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Aulique. See Violette Grosse. 

 Barnissotte. See Black Bourjassotte. 

 Bayswater. See Brunswick. 



BEG DE PEKDEIX.— Fruit, below medium size, pyriform, with 

 longitudinal ribs extending the whole length. Neck, rather long. 

 Stalk, short, about one-eighth of an inch long. Skin, dark purple, 

 dark round the crown, and shades off paler to the stalk, and on the 

 shaded side covered with blue bloom. Flesh, dark rose-coloured, 

 firm, stiff, and syrupy, with a rich sugary flavour. 



Dries well. A Spanish variety. Excellent. 



BELLONA. — Fruit, medium sized, round, and inclining a little to 

 ovate, marked with very prominent and close-set longitudinal ribs, 

 which eytend the whole length of the fruit to the apex. Stalk, very 

 short. Skin, of a deep blue green, and in some instances with a little 

 brown tint upon it, that gives it the appearance of green bronze. Eye, 

 small and partially open. Flesh, deep dark blood colour, very thick 

 and syrupy, vrith a most delicious flavour. 



This is the true BeUona ; there is a false one, which is black. 



BETADA. — ^Fruit, small, roundish, and inclining to oblate. Skin, 

 black, and shading off to a paler colour towards the stalk, where it is 

 greenish, and covered with a thick grey bloom. Stalk, short. Eye, 

 closed and flat. Flesh, pale rose-coloured, thick and syrupy; very 

 rich and excellent. 



BIFEKE DE LA MALMAISON. — Fruit, round, sometimes oblong, 

 and with one side of the apex hanging longer than the other ; not 

 ribbed. Skin, of a pale hazel brovm, covered with a thin grey bloom. 

 Stalk, stout. Eye, closed. Flesh, pale rose-coloured, tender, juicy, 

 and agreeably flavoured, but not rich. 



BLACK BOUEJASSOTTE [Barnissotte; Be Bellegarde ; Precoce 

 Noire). — Fruit, medium sized, roimdish-oblate, with a short neck, and 

 marked with obscure ribs. Skin, quite black, entirely covered with a 

 fine thick blue bloom, and cracks in lines when highly ripened. Stalk, 

 short. Eye, open like an eyelet-hole. Flesh, deep red, thick, stiff, 

 and syrupy ; most deHcious. 



BLACK GENOA {Nigra; Negro d'Espagne ; Noire de Languedoc). — 

 Large, oblong, broad towards the apex, and very slender towards the 

 stalk. Skin, dark purple, almost black, and covered with a thick blue 

 bloom. Flesh, yellowish under the skin, but red towards the interior, 

 juicy, vrith a very sweet and rich flavour. 



Ripe in the end of August. Tree very hardy, and a good bearer. 



This is the large black fig so extensively grown in Languedoc and 

 Provence. 



