VARIETIES AND CROPS 



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an equal width, and are of the following varieties : 

 Castle Kennedy, Col do Signora Panachee, Cor- 

 delia, Cotignana. Dalmatia. Dauphine, Dorqueira 

 Xegra, Douro, Ford, Genoa, Gentile. Grosso, Mon- 

 streuse de Lipari, Lampeira. Mouissouna, Osborn 

 Prolific, Palopal, Black Portugal. Recousse Noire. 

 Ronde Noire, Rouge de la Frette, Saint Esprit, San 

 Pedro, Tapa Cartin, Vernissenque, Warren, and 

 Zizi Kheda. 



Lipari : the smallest of all edible figs. (Natural size.) 



Although when properly cared for, in the South 

 they bear a continuous crop from July until Octo- 

 ber; under different conditions European, African 

 and Asiatic figs mature intermittently, the first be- 

 ing called brebas, and the second Autumn figs. 

 Crops of capri figs are called, first, profichi; second, 

 mammoni, and third, mamme, or winter figs, which 

 last remaining on the trees all winter like buttons, 

 furnish quarters for blastophagae. 



