ENCANTO FARMS

MACKENWOOD
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Grown by the RHSV in the 1890's at Burnley. (Australia) (021)
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MADELINE
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Rail tons catalogue of 1880' s states that this variety has small pale yellow fruit that are very rich ripening at the end of December in Victoria. Grown by the RHSV in the 1890's at Burnley. The Goodman’s Fruit Catalogue of 1911 lists the variety but with .no description. (Australia) (021)
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MADELEINE DE SAIGON
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MADELEINE OF TWO SEASONS
SYN: MADELEINE DES DEUX SAISONS
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It comes us from Anjou, from the region. Parisian and of the Southeast. One names her sometimes Madeleine of four seasons. The tree carries average sheets in big of type 5 lobes, rather deep. The skin of the fruit passes of yellow greenish in light gray and she is almost white in maturity, period in which she is very sensitive to Botrytis. A fruit excel cool as at the drying or in jam but which is handicapped, in terms of marketing in fresh, by small sound calibrates. Jam factory, confectionery and dried figs should be recommended.(046)
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MADELEINE DES DEUX SAISONS
SYN: ANGELICA, MADELIENE OF FOUR SEASONS
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It comes us from Anjou, from the region. Parisian and of the Southeast. One names her sometimes Madeleine of four seasons. The tree carries average sheets in big of type 5 lobes, rather deep. The skin of the fruit passes of yellow greenish in light gray and she is almost white in maturity, period in which she is very sensitive to Botrytis. A fruit excel cool as at the drying or in jam but which is handicapped, in terms of marketing in fresh, by small sound calibrates. Jam factory, confectionery and dried figs should be recommended. [Translated from French](046) From Anjou, Paris, southeast region. Two crops, rather strong productivity. Harvest from the end of August until the beginning of October. Turbiforme, rather big, pédoncule court, non-existent or thick collar, thin or yellowish skin with brown and thicken. Fresh pleasant, consummate pink flesh, capable of the conservation.(046)
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MADONNA
SYN: BRUNSWICK
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A brown, medium to large fig. Excellent flavor. (013) Skin and flesh colors: Brown; amber Widely grown in Texas and the Southwest. Souring-prone figs best for canning or preserves. Cold-hardy tree has distinctive hand-shaped leaves. (022)
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MAGNOLIA
BRUNSWICK, MADONNA , DALMATIA, BLACK NAPLES, BRUNSWIG, DALMATIAN, LARGE WHITE TURKEY
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This variety is the most popular commercial canning fig in the South. It is a weak growing tree with fruit that sours and splits badly during wet weather. Splitting and souring can be reduced, however, if its fruit is picked just before full maturity and used as preserves. This variety also produces fair-to-good crop on sucker wood the season after freeze injury. The fruit is medium to large with brown skin and light amber pulp. It is prominently swollen at the fruit base with a very open eye. Fruiting is spread over a long period if the tree is pruned heavily. Figs will appear on both current and last year's wood, although its fruit crop is usually small. This variety is widely used as a dooryard variety in Texas but because of its splitting and souring problems, it is no longer recommended. (009) Uncommon in Florida, but found throughout the South and canned commercially in Texas. Fruit lopsided, large, bronze colored with open eye. Ripens from mid-July to late August, fruit tends toward sourness and splitting. Will bear after severe freeze damage. (020) Fig Varieties for South Carolina : Magnolia Bronze with white flecks Medium Fair Excellent (061)The fruit sour, split, ferment, get full of beetles, and draw thousands of wasps, bees, possums, etc. Stinks up the whole yard. I live north of Houston, USDA 8B, with very high humidity, rainfall, and heat. I would definitly not recommend Magnolia for such conditions. (917)Magnolia (Brunswick) is famously bad for wet climates. (929) Rating of this variety by fig grower, Mr. Ray Givan, in Pomona, Vol. XXIX, No. 1, Winter 1996: Very good; sweet and rich, but sours in rainy weather. Info on this variety from Watts, Figs in Coastal Southern California, Fruit Gardeners, California Rare Fruit Growers, Vol. 23, No. 6, December 1991: 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. (049b)
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MALCOLM'S SUPER GIANT
SYN: GALBUN, GUILBEAU
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A medium to large brown, pyriform fig with strawberry pulp. Still under evaluation by Alabama Extension horticulturists, but it seems promising. Some say it is a synonym for Guilbeau; however, others think the fruit seems quite different. (004)
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MALTA
SYN: CELESTE (089)
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Described by Crichton as a " a small richly flavored variety of doubtful origin suitable for drying. The fruit will hang on the tree till it's gets shriveled, when it becomes a pleasant sweetmeat. The fruit is roundish and ripens late. Skin pale brown. Flesh pale brown and very sweet.. tree fair, vigorous and bears freely.. " Was introduced into Australia by the RHSV in the 1880's. (Australia) (021) Small to medium pear shaped fruit, violet coloured when ripe. Early season. Good flavour. (089)
