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the young shoots of the present, which is generally the most 
abundant. 
The following are the varieties of this fruit, that are generally 
considered as best worth cultivating, and are placed in the order of 
their ripening. 
1. The brown or chesnut-coloured Ischia Fig. The fruit is very 
large, globular, with a pretty large eye, pinched in near the foot- 
stalk, of a brown or chesnut-colour on the outside, and purple with- 
in; the grains are large, and the pulp sweet and high flavoured. 
2. The black Genoa Fig. This is a long fruit, which swells 
pretty large at the top, the lower part slender; the skin of a dark 
purple colour, almost black, has a purple farina over it, like that on 
some plums; the inside is of a bright red, and the flesh is very 
highly flavoured. . 
3. The small white early Fig. This has a roundish fruit a little 
flatted at the crown, with a short foot-stalk; skin, when ripe, of a 
pale yellowish colour, and thin; the inside white, flesh sweet, but 
not highly flavoured. 
4. 1 he large white Genoa Fig. This is a large globular fruit, a 
little lengthened towards the stalk; skin, thin, of a yellowish colour 
when ripe, and flesh red. 
5. The black Ischia Fig. Fruit short, middle sized, a litted flat- 
ted at the crown; skin, almost black, when ripe; flesh of a deep red, 
and highly flavoured. 
6. The Malta Fig. Fruit small, compressed at the top; greatly 
pinched towards the foot-stalk; skin, a pale brown colour; flesh, the 
same, and very sweet. 
7. The Murrey, or brown Naples Fig. Fruit, large and globu- 
lar, of a light brown colour, with some faint marks of a dirty 
white; flesh, nearly of the same colour, and well flavoured; grains, 
large. 
8. The green Ischia Fig. Fruit, oblong, almost globular at the 
crown; skin, thin, of a green colour, but when fully ripe, it is 
stained through by the pulp, to a brownish cast; flesh, purple, well 
flavoured, and will stain linen or paper. 
9. The Madonna Fig. Fruit, long, pyramidal, and of a large 
size; skin, brown; flesh, a lighter brown, coarse, and of little fla- 
vour. 
10. The common blue, or purple Fig. Fruit, purple, oblong, and 
small; the tree, a great bearer and very hardy. 
11. The long brown Naples Fig. Fruit, long, somewhat compres- 
sed at the crown; foot-stalks, pretty long; skin, of a dark brown, when 
fully ripe; grains, large; flesh, inclined to red, and well flavoured. 
The leaves of this tree are deeply divided. 
12. The yellow Ischia Fig. Fruit, large, of a pyramidal form; 
skin, yellow when ripe; flesh, purple, and well flavoured; leaves, ve- 
ry large, and not much divided. 
13. The small brown Ischia Fig. Fruit, small, of a pyramidal 
form, with a very short foot-stalk; skin, of a light brown; flesh, in- 
clining to purple, of a very high flavour; leaves, less divided than any 
of the other sorts. 
