BA-1
SYN: RED GOLD, TEXAS BA-1
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A variety said to have been found on an unknown Texas A&M graduate student's abandoned test plot during the trials of Alma. Large and of good quality in the Gulf Coast states. May be less hardy than other varieties.(001b)Darryl Levy tells me that the "BA-1" fig was found in the abandoned test plot of an unidentified graduate student at Texas A&M during the Alma breeding program. The name "BA-1" probably came from a label found on it or a grid location. Darryl says it is a very good fig in Gulf Coast Texas and Florida, but may be relatively tender to cold weather. Survived. Vigorous regrowth. Excellent small to medium fruit. Yellow with brownish red stripes and light strawberry pulp. Produces a drop of honeydew which seals the small eye.(001c)
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BADALHOUCE
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Greenish yellow skin with carmine pulp. Brebas. Large, very good. (Portugese)(001b)
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BAKOR
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[Translated] Blue skin, white meat. (066)
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BALLARD'S
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BANANA
SYN: SMYRNA (043)
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I bought a fig tree at Buchanan's in Houston today, a variety labeled 'Banana'. Supposed to be a green/yellow fruit with amber flesh and a closed eye, alleged to grow in the Seabrook area since 1910.(917) [I]it is supposed to be a high quality fig that was propagated from a very old tree that was growing on the coast near Galveston. It is a local fig not grown anywhere else in the U.S.. Consider yourself fortunate to have found a source for this fig. The name "Banana" has nothing to do with the shape, the color, nor the taste of the fig. At least this was told to me by a Texas nursery owner. There is no other fig comparable to this fig. It is it's own variety.(904)
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BANGALORE
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At Saharanpur, India, 'Brown Turkey', 'Bangalore', 'Black Ischia' and 'Lucknow' are successfully grown. Around Bombay, there is only one variety, 'Poona'. (019)
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BARADA
SYN: Honey Barada
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BARBILLONNE
SYN: WHITE BELLONA
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From Ile-de-France, Centre and the West, Two crops, good productivity. Harvest September. Average size, purplish skin, whitish flesh, prédoncule length, collar runs(roams), amateur's variety. Flesh closes rather sweetened, consume only fresh. [Translated from French](046)Two crops:: July and September. (The second harvest is difficult in the Paris area.) Productive tree, average fruit, lengthened, skin brown green to purplished, glazed, fine (abime easily during transport), white flesh, a little dew, sweetened, scented (France).(043) Greenish violet skin with amber pulp. Bud sport of Marseilles. Very good medium to large brebas. (French) (001b)
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BARESE BLACK
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BARESE WHITE
SYN: COLUMBRO
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(Italian)--Large white with strawberry pulp. Two crops(001d)
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BARGEMON
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Pale violet skin with red pulp. Excellent fresh and dried. (French) (001b)
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BARNACHOTTE
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A lemon yellow skin, very sweet high quality fig. Good tree for growing in a pot. (013)
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BARNISOTTE
SYN: NERO
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Blanche--Yellow-green skin with red pulp, open eye. Main crop. Medium. Excellent fresh, good dried. (French) (001b)
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THESE PICTURES ARE OF A FIG LABELED AS BEALL, BUT IT PROBABLY IS REALLY A BROWN TURKEY.

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[Translated] Fruits small and pear-shaped, darken color, very early maturing, yellow flesh. (066)
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Reddish violet skin with red pulp. Two crops. Small, but very good. Main crop dries well. (French) (001b)
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Purplish black skin with red pulp, small closed eye. Main crop. Excellent. (French) (001b)
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2 CROPS. Native of the region of Nice. The tree has a good power and its leaves are of type 3 in 5 profoundly cut lobes. This variety is characterized by sound plentiful harvest of autumn fig, excellent as very dry as in jam or fresh. But the harvest it freshly is interesting only for a market of nearness because ellel resists badly in manipulation and to the transport. [Translated from French](046)Two crops with a tendency one crop. Harvest at the end of August to the middle of October. Pyriform, small in size, purple fine skin. Excellent flesh, delicate flavor, fresh as dried. [Translated from French](046) [Translated] Small production at breba figs, in the pot additionally a very rich harvest at easily zwetschgenfarbenen autumn figs of excellent quality, flesh erdbeerfarben and very juicy, well conservable. (066)
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Ethnic fig. Produces a brown fig similar to Brown Turkey.(001c)
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Listed by George Neilson in 1874 as being grown at the RVHS gardens at Burnley. No description. (Australia) (021)
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A medium to large greenish-yellow fig with white pulp and many seeds. Top-shaped (turbinate) without neck. Sweet and delicate flavor with a nutty texture from the soft seeds. Identical with Blanche EXCEPT the eye is small and closed. (001a) Good strain of Marseilles for south Georgia. Semi-closed eye. (001c)
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Bidan is named after the Arab village by the same name in Samaria. It’s a small fig with a fantastic reddish color, bears two crops fantastic and has a good flavor.(001f)
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Large 2" purple fruit(073) A large sweet fig with strawberry pulp. Two crops annually. (936)
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THESE PICTURES ARE OF A FIG LABELED AS BIFARA, BUT WAS MISLABELED AND IS REALLY A CELESTE, I BELIEVE.

