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almost certain to produce good crops every year. 

 It is also an eligible sort for potting ; and, when mo- 

 derately forced, bears twice in the year. From its 

 thin and delicate skin it is liable to burst in wet 

 weather, against which it should be guarded in the 

 time of ripening. 



4. Murray, or Brown Naples Fig, — Ripens about 

 the end of August. The fruit are large; shaped 

 somewhat like the last, but not quite so round ; co- 

 lour brown without and within ; pulp, though not so 

 rich as some others, is pleasant and melting. The 

 tree is pretty hardy, and therefore adapted for 

 standards in the open air ; and, trained as a dwarf, 

 will in fine seasons yield well-ripened fruit in the 

 first week of September. The tree is a good bearer, 

 and valuable for the length of time it continues yield- 

 ing fruit either on a wall or otherwise. 



5. Brunswick, Hanover, or Madonna Fig, — Ripe 

 from the middle to the end of August. This variety 

 was introduced in the early days of Miller under the 

 name of Madonna^ which ought never to have been 

 changed ; but, on the accession of George I, it was 

 new named as above. The fruit are large and rather 

 oval, with a short thick stalk inserted in a swollen 

 base. The colour is brownish-white, the pulp par- 

 taking of the same hue. It is a rich and well- 

 flavoui ed fruit ; though voo much extolled by one 

 writer, who deems it sup( rexcellent, and by another 

 high authority depreciated far nelow its real merit. 

 The fact is in this, as in many other matters, the 

 truth lies between." The tree is rather a shy bearer, 



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