SYNOPSIS OF FIGS.

I. FRUIT ROUND, ROUNDISH, OB TURBINATE.

§ Skin dark. Flesh red.

Black Bourjassotte Black Genoa Black Ischia Brown Ischia

Early Violet

Malta

Pregussats

§§ Skin pale. * Flesh red.

Large White Genoa

Savantine

White Bourjassotte

White Ischia Yellow Ischia

** Flesh white.

Angelique Early White

Marseilles Raby Castle

II. FRUIT LONG, PYRIFORM, OR OBOVATE.

§ Skin dark. Flesh red.

Black Provence Bordeaux Brown Turkey

Brunswick Peau dure Violette Grosse

Angelique (Melitte; Madeleine; Coucourelle Blanche). - Below medium size, about two inches long and an inch and three quarters broad; obovate. Skin Yellow, dotted with long greenish-white specks. Flesh white under the skin, but tinged with red towards the centre. When well ripened, the fruit is of good quality, and perfumed. It requires artificial heat to bring it to perfection, and forces well.

Ashridge Forcing. See 'Brown Turkey.

D'Athenes. See Marseilles.

Aubique Violette. See Bordeaux.

Aubiquon. See Bordeaux.

Aulique. See Violette Grrosse.

Barnissotte. See Black Bourjassotte.

Bayswater. See Brunswick.

De Bellegarde. See Black Bourjassotte.

Black BouRjassotte (Precoce Noire; Barnissotte; De Bellegarde). - Large, roundish. Skin dark purple. Flesh red at the centre, and of good quality; but requires heat to bring it to perfection. September. Tree an abundant bearer.

Black Genoa (Nigra; Negro d'Espagne; Noire de Languedoc). - Large, oblong, broad towards the apex, and very slender towards the stalk. Skin dark purple, almost black, and covered with a thick blue bloom. Flesh yellowish under the skin, but red towards the interior, juicy, with a very sweet and rich flavour. End of August. Tree very hardy, and a good bearer.

Black Ischia (Blue Ischia; Early Forcing; Monde Noire; Nero). - Medium sized, turbinate, flat at the top. Skin deep purple, almost black when ripe. Flesh deep red, sweet, and luscious. Tree hardy, and an excellent bearer; succeeds well in pots. August.

Black Marseilles. See Black Provence.

Black Naples. See Brunswick.

Black Provence (Black Marseilles). - -Below medium size, oblong. Skin dark brown. Flesh red, tender, very juicy, and richly flavoured. Tree bears abundantly, and is well adapted for forcing.

Blanche. See Marseilles.

Blue. See Brown Turkey.

Blue Burgundy. See Brown Turkey,

Blue Ischia. See Black Ischia.

Bordeaux (Violette; Violette Longue; Violette de Bordeaux; Aubiquon; Aubique Violette; Petite Aubique; Figue-Poire). - Large, pear-shaped, rounded at the head, and tapering, to a small point at the stalk. Skin deep violet, strewed with long green specks. Flesh red, sweet. and well flavoured. Only a second-rate variety) and the tree is so tender, that it is apt to be cut down, even to the ground, by severe frosts.

Bourjassotte Blanche. See White Bourjassotte.

Bourjassotte Noire. See Black Bourjassotte.

Brocket Hall. See White Ischia.

Brown Hamburgh. See Brunswick,

Brown Ischia (Chestnut-coloured Ischia). - Medium sized; roundish-turbinate. Skin light brown, or chestnut coloured. Eye very large. Flesh purple, sweet; and high-flavoured. Fruit apt to burst by too much wet. This is one of the best of figs, ripening in the beginning and middle of August. Tree an excellent bearer, pretty hardy; and hears as a standard in favourable situations. It forces well.

Brown Italian: See Brown Turkey.

Brown Naples. See Brown Turkey.

BROWN Turkey (Ashridge Forcing; Blue; Cowman Blue; Blue Burgundy; Brown Italian; Brown Naples Long. Naples; Early.; Howick; Italian; Jerusalem; Barge Blue; Lee's Perpetual) Murrey; Purple; Small Blue; Fleur Rouge; Walton). - Large and pyriforms Skin brownish red, covered with blue bloom. Flesh red and very luscious. Tree very prolific, hardy, and one of the best for out-door culture, as a standard: August and September.

Brunswick (Bayswater; Black Naples; Brown Hamburgh; Clementine; Hanover; Madonna; Large White Turkey; Rose Blanche; Rose Beyronne; Peronne; Rose; Red). - Very large and pyriform, oblique at the apex, which is very much depressed. Skin greenish yellow in the shade; violet brown on the other side. Flesh yellow under the skin, tinged with red towards the centre. Very rich and excellent. Middle of August. The tree is. very hardy and an excellent bearer, and certainly the best for out-door cultivation against walls.

Chestnut-coloured Ischia. See Brown Ischia,

Clementine. See Brunswick.

Common Purple. See Brown Turkey.

Cyprus See Yellow Ischia,

Early See Brown Turkey

Early Purple. See Black Ischia.

Early Violet: - Small, roundish. Skin brownish red, covered with blue bloom. Flesh red, and well flavoured. August. Tree hardy, and an abundant bearer; well adapted for pots and for forcing, when, according to Mr. Rivers, it bears three crops in one season.

