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Fruit large, Skin yellow. Flesh light amber. Slightly higher sugar content, with smaller eye than Kadota'; less likely to spoil. Excellent for drying. (002)

A medium, yellow fig with amber pulp, selected and released by Bill Storey and released in 1975. Oblate to spherical without neck. Leaf: base truncate to subcordate; 3 lobes; shallow sinuses. Well-adapted in California. Early trials in the Southeast are very promising. Seems to be both vigorous and hardy. Very sweet and rich, superb in a word. Good all- purpose fig. (006)

[O]ne of Dr. Condit's varieties which came out of the breeding program at Riverside, Calif. and were selected on the basis of being crack- and split-resistant; most have a small eye. All have very high sugar content and are very resistant to decay. In addition to the varieties listed, there are several others that I have not included as they are still being evaluated. Medium, yellow skin, yellow pulp. (011)

A medium-sized yellow fig with amber pulp. Also bred by Ira Condit and released in 1975.Oblate to spherical. Well adapted in California. Early trials in the Southeast are very promising. Seems to be very hardy. Superb flavor. (004)

A medium-sized yellow fig with amber pulp, very sweet and is highly resistant to splitting. A good ,well- adapted tree to grow in Canada. Seems to be very hardy. Superb flavor. (013)

Small, early season, light yellow skin, amber flesh, limited value for commercial market because of yields but good flavor for fresh eating. (014) (026) (026a)

Origin W.B. Storey, Riverside, 1975. Large, skin is yellow, flesh light amber. Fruits practically neckless, blocky. Very sweet. Excellent, all-purpose fig. Light breba crop. Similar to Kadota but more productive. Tree vigorous, even rank. Does well in most parts of California. ((075))

Skin and flesh colors: Green-yellow; amber. Widely adapted throughout California and the Gulf Coast. Compared with Kadota, figs larger and sweeter. Fruit resists souring by forming "honey drop" that plugs basal opening. (022)

Bred by W.B. Storey at Riverside, California in 1975. The fruit is early bearing, large with yellow skin & flesh light amber. Fruit has no neck, is blocky, very sweet and does not split. Excellent, all-purpose fig. Light breba crop. The tree is vigorous, and in California over vigorous. Was trialed at Narara Arboretum, in NSW. and is now sold by Daley's Nursery in Kyogle in NSW and is by their account, well-adapted to subtropical conditions in Australia. Good all- purpose fig. (Australia) (021)

[A] medium to large fruit with light greenish-yellow skin. The pulp is a light amber with a high sugar content. It is excellent for fresh fruit, preserving or drying. Highly recommended due to its virtual non-splitting. Superb. Harvested early February. (Australia) (032)

Large, skin is yellow, flesh is light amber. Very sweet. Excellent, all-purpose fig. (059)

Early maturing, medium size, light yellow skin, amber flesh, excellent fresh fruit, under trial at Narara Arboretum, NSW. (Baxter 1981). Fruit medium to large, ovoid to globose, light greenish-yellow skin, pulp light amber, excellent as fresh fruit, canning or drying, tree strong and vigorous (Facciola 1990).(Australia)(060)

A Condit hybrid, using Kadota as the mother, named and released by Bill Storey in 1975. Excellent quality. (001b)

Fine flavor and hardy. (001c)

Mild flovoured, yellow-green skined fruit with amber flesh. Fruits early Summer and late Autumn on a medium sized tree and makes good jam. (074)

Rating of this variety by fig grower, Mr. Ray Givan, in Pomona, Vol. XXIX, No. 1, Winter 1996: Outstanding; sweet and very rich. Info on this variety from Watts, Figs in Coastal Southern California, Fruit Gardeners, California Rare Fruit Growers, Vol. 23, No. 6, December 1991: Medium, yellow skin, yellow pulp. (049b)