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MALTA BLACK
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(Grandparent to Celeste), Medium, Black, Dark Red Center, Sweet Crop (012) Medium, black dark-red pulp. Sweet. Two crops. DiPaola [of Belleclare Nursery] says it is a grandparent of Celeste. (001d)
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MARABOUT
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[Condit] also introduced or arranged the introduction of a number of good varieties, including Zidi and Marabout.(001b) The [following] names were cited as synonyms in Fig Varieties: Hilgardia, Vol. 23, No. 11, 1955, p. 357, by Condit: Sultana du Marabout, Aseltani (049b)
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MARABOUT c SMYMAY
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MARLOW
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MARSEILLAISE
SYN: BLANCHETTE, BLANQUETTE, TESTICLES OF THE POPE, FIG OF MARSEILLES, FIG OF NAPLES, FIG OF ATHENS, WHITE MARSEILLES, WHITE NAPLES, LIPARI, MARSEILLES
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From Provence, the Var, Paris region. One crop, very productive, At the beginning of September to the end of October. Small spherical fruit, greenish yellow skin, gilding in maturity, given luster, pink flesh in reddish, pédoncule lengthened, little marked collar. Excellent, perfumed, sweetened, tender flesh, consummate fraiche, recommended for the transformation (crystallized fruit, jam, dried), amateur's variety. [Translated from French](046)One crop, Mid-September. Small green fig, yellow, pink, very sweetened flesh, very good taste and scented, at the same time firm and melting, recommended for drying. Productive and rustic fig tree(France)(043)
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MARSEILLES
SYN: BLANCHE, LATTARULA, ST. ANTHONY, OREGON PROLIFIC, LEMON, MARSEILLAISE, WHITE MARSEILLES, BIANCI
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Large, almost round fruits, slightly ribbed; pale green to yellow, translucent flesh, rich and succulent. Good hardy variety for walls or forcing. At Jefferson's Monticello, Marseilles bears abundant crops. (002) 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)
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MARSEILLES VS
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MARTINIQUE
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Listed in the Report by George Neilson for the RVHS gardens at Burnley in 1875. Not mentioned elsewhere. (Australia) (021)
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MARY LANE
SYN: JELLY, MARYLANE SEEDLESS, SEEDLESS
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A medium yellow fig said to have originated in California. The fruit is very juicy and nearly seedless. Well-adapted in all fig areas. (001a) (004) (006) Fruit tear-drop shaped. Nearly seedless (small chewable) (002) An unidentified, medium, yellow fig said to have originated in California. Leaf: truncate to subcordate; unlobed to 3 lobes; margins coarsely serrate. The fruit is very juicy and nearly seedless. Well-adapted in California and the Northwest. I fruited this variety in 1997 and found it to be as good as A. J. Bullard and other Southern growers say it is. Deserves more trials. Synonyms: Jelly, Seedless. (006) (Mary Lane Seedless) . Large, yellow-green skin, yellow pulp, tiny seeds. Good on coast. (011) A medium-sized yellow unidentified fig said to have originated in California. Oblate-spherical. The fruit is very juicy, sweet, and seedless. Well adapted in all fig areas. (004) Quail 01/31/2004
SKIN COLOR: YELLOW / GREEN
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MARY LANE SEEDLESS
SYN: MARY LANE
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An outstanding seedless white fig with very sweet and excellent flavor. Rated high quality. It's size is from medium to large. (013)
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MASLIN EDIBLE VARIANT
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MAYES YELLOW
SEE BIANCI
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Poor strain in south Georgia.(001c)
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MEGA CELESTE
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MILCO
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MINORCA BIANCA
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Offered by W C Grey in 1907. described as having medium sized fruit with a green skin.. fine quality. (Australia) (021)
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MISSION
SYN: BLACK MISSION, CALIFORNIA BLACK, FRANCISCAN, FRANCISCANA, NEGRA