Early White (Small White; Small Early White).-Fruit roundish-turbinate, somewhat flattened at the apes. Skin thin, pale yellowish white. Flesh white, sweet, but not highly flavoured. August.

Figue-Poire. See Bordeaux.

Fleur Rouge. See Brown Turkey.

Ford's Seedling. See Marseilles.

Hanover. See Brunswick.

Howick. See Brown Turkey.

Italian. See Brown Turkey.

Jerusalem. See Brown Turkey.

Large Blue. See Brown Turkey.

Large White Genoa. - Large, roundish-turbinate. Skin thin, of a pale yellowish colour, when fully ripe. Flesh red throughout, and of excellent flavour. End of August. This is a variety of first-rate excellence, but the tree is a bad bearer.

Large White Turkey. See Brunswick.

Lee's Perpetual. See Brown Turkey.

Long Naples. See Brown Turkey.

Madeleine. See Angelique.

Madonna. See Brunswick.

Malta. (Small Brown). - Small, roundish-turbinate, compressed at the apex. Skin pale brown, when fully ripe. Flesh the same colour as the skin; very sweet and well flavoured. End of August. If allowed to hang till it shrivels, it becomes quite a sweetmeat.

Marseillaise. See Marseilles.

Marseilles (Ford's Seedling-; Pocock's; White Mar-seilles; White Naples; White Standard; D'Athenes; Blanche; Marseillaise). - Medium sized, roundish-turbi-nate, slightly depressed, and ribbed. Skin yellowish white. Flesh white, very melting and juicy, with a rich, sugary flavour. Ripe in August. One of the best for forcing; and also succeeds well in the open air against a wall.

Murrey. See Brown Turkey.

Negro d'Espagne. See Black Genoa.

Nerii. See White Ischia. There is no fig bearing this name distinct from White Ischia; and the variety Mr. Knight introduced under that designation was the same. By the name "Nerii," is intended the "Nero," or Black Fig, of the Italians, and the variety Mr. Knight received under that name was evidently incorrect; the true Fico Nero being the Black Ischia, and not the White Ischia.

Nero. See Black Ischia.

Noire de Languedoc. See Black Genoa.

CEil de PeRdRix. - Small. Skin yellowish, with a brownish tinge, having a small, bright red circle under the surface round the eye: hence the origin of the name. Flesh white, tinged with red, rich, and highly flavoured. Tree an abundant bearer.

Peau DuRe (Peldure; Verte Brune). - Medium sized, oblong ovate. Skin thick and touch, dark violet. Flesh purplish red, and well flavoured; out, when over-ripe, it acquires a little acerbity.

Peldure. See Peau Dure,

Peronne. See Brunswick.

Petite Aubique. See Bordeaux.

Pocock's. See Marseilles.

Precoce Noire. See Black Bourjassotte.

PRegussata. - Small, round, compressed at the ends. Skin purplish brown in the shade ; dark brown, covered with pale spots, next the sun. Flesh deep red, rich, and luscious. August to October. Well adapted for forcing.

Purple. See Brown Turkey.

Raby Castle. - A variety closely resembling Marseilles, but distinguished from it by having a longer stalk.

Red. See Brunswick.

Ronde Noire. See Black Ischia,

Rose. See Brunswick.

Rose Beyronne. See Brunswick.

Rose Blanche. See Brunswick.

Savantine (Cordelliere). - Fruit round, marked along its length with prominent nerves. Skin pale yellow. Flesh pale red.

Singleton. See White Ischia.

Small Blue. See Brown Turkey.

Small Brown. See Malta.

Small Early White. See Early White.

Small White. See Early White.

Verte Brune. See Beau Dure.

Violette. See Bordeaux.

Violette de Bordeaux. See Bordeaux.

Violette Grosse (Aubique). - Large, oblong, and perhaps the longest-shaped of any of the figs; its length being three times its diameter. Skin deep violet. Flesh red.

Violette Longue. See Bordeaux.

Walton. See Brown Turkey.

White Bourjassotte (Bourjassotte Blanche). - This is extensively cultivated about Marseilles. The fruit is turbinate. Skin yellowish white. Flesh red. The tree attains a large size.

White Ischia (Green Ischia; Nerii; Singleton; Brocket Hall). - Small and turbinate. Skin pale greenish-yellow, very thin, so much so, that when fully ripe, the flesh, which is purple, shines through and gives the fruit a brownish tinge. Rich, highly flavoured, and luscious. End of August. The tree is of small habit of growth, a great bearer, well adapted for pot-culture, and forces well.

White Naples. See Marseilles.

White Standard. See Marseilles.

Yellow Ischia (Cyprus). - Large, turbinate. Skin yellow. Flesh dark red, tender and very juicy, with a rich and sugary flavour. September.

LIST OF SELECT FIGS.

I. FOR STANDARDS.

Black Ischia

Brown Ischia

Brown Turkey

II. FOR WALLS.

Black Genoa Black Ischia Brown Ischia

Brown Turkey

Brunswick

Marseilles

III. FOR FORCING, OR POT-CULTURE,

Angelique Black Ischia Brown Ischia Brown Turkey

White Ischia Early Violet Marseilles Pregussata