168 FIGS. 



juice a slight degree of very delicate acid, which renders 

 it peculiarly agreeable to most palates. The Nerii Fig 

 is also cultivated by Mr. Knight at Downton Castle, who 

 has been so obliging as to furnish me with the above 

 description, dated Sept. 23. 1830. He says, " It offers 

 fruit very abundantly ; but the whole falls off alike in 

 the stove and in the open air ; and it succeeds only in 

 low temperature, under glass. I have obtained it, in 

 high perfection, by bringing the fruit forward, till it was 

 about one third grown, in the stove, and then removing 

 the pots in which the plants grew to a conservatory." 



25. SMALL EARLY WHITE. Langley, t. 52. 

 Early White. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 23. 

 Small White. Hanbury. 



Small White Early. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 3. 



Fruit somewhat round, a little flattened at the apex, 

 with a very short foot-stalk. Skin thin 5 when fully 

 ripe, of a pale yellowish white colour. Pulp white, sweet, 

 but not high flavoured. 



Ripe in August. 



Mr. Forsyth says this sort produces two crops an- 

 nually. It scarcely differs from the Marseilles. 



26. SMALL GREEN. Nursery Catalogues. 

 Little Green. Hanbury. 



Green Red within. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 32, 

 Fruit small. Skin green and thin. Pulp red and 



excellent. 



The tree is a low grower, hardy, and a very good 



bearer. 



27. YELLOW ISCHIA. Miller, No. 12. 

 Cyprus. Ib. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 42. 



Fruit large, of a pyramidal form. Skin yellow when 

 fully ripe. Pulp purple, and well flavoured. The leaves 

 are large, and not much divided. 



Ripe in September. 



