New Principles of Gardeuing. 
long, and Colour a brownih Purple, and withal an excellent 
Bearer, when in a warm Expofure. 
The other Kind of Brown-Purple Figs, are called Vernifingue 
it is an excellent good Fruit, of a brownifh Purple Colour, and 
delights ina warm Expofition. 
Laftly, Violet Figs, of which there is /rx Sorts: 
As, «ft, The long Violet Fig, called by the French Figue 
Violette longue, Figue Pore, Pear Fig, and by fome Figue de 
Bourdeaux, the Bourdeaux Fig: ’Tis a very large Fruit, a great 
Bearer, ripe in September, when no other Fig is in Seafon; ’tis 
very full of large Seeds, and its Pulp fomewhat dry. | 
adly, The flat Violet Fig,called by the French Figue Violette 
Jat: *Tis a plentiful Bearer in the Autumn, but not in the 
Spring; of a middling Size, a fine delicious melting Tafie, and 
indeed is one of the very beft Sort of /zgs. 
3dly, The Bourzageotte Fig, ripe in September, of a light Vio- 
Jet Colour, a very large Fruit, a plentiful Bearer in the 4utummn, 
but not at Mzd/ummer ; and withal an excellent good Fruit. 
4thly, The Mel/inga Fig, called by the French Figue de Melingue, 
an excellent delicious Fruit, of a Vzo/et Colour without, and Red 
within; its Form is long and thin, and when near ripe, is fub- 
je& to drop its Fruit: It loves a very warm Expofure, and will 
not admit of any pruning for many Years after planting. 
sthly, The Dwarf Fig, called by the French Figuier Nain: 
The Buds of this Tree are very clofe fet, and its Shoots fhort; 
its Fruitis large, and of a Violet Colour without, and Red with- 
in; ’tisa plentiful Bearer, and avery good Fruit. 
6thly, The Burgeotte Fig, an excellent Fruit in Tafte, /arge 
and flat in Shape, of a Violet Colour without, and Red within, 
and a very good Bearer in Autumn. 
Laftly, The fmall Mignionne Fig, called by the Freneh Pe- 
tite Figue Mignionne : \ts Fruit is of a brownib Blew without, 
and very Red within, but {mall, being not much larger than 
the Carnation Cherry, and is a very good Bearer. a 
N. B. If Figs are planted in Tubes, as Oranges are, and in 
the Winter fhelter’d in a Green-Hou/fe from the Cold, Sc. they 
- will oftentimes produce Figs 1ipe in May. aie 
N. B. That when any Kind of Fig at its Ripening, is obfer- 
ved to have a Drop hanging at its And, ’tis then in great 
Perfection, and fhould be immediately gather'd. 
L,3 N. B 
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