[1891] Fée queries whether it may not be the Grosse bourjasotte.
[1892] Or “people’s” fig. The small early white fig.
[1893] Or “swallow”-fig.
[1894] Or it may mean “white and black,” that being the colour of the fig. Such a variety is still known.
[1895] A Spanish variety; those of the south of Spain are very highly esteemed.
[1896] The modern “black” fig.
[1897] The sun of the former year.
[1898] In Mœsia—the present Servia and Bulgaria.
[1899] Another war is said to have originated in this fruit. Xerxes was tempted by the fine figs of Athens to undertake the invasion of Greece.
[1900] “Tertium ante diem.” In dating from an event, the Romans included both days in the computation; the one they dated from, and the day of, the event.