348 On the Management of Fig Trees in the open air. 



3. Green Ischia - - - ripens the beginning of September. 



4. Murrey, or Brown Naples ripens the middle of September. 



5. Ford's Seedling - - - ripens the end of September. 



6. Black Provence - - ripens the beginning of October. 



7. Yellow Ischia - ripens the middle of October. 



8. Gentile - - ripens the end of October. 



These are all good kinds ; the Murrey, or Brown Naples, 

 will ripen its fruit as a standard in fine summers, as will also 

 the Blue Ischia and Black Genoa, which are not enumerated 

 in the above list, because they are not so certain bearers in all 

 soils. 



The Fig I have named Ford's Seedling, is sometimes called 

 the Pocock Fig, and is, I understand, more properly denomi- 

 nated the White Marseilles Fig. The Black Provence Fig I 

 originally found in the Garden at Bookham Grove, near 

 Leatherhead, then belonging to the Honourable Marmaduke 

 Dawn ay ; it is of an oval shape, having a very dark brown 

 skin, and with dark purple flesh ; the plant grows vigorously, 

 producing large leaves, and is a tolerably free bearer. 



I am, Sir, 

 Your obedient humble Servant, 



Samuel Sawyer, 



Camberwell, 

 January 29th, 1S23. 



