FIGS. 167 



very thin, green ; but when fully ripe, it is stained 

 through by the pulp to a brownish cast : the inside is 

 purple, and will stain linen or paper. Pulp high fla- 

 voured, especially in warm seasons. 



Ripe towards the end of August. 



21. LARGE WHITE. Hanbury. 



Fruit large, oblong, with a short foot-stalk. Skin 

 white and thin. Pulp white, but often more or less 

 tinged with purple, sweet and rich. 



Ripe in August. 



'22. LARGE WHITE GENOA. Miller, No. 4. For- 

 syth, Ed. 3. No. 4. 



Fruit large, globular, a little lengthened towards the 

 stalk. Skin thin, of a yellowish colour when fully ripe. 

 Pulp red, of a good flavour. 



Ripe about the end of August* 



Mr. Forsyth says this bears two crops annually. 



23. MARSEILLES. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 48. 

 White Marseilles. Ib. 



Pocock. Ib. 



Figue Blanche. Duhamel, Vol. i. p. 210. t. 1. 



Fruit small, about two inches in diameter, and nearly 

 the same in height, slightly ribbed, somewhat turbinate, 

 and flattened at the apex. Skin pale green, becoming 

 yellowish white when highly ripened. Flesh white, 

 dry, sweet, and rich. 



Ripe in August. 



The Marseilles Fig has been for many years cultivated 

 by Mr. Knight at Downton Castle ; and he informs me 

 that it succeeds well in the highest temperature of a 

 pine stove. 



24. NERII. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 55. 



Fruit rather less than the Marseilles, and more long 

 in shape. Skin pale greenish yellow. Pulp similar in 

 colour to that of a pomegranate. 



It is much the richest of its species j and there is in its 

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