Marseilles Additional Information

This fig was grown at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello in Charlottesville, VA. Large yellow figs ripen the end of July on previous seasons growth. Very productive and early ripening. Zones 6-9.English Brown Turkey. A real winner! Does well in large pots and fruits well in Northern areas such as Long Island, N.Y. Very good against walls in Northern areas. Zones 6-9. (003)

An old, reliable variety. Medium to large greenish-yellow figs with white pulp. Turbinate with or without a short neck. Leaf: base subcordate; 3-5 lobes; margins crenate. It has a small, but open eye and will sour if left too long on the plant. Also subject to splitting, if watered too much when fruit is ripening. Well-adapted in the South where, known as Lemon, it is an heirloom variety. Slow growing. Condit calls it Blanche. (See the discussion of this name in the Introduction.) Hardy. It has a sprightly sweet flavor and nutty texture (from the "seeds") . Good fresh, better dried and superb stewed. (006)

Fruits of main crop round to oblate without neck; on slender stalks to 1/4 in (6 mm) long; of medium size. Those of breba crop, turbinate with short, thick neck and short stalk; yellow-green with small green flecks; pulp white, sweet; seeds large, conspicuous. Of fair quality. (019)

Large, Yellow, Clear Flesh, Very Sweet (2crops) ( Heavy on second crop). (012)

Skin and flesh colors: Yellow; amber. Cool regions such as coastal California and the Pacific Northwest. Also Atlantic Coast. Adapts well to containers. (022)

As figs go it seems [Thomas Jefferson] grew Marseilles, Angelique, and Brown Turkey with the Marseilles fig being his favorite. (921)

Marseilles grows well for me here in the Florida Panhandle. You can sometimes find it in local nurseries as "Lemon” fig. (922)

There are two strains of Marseilles: one with open eye and one with almost closed eye, The one with open eye will sour more than the other one. (918)

Huge light green to yellow skinned, sweet figs with white flesh. (063)

These three varieties (Blanche, Bordeaux and Verdal all have different names in the areas where they are grown and/or marketed. Blanche is particularly unfortunate because it is just the French word for white and this could apply to many different fig varieties. In France this variety is commonly called Marseilles, again probably after its place of origin or, possibly, the original center of trade in the variety. (001f)

This fig was grown at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello in Charlottesville, VA. Large yellow figs ripen the end of July on previous seasons growth. Very productive and early ripening. (071)

Marseilles
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This fig was grown at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello in Charlottesville, VA. Large yellow figs ripen the end of July on previous seasons growth. Very productive and early ripening. Zones 6-9.English Brown Turkey. A real winner! Does well in large pots and fruits well in Northern areas such as Long Island, N.Y. Very good against walls in Northern areas. Zones 6-9. (003) An old, reliable variety. Medium to large greenish-yellow figs with white pulp. Turbinate with or without a short neck. Leaf: base subcordate; 3-5 lobes; margins crenate. It has a small, but open eye and will sour if left too long on the plant. Also subject to splitting, if watered too much when fruit is ripening. Well-adapted in the South where, known as Lemon, it is an heirloom variety. Slow growing. Condit calls it Blanche. (See the discussion of this name in the Introduction.) Hardy. It has a sprightly sweet flavor and nutty texture (from the "seeds") . Good fresh, better dried and superb stewed. (006) Fruits of main crop round to oblate without neck; on slender stalks to 1/4 in (6 mm) long; of medium size. Those of breba crop, turbinate with short, thick neck and short stalk; yellow-green with small green flecks; pulp white, sweet; seeds large, conspicuous. Of fair quality. (019) Large, Yellow, Clear Flesh, Very Sweet (2crops) ( Heavy on second crop). (012) Skin and flesh colors: Yellow; amber. Cool regions such as coastal California and the Pacific Northwest. Also Atlantic Coast. Adapts well to containers. (022) As figs go it seems [Thomas Jefferson] grew Marseilles, Angelique, and Brown Turkey with the Marseilles fig being his favorite. (921) Marseilles grows well for me here in the Florida Panhandle. You can sometimes find it in local nurseries as "Lemon” fig. (922) There are two strains of Marseilles: one with open eye and one with almost closed eye, The one with open eye will sour more than the other one. (918) Huge light green to yellow skinned, sweet figs with white flesh. (063) These three varieties (Blanche, Bordeaux and Verdal all have different names in the areas where they are grown and/or marketed. Blanche is particularly unfortunate because it is just the French word for white and this could apply to many different fig varieties. In France this variety is commonly called Marseilles, again probably after its place of origin or, possibly, the original center of trade in the variety. (001f) This fig was grown at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello in Charlottesville, VA. Large yellow figs ripen the end of July on previous seasons growth. Very productive and early ripening. (071)