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TREATISE ON THE CULTURE AND 



6. The Brown and Black Small Italian Figs are cultivated 

 in pots ; the fruit is small, round and very delicious. I have 

 gathered from one plant, in a twenty-four pot, two dozen of 

 figs at one gathering. 



7. The Malta Fig. This is a small brown fig ; the skin 

 of a pale brown, the inside of the same colour ; the flesh is 

 sweet and high flavoured. It is ripe in August and Septem- 

 ber. 



8. The Murrey, or Brown Naples Fig, is a pretty large 

 fruit of a light brown colour, and the inside nearly of the same 

 colour ; the flesh is well flavoured ; and it ripens about the 

 middle of September. 



9. The Green Ischia Fig is an oblong fruit with a green 

 skin ; but being thin, is stained through of a brownish cast by 

 the pulp when full ripe. The inside is purple, and the flesh 

 high flavoured. It is ripe about the middle of September. 



10. The Madonna Fig, commonly called the Brunswick, 

 or Hanover Fig, is a large pyramidal fruit ; the skin brown, 

 the flesh a lighter brown, coarse, and has but little flavour. It 

 ripens about the middle of September. 



11. The Common Blue or Purple Fig is a large oblong 

 fruit, ripens in August, and is a good bearer. 



12. The Long Brown Naples Fig. The skin of this fruit 

 is of a dark brown when ripe, the flesh inclining to red. It has 

 large grains and a good flavour, and ripens about the beginni ng 

 of October. 



13. The Small Brown Ischia Fig is a small pyramidal 

 fruit ; the skin of a light brown ; the flesh of a purple cast, 

 and of high flavour. It ripens in October. 



14. The Yellow Ischia Fig is a large fruit, the skin yel- 

 low, and the flesh purple and well flavoured. It ripens in Oc- 

 tober. 



15. The Gentile Fig is of a middle size, roundish fruit, 

 the skin yellow, and the flesh inclining to the same colour. 

 It has large grains, and a good flavour ; ripens very late, and 

 the trees are but indiff"erent bearers. 



There are also the following : 



Best Early White, Large Blue, 



Black Provence, Marseilles, 



Cyprian, Milward, 



Ford's Seedling, Small Black Ischia, 



Green Naples, White Ischia, 



Large Black, Yellow Csesar, 