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I received this from Mr. George Emerich in Fallbrook and am calling it Big Yellow. It is a very large yellow fig but not very elongated. (941)
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Fruit very large, a little coarse, hard skin, to use [as] fresh fruit. (French) (089)
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Listed in D A Crichton and described as a "very early French variety with medium sized roundish oblate fruit.. Skin quite black and thickly covered with a blue bloom, cracks in lines when fully ripe. Flesh deep red, firm, syrupy and highly flavored. The tree is upright and vigorous and prolific. Offered in Goodman’s Fruit Catalogue from 1915 to 1919. Described as an excellent dessert fig, medium broader than long with a black skin and dark red pulp. Still sold by Burnings in 1920's. (Australia) (021) Excellent dessert fig, medium, broader than long, skin black, pulp dark red. {Goodmans 1914}(Australia)(060)
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A medium sized, pear-shaped fruit, purplish skin and red flesh, good for fresh eating but not suitable for drying. Vigorous tree, ripens Dec-Feb (Australia) (014) This fig needs to be pollinated to set good crops of fruit. A J Downing says that the "fruit is long obovate with dark purple skin becoming nearly black. The flesh is bright red ; excellent flavor. A strong growing tree." Offered by Goodman’s in 1903 catalogue & still offered for sale by Daley's Nursery a popular backyard variety. According to Ikin in the NSW & Victorian state fruit collections in 1974. (Australia) (021) [A] large sized fig with purple skin and dark red flesh. The flavor is very rich and sweet with fair quality. The fruit is best suited for fresh eating. This is a very vigorous and productive variety that is often seen growing commercially due to its high yields. The Black Genoa matures slightly earlier than Brown Turkey. (Australia) (032) [Large Black Genoa?, Black Ischia?, San Pedro (Baxter), San Piero (Glowinski)] Large sized, purple skin, red flesh, sweet & rich flavor (Baxter 1981). Large vigorous tree, fruit large, skin purple, flesh dark red, very rich and sweet, but quality only fair. Not suitable for drying (Glowinski 1991). Still commercially available, Flemings. Brunning's 1914 and 1957 list Black Ischia as the common dark fig grown locally. Mont Albert #1.(Australia)(060)
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A large to very large purple brown fig with amber pulp streaked with strawberry. Oblate, flattened. Good flavor. Fairly hardy. Black Jack is an unidentified variety. Some think it is identical with California Brown Turkey. (001a) (004) Not hardy. (004) Fruit large. Skin blue-black. Flesh reddish-amber. Sweet flavor. (002) An unidentified, large to very large fig with reddish-purple to black skin and strawberry pulp. Oblate, flattened at apex (eye end) ; ribs not elevated, but darker; shaded side of fruit is a lighter shade of purple; numerous white flecks. Leaf: base calcarate; 5 lobes, latate. Good flavor. Fairly hardy. Some say it is California Brown Turkey. I have not yet reached an opinion on this question. Synonym: Black Spanish (?) (006) Large, dark purple skin, reddish pulp. Sold as a dwarf-tree form of California Brown Turkey. Poor on coast. (011) A large to very large purple-brown fig with amber pulp streaked with strawberry. Oblate and flattened. Good flavor. Fairly hardy. Black Jack is an unidentified variety. Some think it is identical to California Brown Turkey. Not hardy. (004) Large, purplish-brown figs with sweet, juicy, strawberry-red flesh. Harvest August to October in Central California. Naturally small (semi-dwarf) tree. 100 hours. Self-fruitful. (025) Large, long purple fruit, strawberry colored flesh, very sweet. Naturally dwarf in habit (easily kept under 6-8ft) , heavy producer. (023) Skin and flesh colors: Brown; strawberry. Recommended for Texas and southeast. Large figs produced on a small tree that is well suited to container growing. (022) Large purple brown with a dark red center very juicy, two crops. It's basically a dwarf tree and it tends to spread. (026) (026a) Large, long, purple fruit with strawberry-colored flesh is juicy with sweet flavor. Tree is a natural dwarf; easily kept under 6-8 ft. Very heavy producer. Ripens in August to October. (034) Semi-dwarf; purple-brown fruit; needs summer heat. (036) Large, long, purplish fruit with strawberry red flesh. Sweet and juicy. Heavy producer. Tree is a natural semi dwarf and can be kept under 6-8 ft. tall. Ripens June to August. Drought tolerant and self fertile. Try this tree in a large container on porch or deck if space in your garden is limited. We ship our fruit trees year round to all parts of the country. Hardy to about 5 to 10°s, probably a tad cooler depending on the duration of cold and amount of exposure. (039) Large to very large purplish-brown fruit. Strawberry flesh with taste like Black Mission. Whereas Black Mission is a very large tree, Black Jack is a small spreading tree that does will in pots.(057)I grow a beautiful Black Jack in a container in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In a container, your tree may produce several figs in the first 1-2 years. In the ground, it may take up to 3-4 years for that to happen. The containment of the roots does this. The fig is very large and purplish-black in color. The pulp is amber and has a hollow center. The flavor is excellent and sweet and I get two crops from my tree. I have never pruned the top of my tree and it is about 6 feet tall. It is an excellent choice for hot climates and containers. (921)Semi-Dwarf bush, large purplish fruit, strawberry red flesh, sweet and juicy.