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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ March, 
this purpose, hut I know none better or cheaper in the end, than strong 
canvas. When taken care of it lasts a number of years. I have some 
here that has been used on the average from eight to ten weeks every year 
for the last twenty years. 
Stourton. M. Saul. 
GROSSE VERTE FIG. 
« HIS very excellent Fig is one of the largest, handsomest, and richest- 
flavoured varieties in cultivation. Though not new, it was but 
little known, until last year, when it was fruited at Chiswick, and 
was awarded a First-class Certificate. 
The fruit is large, roundish ovate or obovate, inclining to pyri¬ 
form, slightly ribbed, with a short thick neck, which is sometimes better 
defined than in the accompanying figure. The stalk is stout, about half 
an inch in length. The skin is of a lively green colour, smooth and glossy, 
marked with numerous small round white dots, changing, when ripe, to a 
