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accentuated. The stalks are a lot shorter. 



The biggest fruits are twenty to twenty-four lignes high & eighteen to twenty 

 Hgnes in diameter. They often have an elliptical cross-section, three or four lignes shorter 

 in one direction than in the other. Their shape is about the same as that of the white fig 

 n°.l, but a little more elongated. The skin is yellow and variegated with long whitish 

 green spots. The pulp beneath the skin is reddish or tan. The flesh is white, but the seeds 

 & the flesh covering them are lightly tinged with red. 



This fig tree yields little fruit in the initial season, but it produces it plentifully in 

 the autumn, when they ripen quite well & are extremely good. 



III. Cultivated FIG TREE, with small, round, purple fruit, red inside. 

 Purple FIG. (PL II. Fig. I.). 



The leaves of this fig tree are much smaller than those of fig tree n°.l & are very 

 deeply indented into five lobes, some of which often have smaller notches or deep 

 indentations. The lobes have very pronounced crenations on their margins. The leaves are 

 five to six inches long & are almost the same in width. They're held on stalks of average 

 thickness that are only two or three inches long. 



The fruits are quite rounded at their diameter, eighteen to twenty lignes, and 

 they're almost the same in height. They're about the same shape as the white fig. When 

 they've grown to full size, the small ridges or prominent lines that run lengthwise 

 disappear & vanish almost completely. The skin is a deep purple. The pulp underneath 

 the skin is white or tinged a very light red. The flesh & the 