(062)I grow a beautiful Black Jack in a container in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In a container, your tree may produce several figs in the first 1-2 years. In the ground, it may take up to 3-4 years for that to happen. The containment of the roots does this. The fig is very large and purplish-black in color. The pulp is amber and has a hollow center. The flavor is excellent and sweet and I get two crops from my tree. I have never pruned the top of my tree and it is about 6 feet tall. It is an excellent choice for hot climates and containers.(921)Black Jack is also known as: San Piero and Negro Largo. I used to grow it but I got rid of it because very few figs ripened. It is an an extremely large fig, very tender with a hollow center. The color is brown and it is delicious. It is the largest fig I have seen in th USA. (920)Attractive garden tree. Its bold branching structure has an interesting winter appearance. Especially sweet, elongated purple fruit produced in summer. Semi-dwarf form makes it a good choice where space is limited. Can be maintained at 6’ or to 15’ tall and wide. [H]ardy to 10 degrees F.(076)
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CRFG-SD 1996?Paul Fisher 2003Quail 01/31/2004
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[P]roduces large crops of medium to large fruits. The purplish black fruit and strawberry-colored flesh are of excellent quality and good for drying. May bear spring and summer crops. (030) The favorite. Purplish-black skin, strawberry- colored flesh, rich flavor. Heavy bearing, long-lived, large tree. Coast or inland. Fresh/dry/can. (025) (034) Origin Balearic Islands. Fruits all-over black purple, elongated, Flesh watermelon to pink, fairly good taste. Easily dried at home. Single best all-round variety for south, north, coast, interior. Brebas prolific, fairly rich. Tree very large, plant at maximum spacing. Do not prune after tree reaches maturity. Commences growth midseason. (023) (075) (026) Originally from the Balearic Islands in Spain. Introduced into England in 1727. Introduced into California by the Franciscan missionary Fr. Junipero Serra who planted it at the San Diego mission in 1769. Fruits all-over black purple, elongated, Flesh watermelon to pink, fairly good taste. Easily dried at home. The brebas are prolific, & fairly rich. The tree grows very large and should not be pruned after reaching maturity. Widely available commercially in the USA but no known source in Australia. (Australia) (021) [N]o good for espalier. (026) (026a) Medium to large, pear shaped. Purplish black colored skin. Flesh strawberry color and good flavor. Good for fresh or dried fruit. Long lived, large tree. Drought tolerant and self fertile. Ever bearing through the summer. (039) Large fruit with purplish black skin, strawberry flesh that is the taste standard for figs. The most productive variety, both of breba (early) crop, and heavy main (late) crop. For eating fresh or drying. Franciscan friars brought them to the California missions.(057)The varieties most successfully grown here in Tucson are the ‘Brown Turkey' and ‘Black Mission' fig. Both are common fig varieties that do not require pollination to produce mature fruit. Black Mission produces larger, purplish-black fruit with excellent flavor, that can be eaten fresh, dried or canned. Only light pruning is generally recommended to provide a uniform shape and encourage good fruit production. Heavier pruning may be done to control size. (058)Medium to large, pear shaped. Purplish-black colored skin. Flesh strawberry color and good flavor. Excellent, all-purpose fig. (059) Medium-large, pear shaped, black-purplish skin, use fresh or dried.(062)I live in East Texas and have had great luck with Texas Everbearing, Brown Turkey, Alma, Kadota and Black Mission as well as my favorite the LSU Purple. (931)Taste standard for figs. Medium to large, pear shaped fruit with rough, purplish black skin. Sweet, strawberry-red flesh with a distinct rich flavor. Finest quality fruit is great for drying, fresh eating and canning. Heavy bearing, June through frost. [H]ardy to 10 degrees F. (076) A purple black, huge, medium sweet, rich flavor fig. Quality is excellent. 936 (936)
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Fig violet, very vigorous tree. (France)(043)
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comes us from the Southwest with its beautiful dark brown color and its strong tree of which sheets are of averages in big and present 5 very deep lobes. It is intêressante because of the précocité in autumn fig from the beginning in August and the extraordinary gustative quality, but is very too small for an use businesses. [Translated from French](046)
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Large fig, very lengthened, very sweetened, purplished skin, pink flesh (France)(043)This large fig with the very fine skin is collected twice per annum when the weather is sufficiently hot; once in July and second once at the end of August, with a heavy crop. Deep blue-purple, [has] much juice and perfume. Originating Afghanistan, the fig tree pushes well in dry, fertile grounds and slightly limestones, in hot and sunny areas. Not very demanding, it's adapted with poor grounds and even if wood freezes, it can set out again as long as the roots are intact. This tree is seldom attacked by the diseases. [Translated from French](068)Two crops with the 1st harvest at the beginning of July with at the beginning of August and the 2nd harvest at the beginning of September at mid-October. [Translated from French] (069)
