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bloom, which gives it a rery handsome appearance, and cracking in 

 white Unas when ripe. Eye, closed. Stalk, short. Flesh, deep rose- 

 coloured ; tender, juicy, and very sweet, but not so rich and sugary. 



This is like Black Bourjassotte, but is extremely early, it being quite 

 past when the others are ripening. 



Noire de Languedoc. See Black Qeiwa. 



CEIL DE PEEDRIX.— Fruit, small and oblate, with an oblique 

 axis. Skin, very dark chestnut or mahogany, covered with a thin 

 bloom, but where shaded and round the stalk it is green. Stalk, very 

 short. Flesh, a sort of coppery colour, with a tinge of rose or salmon 

 in it ; juicy, tender, and sweet. 



A good little fig. 



PANACHEE {Col di Signora Panachee; Col di Signora Bianca 

 Panachee). — Fruit, above medium size, roundish turbinate, even, 

 regularly formed, and handsome in appearance. Neck, short. Skin, 

 straw yellow, beautifully striped with longitudinal bands of bright, 

 lively green, some of which are broad and some narrow. Eye, closed, 

 and with a narrow iris round it. Stalk, about a quarter of an inch 

 long. Flesh, bright rose colour throughout, with a thick rim of white 

 skin as a margin to it. 



Similar in every respect to Col di Signora Bianca, except in the 

 variegation of the skin and the shorter neck. It is equally as richly 

 flavoured. 



PEAU DURE {Peldure; Verte Brune). — Fruit, medium sized, 

 pyriform, with a short neck, and generally with one side of the crown 

 hanging lower than the other ; and marked with numerous longitudinal 

 ribs, running from the stalk to the apex. Skin, green, with a brownish 

 tinge, becoming gradually a dingy white as it dries. Flesh, bright 

 rose-coloured throughout, becoming darker. Very rich and excellent. 



An admirable variety for drying. 



Peldure. See Peaii, Dure. 



Petaluse. See Angelique. 



Petite Aubique. See Bordeaux, 



PIED DE BCEUF. — ^Fruit, large, obtuse, pyriform, or long obovate, 

 marked with numerous distinct ribs on its side. Skin, of a clear 

 mahogany brown or reddish purple where fully exposed to the sun, and 

 greenish where shaded. Flesh, pale and opaline, with the faintest 

 stain of flesh colour round some of the seeds ; not at all richly 

 flavoured. 



A large but rather coarse fig. 



Pocock's. See White Marseilles. 



POULETTE. — Fruit, above medium size, and handsome ; obscurely 

 ribbed, and with somewhat of a neck. Skin, green mixed, and with a 



