Figs, Quinces and Pomegranates. 
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Figs. 
Figs do well almost everywhere in Florida and many other Southern states. They require but little 
cultivation, and this should always be shal¬ 
low, as the roots run very near the surface. 
No family in the South should be without 
at least a few trees of this delicious fruit. 
Black Ischia. Medium ; blue black ; 
very good. 
Blue Genoa. Medium ; bluish black. 
Brown Turkey. Medium ; brown ; very 
sweet and excellent ; prolific ; one of the 
best sorts. 
Brunswick. Very large ; color violet ; 
quality excellent ; very reliable. Dears 
young, often fruiting in the nursery rows, 
and is very productive. One of the best 
known and most popular varieties. 
Celestial. Medium to small, very sweet, 
and of the best quality ; color pale violet; 
a vigorous grower and productive ; one of 
the hardiest sorts, and is more reliable 
further North than the others. 
Green Ischia. Green, with crimson 
pulp ; very good and prolific. 
Lemon. Medium to large, yellow, sweet; 
a profuse and early bearer ; very desirable ; 
trees of this variety have been known to 
yield from 10 to 12 bushels annually for 
many years in succession. 
Quinces. 
This well known fruit is produced, with 
a considerable degree of success in many 
localities in the Lower South. The Chinese 
Quince flourishes farther South and on 
lighter soils than other varieties, while its enormous fruit constitutes one of the curiosities of horticulture. 
Lemon Fig. 
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Angers. Large, pear-shaped ; a strong, rapid grow¬ 
ing sort. 
Champion. A new variety, highly recommended > 
fruit large and fine; a heavy bearer. 
Chinese. Oblong, of extraordinary size, often weigh¬ 
ing over two pounds ; flesh tender ; one of the best. 
Champion Quince. 
Pomegranates. 
The Pomegranate is quite hardy throughout the Gulf 
states ; it is a large shrub or small tree, very graceful in 
form and foliage, producing a profusion of strikingly 
brilliant and lovely scarlet flowers ; it bears young, is 
prolific, and the fruit possesses a fresh crispness, delicacy 
and sprightliness of flavor much esteemed by all who 
know it. It should be more generally planted. 
Purple=Seeded. Large ; rind thin ; juice cells sur¬ 
rounding the seeds (the edible portion of the fruit) dark 
ruby or wine color ; sprightly, vinous, and of the best 
quality ; superior to any other variety in cultivation, so 
far as we know. 
