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Auguft ; and, if planted againft a hot-wall, two crops may be 

 obtained annually. 



2. The Black Genoa Fig is a long fruit of a dark purple 

 colour, the in fide being of a bright red, and the flefh very 

 high-flavoured. It ripens in the latter end of Auguft. 



3. The Small White Early Fig. The fkin of this fruit is 

 of a pale yellow when ripe : the flefh is white and fweet. It 

 is ripe about the latter end of Auguft, or beginning of Sep- 

 tember. 



4. The Large White Genoa Fig. This is a large fruit, 

 the fkin is thin and yellow when ripe, and red within. It 

 is a good fruit, and is ripe about the latter end of Auguft. 

 This and the preceding bear two crops annually. 



5. The Black Ifchia Fig is a middle-fized fruit ; the fkin is 

 almoft black when ripe, and the infide of a deep red. The- 

 fieih is high-flavoured, and the trees good bearers. 



6. The Brown and Black fmall Italian Figs are cultivated 

 in pots ; the fruit is fmall, round, and very delicious. 1 have 

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

 Figs at one gathering. 



7. The Malta Fig. This is a fmall brown Fig ; the fkin of 

 a pale brown, the infide of the fame colour ; the flelh is fweet 

 and high-flavoured. It is ripe in Auguft and September. 



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

 fruit of a light brown colour, and the infide nearly of the 

 fame colour ; the flefh is well-flavoured ; and it ripens about 

 the middle of September. 



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

 fkin ; but, being thin, is ftained through of a brownifh caft 

 by the pulp when full ripe. The infide is purple, and the 



flefh 



