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Italian. See Brown Turkey. 



JEEUSALEM. — Fruit, roundish. Skin, quite black, with a reddish 

 mahogany colour towards the stalk, covered with a fine blue bloom. 

 Eye, quite closed. Stalk, stout and short. Flesh, very dark blood 

 colour ; rich, sugary, and finely flavoured. It has a fine briskness in 

 its flavour. 



The tree is a very bad bearer. 



Xarge Blue. See Brown Turkey. 

 Large White Genoa. See White Marseilles. 

 Large White Turke3^ See Brunswick. 

 Lee's Perpetual. See Brown Turkey. 

 Long Naples. See Brown Turkey. 



LUCREZIA. — Fruit, medium sized, round, inclining to turbinate. 

 Skin, thick, pale dull dingy white, covered with a thick grey bloom. 

 Stalk, very short. Flesli, very dark blood red, or mulberry colour, of 

 a firm consistency, and sugary, with a very rich flavour. 



This is a most delicious fig. 



Madeleine. See Angelique. 

 Madonna. See Brunswick. 



MALTA (Small Brown). — Small, roundish turbinate, compressed at 

 the apex. Skin, pale brown when fully ripe. Flesh, the same colour 

 as the skin ; very sweet and well flavoured. End of August. If 

 allowed to hang till it shrivels, it becomes quite a sweetmeat. 



MARSEILLAISE. — Fruit, small, roundish, or turbinate, with in- 

 distinct ribs at the stalk. Skin, yellow or greenish yellow, without 

 any bloom, and cracks in lines when quite ripe. Flesh, distinctly 

 rose-coloured in the dentre, opaline towards the stalk ; tender, juicy, 

 and sweet, but not richly flavoured. 



This is quite distinct from our White Marseilles, which is called 

 Figue de Naples by the French. 



MARTINIQUE. — Fruit, below medium size, round, and with a 

 short neck, distinctly and prominently ribbed. Skin, quite a deep 

 black purple, pretty thick, and covered with blue bloom. Eye, like 

 an eyelet-hole. Stalk, very short. Flesh, very dark, thick, stiff, and 

 syrupy. 



A delicious fig. 



MONACO BIANCO. — Fruit, above medium size, round, and flat- 

 tened with somewhat of a neck, but very little, and with obscure ribs. 

 Skin, green, becoming yellowish green when ripe, and with a very thin 

 bloom. Eye, large. Stalk, very short. Flesh, dark red, juicy, 

 brisk, and well flavoured, but not richly so. 



Rather a coarse fig. It cracks and opens much at the eye. The 



