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GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. 



Tht Common Blue is rather inferior in flavor to tlie fore- 

 going ; but it is very liardy and productive. Fruit large, 

 oblong, bluish purple ; early, and produces two crops. 



WHITE, YELLOW, OR GREEN 



Round mite, Common White, Lemon Fig. (Figure 

 Blanche Rondo.) — Fruit turbinate, flattened ; stalk short ; 

 skin pale, yellowish green ; flesh white and sweet, not 

 high-flavored. Ripens quite early ; is a good bearer. Its 

 color renders it very valuable for preserves. 



White Genoa ( White Italian). — Fruit large, globular, 

 a little lengthened to the stalk; skin thin, yellowish when 

 ripe ; pulp light red, and of sweet, delicious flavor. If 

 protected, the fruit is the first to ripen. A good bearer 

 here. Indispensable. 



Nerii. — Fruit small, roundish, obovate ; skin light, green- 

 ish yellow ; pulp red, slightly acid, delicate, and rich. Has 

 borne here some years, and is a very nice little fig. 



Pregussatta. — This is really a colored fig; but being 

 omitted in its place, I will describe it here, where it is usu- 

 ally but incorrectly placed. Fruit medium, roundish, flat- 

 tened; skin purplish brown in the shade, dark brown in 

 the sun; pulp deep red, high-flavored, and luscious. 



Alicante. — A very large and delicious purple fig, bear- 

 ing early in the season abundantly, until frost, in the low 

 country, but not suited to this latitude, as it is more ten- 

 der than those described. 



Black Ischia and White IscJiia are said to be good. The 

 above list I know are. The White Marsailles, Gentile, 

 and Yellow Ischia are worthless ; the first from inferior 

 fruit — the others are poor bearers. 



Fragaria (of Species) — Strawberry. 

 The strawberry is a well known small, creeping plant, 

 with perennial roots, and generally ternate leaves. Itu 



