light 

 brown, with some faint marks of dirty white. Pulp 

 nearly of the same colour as the skin, and of a good fla- 

 vour. Seeds large. 



Ripe the latter end of August. 



14. PREGUSSATA. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 57. 

 Fruit large, oblate. Stalk short and thick. Skin, 



where shaded, purplish brown ; where exposed, of a 

 very dark brown, sprinkled with pale spots. Pulp deep 

 red, remarkably sweet and rich. Seeds unusually small. 



Ripe from August to October. 



This very beautiful and most excellent fig was sent to 

 this country, a few years ago, by Dr. Skey, from the 

 Ionian Isles. 



15. PURPLE GENOA. Hanbury. 



Fruit large, long. Skin dark purple, when perfectly 

 ripe. Pulp extremely sweet and luscious. 



16. SMALL BROWN ISCHIA, Miller, No. 13. 

 Fruit small, of a pyramidal figure, with a very short 



foot-stalk. Skin light brown. Pulp inclining to 

 purple, of a very high flavour. 



Ripe late in September. 



The leaves of this tree are less divided than any of the 

 other sorts. 



17. VIOLETTE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 67. 

 Figue Violette. Duhamel, No. 3. t. 2. f. 1. 



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