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A large black fig with light strawberry pulp. Brebas are pyriform with a prominent thick neck; main crop figs are smaller and more variable, pyriform. Well-adapted in California. Disappointing in the South since it is not very hardy. Often infected by mosaic that mottles the leaves, but does not seem to effect the crop. (001a) (006) (013) A large black fig with light strawberry pulp. Brebas are pyriform with prominent, thick necks; main-crop figs are smaller, more variable, and pyriform. Well adapted in California. Disappointing in the South since it is not very hardy. Often infected by mosaic, which mottles the leaves but does not seem to affect the crop. (004) Fruit large. Skin purplish-black. Can be eaten fresh, dried or canned. Excellent flavor. (002) Leaf: base calcarate; 5 lobes; latate. Distinctive, rich flavor. Well-adapted in California. Very vigorous, but not hardy. One of the best where adapted. Good fresh and dried. (006) Medium to large, pear-shaped fruit. Purplish to black skin with light strawberry flesh. Sweet, best eaten fresh. Grown in all areas of California and is the most dependable, all-round backyard fig variety. The first crop matures in late June, the second crop matures in August and September. Both crop are suitable for fresh use, drying or canning. Long-lived, large tree. Coastal, inland valleys. (007) Medium, black skin, reddish pulp. Used fresh and dried. Has strong fig flavor. Good at coast. Has both a breba and a second crop. Oldest California fig, originally from Spain. (011) A purple black, huge, medium sweet, rich flavor fig. Quality is excellent. (013) Named for the mission fathers who planted the fruit as they traveled north along the California coast, the Mission fig is famous for its distinctive flavor. The fresh fruit exhibits a deep purple shade which darkens to a rich black when dried, making this fig an esthetic, as well as an edible, delight in all recipes. (014) Skin and flesh colors: Purple-black; strawberry. Very widely adapted variety grows and produces well in most regions. All-purpose fig is used fresh, dried, and for preserves. Tree often produces both spring and fall crops. (022) A common commercial variety that requires a lot of heat; large tree with dark fruit. (036) The [following] names were cited as synonyms in Fig Varieties: Hilgardia, Vol. 23, No. 11, 1955, p. 437, by Condit and in The Fig in Georgia, Georgia Experiment Station, Bull. 61, 1903, p. 69, by Starnes: Reculver, Franciscana, California Black, Brebal, Biberaeo, Gourreau diu Languedoc, Gourreau Noir, Reculver, Black Mexican, Noire d'Espagne, Gouraud Noir, Douro Nebra, Negra (049b) Info on this variety from Watts, Figs in Coastal Southern California, Fruit Gardeners, California Rare Fruit Growers, Vol. 23, No. 6, December 1991: Medium, black skin, reddish pulp. Used fresh and dried. Has strong fig flavor. Good at coast. Has both a breba and a second crop. Oldest California fig, originally from Spain. Info from Commercial Dried Fig Production in California, University of California, Leaflet 21051, p. 6, November 1978: Mission came to California from Spain. Tree reaches a larger size than most varieties. It produces both breba and second crops. Fruits of the breba crops are large, and many are shipped to the fresh market. Some breba figs are dried, but their shape relegates this fruit to manufactureing stock. Second-crop figs are much more numerous, smaller, and rounder. Fruits are marketed as whole figs, fig paste, and juice. Leafs out about 7 days after Adriatic. The breba crop matures before most other varieties, in mid-August to early September. Fruit splitting is minimal, and the eye is fairly tight, so fruit spoilage is seldom a problem.(049b)
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(006)

MONACO BLANCHE
SYN: MONACO BIANCO
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Listed in the Report by George Neilson for the RVHS gardens at Burnley in 1875. Variety called Monaco Bianco listed as growing at Burnley in 1896 is probably the same variety. Not mentioned elsewhere. (Australia) (021)
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MONSTRUEUSE
SYN: MONSTREUSE DE LIPARI
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An excellent fig with an unfortunate name. Leaf: cordate, 3 to 5 lobes, upper sinuses shallow, crenate margins. Two crops. Brebas are oblique-pyriform with large, distinct neck, medium to large, green tinged with violet and dark strawberry pulp. Good quality. Main crop figs are slightly smaller, turbinate without neck or with a short one, grass green with light pink pulp. Sweet and rich flavor. Quality and size varies according to local climate. Brebas, for example, are good at Riverside while the main crop is bigger and better on the California coast. I have been looking for this one for five or six years and finally got a couple of plants from some cuttings Don Polensky of San Jose, California sent me in early January 1998. Synonym: Grosse Monstreuse de Lipari. (006) Condit praises it highly. Large, grass-green fig of good quality. Fairly tender.(001c)
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MONTANA
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MONTELLONE
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Large, Round, White, Light Amber Center (2crops) (012) (Genoa, Italy)--Large, round, white with pale-amber pulp. Two crops (001d)
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MOSCTEL BRANCO
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A dark green with red pulp fig from Portugal. Very good flavor. Two to three crops. Main crop is very heavy. (013) Two crops. Small breba crop with yellowish green fruit with red pulp. Main crop is heavy. Fruit is dark green with red pulp. Very good. (Portugese)(001b)
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MOUISSOUNE
SYN: FENDILLADE, MOUISSONNE
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Listed in the Report by George Neilson for the RVHS gardens at Burnley in 1875. Not mentioned elsewhere. (Australia) (021) Very fine skin purple dark, cracked, of a very fine taste(France)(043)Violet to dark violet skin with deep red pulp. Two crops. Medium sized. Sparse crop of good brebas. Abundant main crop is good fresh. (French) (001b)
