FIGS. 



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hardy and an abundant bearer, often giving three crops 

 in one season in the forcing-house. 



Grise Savontine bifere. — Fruit rather small, blunt pyri- 

 form, dark-brown ; flesh dull-red, very rich and sugary. 

 A very fine prolific mid- 

 season variety for pot-cul- 

 ture. 



Grizzly Bourjassotte. — 

 Fruit medium, round or 

 oblate, brown, covered 

 with a very thin bloom ; 

 flesh crimson, thick and 

 syrupy, and of delicious 

 flavour. 



Grosse Monstreuse de 

 Lipari. — Fruit very large, 

 turbinate, broad at the 

 apex, ribbed, pale-brown 

 with darker spots, covered 

 with thick bloom ; flesh 

 dull-red, thick, juicy, and 

 well -flavoured. A large 

 handsome Fig, which 

 grows freely and bears 

 abundantly. 



Monaco Bianco. — Fruit 

 rather large, nearly round 

 with a short stalk, green; 

 flesh thick, very rich, and 

 exquisite flavour. One o 

 the finest mid-season varie- 

 ties ; a constant and heavy 

 bearer. 



Negro Largo (fig. 1018). 

 ribbed, black ; flesh pale-red, with abundant thick rich 

 juice, and forming a delicious sweetmeat when highly 

 ripened. It is of good habit and adapted for pot-culture. 



Pregussata. — Fruit large, turbinate, dark-brown with 

 a purplish tinge, and sprinkled with pale dots; flesh red, 

 very sweet and rich. The tree is a good bearer, and forces 

 well. 



-Fruit large, long pyriform, 



Fig. 1019.— Fig— Verdal de Valentia. 



Panachee. — Fruit medium, roundish-turbinate with a 

 short neck, yellow striped with bright-green ; flesh pink, 

 thick, syrupy, and richly flavoured. A very handsome fruit. 



Fig. 1018.— Fig— Negro Largo. 



Royal Vineyard. — Fruit medium, long pyriform, ribbed, 

 reddish -brown or purple, hairy, with a thick bluish bloom; 

 flesh bright -red, very juicy and melting, richly flavoured. 

 A prolific variety. 



St. Johns (Pingo de 

 Mel). — Fruit large, bluntly 

 pyriform, yellowish- green; 

 flesh whitish, thick, and 

 of moderate flavour. The 

 value of this variety is 

 its great earliness, great 

 cropping qualities, and its 

 never casting its first crop 

 when forced, making it 

 the most reliable Fig for 

 very earl}* forcing. 



Verdal (fig. loi9). — 



— Fruit medium, round, 



ribbed, dark-green, with- 

 out bloom : flesh dark 

 blood-red, firm, sugary, 

 and delicious. 



Viohtte de Bordeaux, — 

 Fruit small, long pyriform, 

 dark-purple : flesh dark- 

 red, thick, and delicious 

 when fully ripe. A very 

 prolific variety. 



White Ischia (Brocket 

 Hall). — Fruit small, roun- 

 dish - obovate, greenish- 

 yellow, skin thin and semi- 

 transparent : flesh purplish-red. exceedingly juicy, sweet, 

 and rich. Being of small growth, a great bearer, and 

 forcing well, is well adapted for pot-culture. 