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A huge black fig. Very good flavor. (013)
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Grown by the RHSV in the 1890's at Burnley. D Crichton describes this as " a French variety with roundish oblong fruit rather below medium size. Skin brownish black. Flesh red, tender very sweet and luscious.. ripens rather early The tree is hardy and bears prolifically ". Offered in Goodman’s Fruit Catalogue of 1911; Sold by Law Sumner & Co in 1915. Probably Blanche Royale Known only from the wax replica at the Science Works Museum in Victoria. Not referred to in any other literature. (021)
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Large Mahogany-Black, Red Center, Juicy (2crops) (012) Blackjack Large, Purple-Brown Dark-Red Center, Juicy (2crops) (Dwarf-tree tends to spread) (012)
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An old, reliable variety usually called Lemon in the South. Medium light green fig with white pulp. Same as Bianci except for the open eye (which can lead to souring) . Well-adapted in the South. Fairly hardy. (001a) (004) Large, yellow skin, yellow pulp, flattened. Ripens too slowly. Low sugar content. Poor on coast. (011) An old, reliable variety usually called Lemon in the South. A medium to large greenish yellow fig with white pulp and many seeds. Top-shaped (turbinate) without a neck. Sweet and delicate flavor with a nutty texture from the soft seeds. Some specimens produce fruit that have open eyes; others have fruit with relatively closed eyes. (004) A medium, light green fig. Two crops. Second crop is flavor rich and sweet. Adapts well to container. (013) Medium to large, skin yellowish green, flesh white to amber, very sweet, lemon flavor. Light breba crop. Valuable in short-season, cool-summer areas. Slow growing, dense, hardy tree. (023) (075) (026) One of the most popular here in Vancouver - Delicious! (026) (026a) 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. (006) It emanates from the Paris region. The tree of weak power presents average sheets of type 3 to 5 lobes. It is about an ancient variety recommended to the amateurs but his fruits transport badly themselves and must be consumed quickly. Autumn figs differ from figs flowers only by their smaller size and the color of the darker skin, of light green one yellowish. [Translated from French](046) White of Argenteuil, White hasty, White of Versailles, Royal, Argentine, big white. Paris region, Centre and the West. Two crops. Harvest August 25 until October 25. Yellow, greenish skin, spherical, flattened, voluminous fruit (FF), average (FA) Flesh of sweet savor, badly supports the transport and the conservation, consumed fresh. [Translated from French] (046)
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[Translated] Good production at very large, approx. 100 g heavy breba figs of lightgreener to yellow color, form easily flattened, but very sweetly and in good taste, second harvest with somewhat smaller fruits, schwachwuechsige kind. (066)
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BLUE CELESTE
SYN: CELESTE
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Jim Neitzel 08/xx/2003CRFG-SD 01/22/2004 & 04/03/2004
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BLUE GIANT
SEE FANNICK'S BLUE GIANT
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BLUE PROVENCE
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Rare fig variety offered for sale in Australia occasionally. Offered in Goodman’s Fruit Catalogue of 1911 to 1915. Bunning’s catalogue of 1916 describes it as having large fruit with a true blue skin color, ripening late. According to Ikin in the NSW, fruit collection in 1974. Rance says that it is mid season variety with " squat pyriform shaped fruit with a violet skin showing prominent ribs, an open eye and blue tinged/purplish meat with red seeds… Very soft and sweet… The tree is large and vigorous with exceptional large ornamental leaves." (Australia) (021)
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BLUET
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Goodman’s Wholesale Fruit Catalogue of 1909 to 1914. No description. (Australia) (021)
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BONDANCE PRECOCE
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Possibly a misspelling of "Abondance Precoce".. or Early Abundance") Grown by the RHSV in the 1890's at Burnley. (Australia) (021)
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BONHOLM'S DIAMOND
SYN: BORNHOLM'S DIAMOND, SWELL OF GOLD
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Large fig, round, juicy, yellow skin, pink flesh. (043) [Is this the same fig?]I have a young fig in my garden here in the middle of sweden that is called (ficus carica) Precose de Dalmatie .The fig is called Bornholm fig (in swedish and danish) because that it come from the island Bornholm (southern Baltic sea). But when I hear the name Dalmatie then I'm thinking of Croatia.And my question is,does it have an english name?(935)
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BORDEAUX
SYN: BEER'S BLACK, NEGRONNE, VIOLETTE, VIOLETTE DE BORDEAUX, GROSSE ROUGE DE BOURDEAUX (?)
