THE FIG. 



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skin pale green, tinged with yellow in tlie shade ; dull, 

 brownish red in the sun, sprinkled with pale brown specks , 

 flesh reddish brown, pinkish at the centre, semi-transpa- 

 rent, rich, sweet, and high-flavored. If I have the true 

 variety, the leaves are deeply cut, and generally seven- 

 lobed. Wood of strong growth ; very hardy; indispensable. 



Brown Twrlzty. — Fruit large, oblong or pyriform; skin 

 dark brown, covered with a thick blue bloom ; flesh red 

 and delicious ; said to be very hardy and prolific. May 

 be our common blue variety. My tree, procured under 

 this name, proves to be the Brunswick. 



Brown Ischia — Fruit medium or large, roundish, obovate; 

 skin chestnut brown ; flesh purple, sweet and excellent ; 

 five lobed, leaves broad. 



Small Brown Ischia. — Fruit small, pyriform, with a short 

 footstalk ; skin light brown ; flesh inclining to purple ; high- 

 flavored; leaves less divided than the other sorts. This 

 and the Brown Turkey are generally considered the 

 hardiest varieties. 



Black Genoa. — Fruit large, long, obovate, tapering to 

 the stalk, which is slender ; skin almost black, glossy, 

 covered with purple bloom ; pulp bright red, of excellent 

 flavor. Continuing to bear fruit abundantly until frost. 

 Leaflets narrow, and leaf seven-lob ed like the Brunswick. 

 Indispensable. 



Celestial. — Fruit quite small, pyriform ; stalk slender ; 

 skin very thin, dark-colored, covered with purple bloom ; 

 pulp light red, and of very delicious flavor. In dry weather, 

 it hangs on the tree until it shrivels, improving in sweet- 

 ness and flavor. Trees grow quite large, and are very 

 productive, yielding constantly from July to October. 

 Leaves five-lobed. May prove the Malta of Downing and 

 others. As hardy as any variety cultivated, and probably 

 the best. 