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Bordeaux is a French region which grows many varieties of figs. Condit's Bordeaux is usually and appropriately called Negronne in Bordeaux (after the town of Negronne which is apparently its place of origin). Giorgio Gallesio coined the Cuore, which means "heart-shaped," in 1817 for the fig already known as Rubado in Liguria. (001e) Large almost black fruit with a very deep red pulp and a distinctive, but agreeable acid flavor. Brebas are pyriform with a thick, tapering neck; main crop figs are variable often without neck. Medium eye. Excellent fresh or dried. Well-adapted in the South and Southwest. Fairly hardy. (001a) (004) Described by Crichton as a " desirable French variety with large long pyriform fruit. The skin black and thickly covered with bloom and when dead ripe splits in lines. flesh yellowish red, tender juicy and sweet. tree is robust and a moderately god bearer." This variety was offered by W C Grey in 1907. and described differently : 'large jet black fruit with deep red pulp of excellent quality." No known sources and probably in Australia. Still available from Davis California, USA. (Australia) (021) Bordeaux is a French region which grows many varieties of figs. Condit's Bordeaux is usually and appropriately called Negronne in Bordeaux (after the town of Negronne which is apparently its place of origin) . Giorgio Gallesio coined the Cuore, which means "heart-shaped," in 1817 for the fig already known as Rubado in Liguria. (006)
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BOULE D'OR
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Large, round and juicy with yellow skin and pink flesh. (France) (018)
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BOURGEASOTTE
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Very large, with a delicate taste and a bluish tint. (France) (018)
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BOURJASSOTTE BLANCHE
SYN: WHITE BARNISSOU, BOURJASSOTTE WHITE, WHITE GROSS
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Grown by the RHSV in the 1890's at Burnley. (Australia) (021)
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BOURJASSOTTE GRIS
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Goodman’s Fruit Catalogue of 1911. Fruit 5 cm in length with greenish violet skin darker at the apex.. The flesh is red. Facciola notes that this variety is popular in the UK as it responds well to forcing. . No source in Australia but is available still in the USA. Bourjassotte Noir Grown by the RHSV in the 1890's at Burnley. (Australia) (021) Pyriform fruit, skin greenish-violet, darker at the apex, pulp strawberry, quality fair to good, used in England for forcing (Facciola 1990). (Burnley 1896) (Australia)(060) Medium to large round fruit, pale green suffused purple. Flesh dark red with syrupy juice of rich flavour. Abundant cropper. (089)
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BOURJASSOTTE NOIRE
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It come us from North Africa but was welcomed in our parts of the country there is hardly for a long time because it is already quoted by Pline. Of strong power, the tree arranges very big light green sheets, type 5 lobes, averagely deep. Very sensitive to the pourridié and to the nématodes (in irrigated ground), it is also it in the virus of the mosaic which discolors and deforms the sheets, as well as to the flies of fruits and psylles of the fig tree. This produces [one crop of] autumn figs which have a rather thick black purple skin. It résisiste very well in the transport but bursts easily after rains and thunderstorms and is also sensitive to the wind. It is also cultivated in Italy, Spain and Portugal. The characteristic size of the leaves makes it a beautiful ornamental tree. [Translated from French](046 )
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BOURJASSOTTE WHITE
SYN: WHITE BARNISSOTTE (089) , WHITE BOURJASSOTTE, WHITE BARNISSOU, WHITE GROSS
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MY COLLECTION: DFIC0055 UC Davis 02/12/2004
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SYN: BOURJASSOTTE WHITE, Compare BOURJASSOTTE BLANCHE
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BRINDISI BLANCO
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[Translated] Very many tasting good breba figs. (066)
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BRINDISI NERO
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[Translated] many breba figs. (066)
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BROCKETT HALL
SEE ISCHIA
BROGIOTT1
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A large redish purple fig, more tolerant in cold weather than most. Very sweet, oustanding figs. 936 (936)
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BROGIOTTO BLANCO
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[Translated] Very wuechsige sort, produced rather few breba figs by excellent taste, is used flesh white, sort in the Gewerbsanbau and also for excavator bucket culture to be recommended can. (066)
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BROGIOTTO NERO
SYN: VIOLET DE SOLLIES, NERO
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[Translated] Large violet-black autumn fruits of dark-blue color, very good quality, but only in August ripely. Important sort for Gewerbsanbau in France and Italy, is however dependent with us on pot or winter garden culture, because the fruits in the garden mature too late. (066)
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BROWN ISCHIA
SYN: CHESTNUT
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Crichton says this variety was : " an excellent Italian variety with medium sized roundish fruit, which ripens early. Skin light chestnut brown. Flesh reddish purple, very sweet and highly flavored. Fruit liable to crack and burst in wet seasons.." Offered by John C Cole in 1967. Described as having large fruit with purple flesh and chestnut colored skin .. Very luscious. very superior fig. Offered by Goodman’s Fruit Catalogue from 1911 but dropped in 1915. (Australia) (021) Pale brown color; a good variety. Medium. (Railton 1880) (Australia)(060)
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BROWN TURKEY
SYN: AUBIQUE NOIRE, BLACK SPANISH, ENGLISH BROWN TURKEY, CALIFORNIA BROWN TURKEY (?), EASTERN BROWN TURKEY, EVERBEARING, NEGRO LARGO, SAN PEDRO BLACK (?) , SAN PIERO (?), SAN PEDRO, TEXAS EVERBEARING, AUBICON, BLUE BURGANDY, BROWN NAPLES, CALIFORNIA LARGE BLACK, BROWN ITALIAN, LARGE BLACK, LEE'S PERPETUAL, LA PERPETUELLE, HARRISON, RAMSEY, BRUNSWICK, FLUER DE RED, NISSE, VIOLETTA, BROWN NAPLES (089), FLEUR DE ROUGE (089)
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Small to medium light brown to violet fruit with strawberry pulp. Turbinate to oblique, mostly without neck. Small eye which has a reddish color from very early stage (unlike Celeste) .Cold hardy. It fruits on new growth if winter killed. Often bears two crops a year. Very sweet, but not rich. (001a) (004) Small tree. Fruit medium. Skin mahogany-brown, tinged purple. Flesh amber to pink. Few seeds. Best eaten fresh - not recommended for canning or drying. Rich flavor. (002) Small to medium, light-brown to violet fruit with strawberry pulp. Turbinate to oblique, mostly without neck. Small eye which has a reddish color from a very early stage (unlike Celeste) . Leaf: typically small; base subcordate; 3 lobes; margins crenate. Cold hardy. It fruits on new growth if winter killed. Often bears two crops a year. Condit writes that it is very sweet, but not rich. My own experience is that is not as rich as Celeste, but is considerably better than passable. Good fresh or as preserves. Synonyms: Eastern Brown Turkey, English Brown Turkey, Everbearing, La Perpetuelle, Lee's Perpetual, Texas Everbearing. (006) Medium to large fruit. Purplish-green skin with strawberry colored flesh. Production is mainly from the second crop (July-September) . Sweet best eaten fresh, inferior for canning or drying. Coastal, Inland valleys. (007) Brown Turkey is variable around the country depending on the source. This clone has both an early and late crop of good sized, slightly bronze colored fruit, with pinkish or light amber flesh. (008) This variety has the longest ripening season of the recommended varieties. Although it is not quite as cold hardy as Celeste, it will, if injured by a freeze, produce fair-to-good crops on sucker wood the next season. This is an advantage in areas troubled by late spring frosts. The fruit is medium to large, with a reddish-brown skin tinged with purple. The pulp is reddish-pink and of good quality. It is subject to cracking in wet weather and has a larger eye than Celeste and hence will sour more quickly. The fruit is excellent for making home preserves. (009) Brown, average size to large fig. Quality is fair. Two crops. (013) Medium sized, late season (March) , brownish striped fruit with pinkish flesh. Excellent for jam. Second crop is main crop. Hardy tree. (014) broad-pyriform, usually without neck; medium to large; copper-colored; pulp is whitish shading to pink or light red; of good to very good quality; with few seeds. The tree is prolific. The main crop, beginning in mid-July, is large; the early, breba, crop is small. This cultivar is well adapted to warm climates. It is grown on all the islands of Hawaii. (019) At Saharanpur, India, 'Brown Turkey', 'Bangalore', 'Black Ischia' and 'Lucknow' are successfully grown. Around Bombay, there is only one variety, 'Poona'. (019) In Queensland, 'Brown Turkey', 'Adriatic', 'Genoa' and 'Purple Genoa' perform very well. (019) Rivals 'Celeste' in popularity. Moderate size fruit of bronze color with medium eye opening. Ripens in late July until late fall and will fruit following severe freeze damage. (020) [A] popular variety, producing moderate to large-sized fruit of bronze color. Though often rated as one of the best-flavored figs, an open eye makes this fig prone to souring in SW Florida's humid climate. Fruiting season begins with small spring crop followed by larger summer and/or fall crop. (030) Origin Provence. Medium, skin is purplish brown, flesh pinkish amber. Good flavor. Best when fresh. Light breba crop. Small, hardy, vigorous tree. Prune severely for heaviest main crop. (023) (075) Brown; amber. Highly recommended for California and the Southwest. Average- to large-sized fruits have few seeds and are best fresh. Not recommended for drying or canning, this is one of the few figs grown for fresh market. They have a moderately open eye so are prone to souring in humid regions. Small tree is hardy and productive with two crops a year. (022) Originally from Provence in France. Fruit is pyriform fruit with dark brown skin and red juicy flesh. Very hardy and gives 2 crops annually. Medium, skin is purplish brown. Good flavor. Best when fresh. Light breba crop. Small, hardy, vigorous tree. Prune severely for a heavier main crop. Listed by Ikin in all the state fruit collections in 1974. Rail tons catalogue of 1880's states that this variety ripens from the end of February to the middle of March in Victoria. A popular commercial variety in Australia widely sold. (Australia) (021) From Provence. Medium sized, skin is purplish brown, flesh pinkish amber. Good flavor. Best when fresh. Small, hardy, vigorous tree. Prune severely for heaviest main crop. Does best in southern California. (026) (026a) This variety is highly recommended due to its long ripening season compared to the other varieties. The good quality fruit is recommended for fresh eating in contrast to drying or preserving. The fruits are medium sized with thin, tough brown skin tinged with purple. The pulp is a rosy pink with a rich flavor. Fruit is harvested during February, March and April. (Australia) (032) Several different cultivars go by this name. Usually it is a very hardy, two-cropper with sweet fruit. (036) Figs [are] generally disease resistant. [M]any varieties of fig need more heat than provided in western Washington. Desert King, Brown Turkey, Lattarula, Neveralla, Peter's Honey (or Italian Honey) are [some] early varieties that will ripen reliably. (038) The largest of our figs with watermelon-colored flesh and violet-brown skin. Light breba crop, heavy main crop. Requires considerable heat to ripen evenly, use a brick or masonry wall in coastal California. Vigorous grower, for large spaces.(057)The varieties most successfully grown here in Tucson are the ‘Brown Turkey' and ‘Black Mission' fig. Both are common fig varieties that do not require pollination to produce mature fruit. Brown Turkey produces medium-sized, flavorful fruit with mahogany brown to purple skin. The fruit is best eaten fresh and is not good for canning or drying. For best fruiting, Brown Turkey requires heavy annual pruning to encourage maximum fruit production. Prune in the Winter when the tree is dormant and it is easy to see the overall form.(058) The earliest fig on the market, huge, pyriform, dark brown, flesh red, juicy, very hardy {Goodmans 1914}. Large fig; first class quality; a good bearer (Railton 1880). Mid to late, medium size, brown skin, pinkish brown flesh, vigorous tree, breba crop light. Can be trained as a hedge of annual shoots cut back each winter (Baxter 1981). One of the hardiest figs, sweet but often a little bland, crops for 3 months from February (Glowinski 1991). [Sci]. Still commercially available, Flemings. GG #2, SC #11, KA.(Australia)(060)Fig Varieties for South Carolina : Brown Turkey Bronze Medium Good Excellent (061)There are Brown Turkeys that {have] an open eye, and other Brown Turkeys, that [have] semi-closed eye. [Trees] with an very open eye, an[a humid climate] are not a good match. In Texas, ... I found out that the best adapted [variety] is "Texas Everbearing", which if true to name, should have a closed eye. (918)As figs go it seems [Thomas Jefferson] grew Marseilles, Angelique, and Brown Turkey with the Marseilles fig being his favorite. (921) There are Brown Turkeys that have an open eye,and other Brown Turkeys that have semiclosed eye. Anyway, if your treehast an very open eye, and if your climate is humid, it is not a good match. In Texas where you live, I have found that the best adapted is "Texas Everbearing", which if it is true to name should have a closed eye. Just ask about it before ordering. It is also a high quality fig. (918) Medium-large, bell shaped, brownish-purplish skin, strawberry flesh.(062)Brown Turkey is another variety that can be planted in this area. Although the wood of Brown Turkey is not as cold hardy as that of Celeste, after a severe freeze, suckers will usually develop from the roots to form a new plant. The fruit of Brown Turkey is excellent in quality, bronze colored and medium in size. (005)I live in East Texas and have had great luck with Texas Everbearing, Brown Turkey, Alma, Kadota and Black Mission as well as my favorite the LSU Purple. (931)Medium to large, elongated fruit with brownish maroon markings. Finegrained, sweet, juicy, firm, meaty flesh with a sugary, rich flavor. Excellent for jams, drying or eating fresh. Handsome, low bushy plants grow 10’ tall, but can be pruned. Bears June through frost. Selected for its high fruit quality. Self-fertile, hardy to 10 degrees F.(076)It is not to be confused with the Brown Turkey variety of California. Its fruit is medium to large with a light coppery brown skin and amber pulp. It produces a light crop of large fruit 2 weeks earlier than Celeste and a heavy crop of medium-sized fruit 2 to 3 weeks after Celeste. The fruit has good quality for fresh use and is excellent for preserves. Brown Turkey adapts well to being grown in containers. Brown Turkey produces fair-to-good crops on suckers produced the season following freeze or cold injury. [Suggested for No Carolina](0774)[R]ecommended for home planting in Middle Georgia Although the wood of Brown Turkey is not as cold hardy as that of Celeste, after a severe freeze, suckers will usually develop from the roots to form a new plant. The fruit of Brown Turkey is excellent in quality, bronze colored and medium in size.(078) The [following] names were cited as synonyms in Fig Varieties: Hilgardia, Vol. 23, No. 11, 1955, p. 428, by Condit; in The Fig in Georgia, Georgia Experiment Station, Bull. 77, 1907, p. 91, by Starnes and Monroe; in Fig Growing in the South, USDA, Handbook 196, p. 5, by Krezdorn and Adriance; in Fig Culture in California, Circular 77, 1933, p. 11, by Condit; and in Ortho Book 'Citrus and Subtropical Fruit' Memo, 1985, by Claude Sweet: Black San Pedro, Ashride Forcing, Blue, Brown Naples, Early Howick, Murrey, Fleur Rauge, Turkey, Pedro, Eastern Brown Turkey, Brown Italian, Turquie Brune, Brunswick, Walton, Small Blue, Italian Large Blue, Long Naples, Common Blue.(049b) Info on this variety from Sanders, Figs in Containers, Fruit Gardeners, California Rare Fruit Growers, Vol. 23, No.6, December 1991: Medium-to-large, elongated fruit with brownish maroon skin. Large open eye. Fine-grained, sweet, juicy, firm, meaty flesh. Excellent for jams, canning, drying, or eating fresh. Vigorous, small tree. Prune severely. Info from Commercial Dried Fig Production in California, University of California, Leaflet 21051, p. 5, November 1978: A European variety, probably introduced into U.S. from England. It is not recommended for planting as a dried fig variety. Brown Turkey trees produce a few large breba figs that are utilized fresh. The second crop has medium to large fruits that are also shipped to the fresh market. The eye is fairly open and the fruit is subject to insect infestations and souring.(049b) The large pear shaped fruit are brown with occasional purple tinge. Sugary rich flesh at centre. Excellent on garden walls or in a greenhouse. Easy to force in pots. A reliable early abundant variety. (089)
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GROWN FROM A CUTTING OBTAINED FROM CRFG-SD SCION EXCHANGE APPROX 1990 AND APPARENTLY MISLABELLED. MAY BE SAME AS A VARIETY KNOWN AS HONEYHEART. HAS DROP OF "HONEY" AT THE EYE WHEN IT IS RIPE. (910)
SKIN COLOR: GREEN / PURPLE
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BRUNSWICK
SYN: DALMATIAN, MADONNA , MAGNOLIA, BLACK NAPLES, BRUNSWIG, CASTLE KENNEDY, CLEMENTINE (089) , DALMATIA, KENNEDY, BROAD WHITE TURKEY
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A medium to large fig with bronzy-yellow skin and rich flavor. Oblique-turbinate. Well-adapted in the Southwest and drier areas of the South. The fruit is ruined by excessive rain. Fairly hardy. (001a) (006) Fruit medium. Skin bronze to reddish-brown. Flesh very light strawberry-colored. (002) (004) Oblique- turbinate. Leaf: base calcarate; lobes, lineate. Breba and main crop. Bordeaux is a French region which grows many varieties of figs. (006) Condit's Bordeaux is usually and appropriately called Negronne in Bordeaux (after the town of Negronne which is apparently its place of origin). Giorgio Gallesio coined the Cuore, which means "heart-shaped," in 1817 for the fig already known as Rubado in Liguria. (001e) Large, brownish skin, reddish pulp. Coarse skin. Used mostly for preserves without the skin in Texas. Ripens too slowly on coast. Bland tasting. Poor on coast. (011) A medium to large fig with bronzy yellow skin and rich flavor. Oblique-turbinate. Well adapted in the Southwest and drier areas of the South. The fruit is ruined by excessive rain since it has open eyes. Fairly hardy. (004)leaves narrow-lobed; fruits of main crop are oblique-turbinate, mostly without neck; fruit stalk thick, often swollen; fruit of medium size; bronze or purple-brown; pulp whitish near skin, shading to pink or amber; hollow in center; of fair to good quality; nearly seedless. Ripens over a long season. Breba crop poor; large, bronze-skinned; flesh light-red; coarse. (019) Variety grown in NSW 1890's According to Goodman’s catalogue of 1917 " Produces large long fruit with violet brown skin. Grown in Texas, USA, since the 1840's under the name Magnolia because it resembles a magnolia ( ? ) Used for drying. The flesh is reddish brown... a fine fig ". According to Ikin in the W A state fruit collection in 1974. Available from Davis California, USA. (Australia) (021) [Magnolia (Texas), Madonna] Large, skin violet-brown, flesh reddish brown, a fine fig. (Goodmans 1914). Large fruit, of a pale brown color, very rich flavor, medium (Railton 1880). Reddish brown skin, strawberry-amber pulp tasting of honey. Good for eating fresh, canning or preserving (in US). Espaliered against south-facing walls in England (Brennan 1995). Pulp amber, tinged strawberry, hollow at the centre. Breba crop lacks flavor, main crop sweet, fairly rich, oblique/turbinate. Good for preserving, but not for drying (Facciola 1990). (Burnley 1896). [Sci]. Burwood #1 fits this description (GG).(Australia)(060)Especially cultivated in the United States, in California, sometimes called Castle Kennedy, Magnolia, Kennedy, Clémentine, Madonna. Of a relative power, the tree has average leaves of type 3 in 5 lobes, very deep and carved. The céroplaste of the fig tree seems to have a preference for this very beautiful and very good variety to be recommended to the amateurs. On the other hand, it is convenient only for the market of nearness as far as it must be picked blackberry and transports very badly himself. The flattering color is rather unusual for a fig. It also possesses a discriminating character: the abundance of coupled fruits. There is a very strong resemblance in this sort between figs flowers and autumn figs, these last ones being simply smaller. [Translated from French](046)Fruit is very large and good in dry weather, but sucks up a lot of water and is susceptible to fruit rots when it ripens in rainy weather.(001c)Magnolia (Brunswick) is famously bad for wet climates. (929)[T]here is an english name for a fig that is also called Dalmatian fig--in fact more than one name: Brunswick, Magnolia, Madona and Dalmatian are all names for a fig with hand shaped leaves, The color is light brown outside, amber-pink inside, with good flavor.(918)[A] large, hollow fruit that is light brown with darker ribs and pratically no stem. The pulp is amber. It is recommended for preserves only. Brunswick appears to be more cold hardy than Brown Turkey or Celeste; however, it does not grow vigorously.Brunswick produces fair-to-good crops on suckers produced the season following freeze or cold injury. [Suggested for No Carolina](0774) Very large pear shaped fruit with greenish yellow skin, tinged with brown in the sun. Flesh yellow, red in the centre, tolerably rich and sweet. Hardier than most and best on a wall. Has enormous 'hand' shaped leaves.(089)
SKIN COLOR: YELLOW / BRONZE
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SOURCES: UC Davis DFIC0034 (049a)
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BULL'S NO 1
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Listed by George Neilson in 1875 as being grown at the RVHS gardens at Burnley. No description Probably a UK variety. (Australia) (021)
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BYADI
DESCRIPTION
Grasovsky and Weitz also described Byadi in their 1932 work, Fig-growing in Palestine. It is also known as Falahi. According Condit, Byadi trees tend to be small and not very productive. The villagers from the Galilee tell Daniel that the Byadi is very productive. Gravsovsky and Weits say it is one of the most productive varieties in the region. The fruit is sweet and has small seeds and few of them. Mainly used for drying. Even today Byadi is grown extensively by the villagers in the Lower Galilee and during end of August and all of September you can buy Byadi figs in the roadside stands in small baskets. They are good for fresh use and really excellent for jam preparation. It is also good for drying and is the main variety around Gush Halav ( Gish ) where the farmers dry them to paste form. The Byadi main crop is plentiful, but it only gives a very few brebas. (001f)
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