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MWAZI
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Greenish skin with purple ribs and amber pulp. Two crops. Good breba crop. Main crop figs are also large, sweet and delicious. (Palestinian/Israeli)(001b)
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MYKONOS (A)
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Large, White Strawberry Center (2crops Greek Thina) (012)
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MYKONOS (B)
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Strawberry Center (Breba Only) (Greek-Perkounis) 2 (012)
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MYKONOS BLACK
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Greek. Large, pear-shaped, reddish to purple-black with strawberry pulp. Brebas only (San Pedro type). Synonym: Perkounis (001d)
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MYKONOS WHITE
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(Greek)--Large with strawberry pulp. Two crops. Synonym: Thina (001d)
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NARDINE
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Another Condit hybrid. Yellow skin. Large with good flavor. (001b)
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NATALINA
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abundant 1" very sweet purple fruit. (073) I remember natalina figs very well, In italy it was a small dark tasty fig that ripeD late in the fall. Natalinao an Italian word for Christmas.(928)
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NATALINO
SEE PASQUALE

NATIVE DE ARGENTILE
SYN: HATIVE DE ARGENTUEIL
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[A]n obvious misnomer [for Hâtive de Argentueil](001c)
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(936)

NAZARTI
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Recent imports include Zidi from Tunisia in the 1950s and Nazari from Israel in 1997.(001d)Most of the crop is the Nazarati verity. The brebas are very big but the taste to my opinion is only fair. The Nazarati variety is probably White Bosnian.(001f)
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(910)

NEBIAN
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NEGRA
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NEGRETTE OF ROUSSILLON
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NEGRO D'ESPAYNE
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Listed by George Neilson in 1874 as being grown at the RVHS gardens at Burnley. No description. (Australia) (021) (Burnley 1896) [Same as] Black Spanish/ Brown Turkey? (Australia)(060)
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NEGRO LARGO
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NEGRONNE
SYN: BORDEAUX, NAGRONNE, VIOLETTE DE BORDEAUX
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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) Small jet black fruits; deep red pulp; very fine flavor fresh or dried. Two crops a year in cool areas. Vigorous and hardy; productive in pots. (002) Purplish-black fruit with rich strawberry pulp. Considered by many the finest tasting fig. Popular in the Northwest and West. Needs protection in cold winter areas. Good for home planting as tree is dwarf and prolific in fruit production. Closed eye. Zones 7b-9. (003) 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 spherical or pyriform to obovate, often oblique without neck. Medium eye. Leaf: base truncate to shallowly cordate; middle lobe spatulate, side lobes latate. Probably needs heat to develop the best flavor. Excellent fresh or dried. Well-adapted in the South and Southwest. Fairly hardy. (Note: Condit calls this variety Bordeaux. See the Introduction for a discussion of this issue.) Synonyms: Beer's Black, Bordeaux, Petite Figue Violette, Violette de Bordeaux. 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) A small, jet black fig from Spain with very good flavor. Good for cooler climates. Two crops. It's highly productive in pots. (013) Listed by George Neilson in 1874 as being grown at the RVHS gardens at Burnley. No description. A variety of the same name is described by Whealy as having " small black fruit with excellent tasting red pulp. of good flavor fresh or dried. " Still available in the USA used for drying or fresh. No known source in Australia. (Australia) (021) A Spanish (or possibly French) variety; the fruit is small, black-skinned with deep red flesh; needs some heat--it crops in Portland OR, but not Seattle. (036) (Burnley 1896) Facciola 1990 lists Negronne [Bordeaux, Violette de Bordeaux] - Reasonable breba crop purplish-black skin, pith tinged violet, pulp strawberry, rich. Main crop small, spherical/pyriform, obovate, pith white. (Australia)(060)Condit's Bordeaux. Identical with the commercial variety 'Petite Negri.' (001c)I have Sal's Fig & Negronne (aka Violette de Bordeaux). They rank among my favorites because of their productivity and taste. Negronne is hard to beat on taste, but Sal's is very good too. (907)
SKIN COLOR: BLACK
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NEOPOLITAINE
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Listed by Barraclough as being grown at Burnley in 1896. Not listed in any other sources. (Australia) (021)
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NERO
BARNISOTTE, BROGIOTTO NOIRE, BROGIOTTO NERO, ISCHIA BLACK, SCAVELLO
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A large purplish-black fig with light pink pulp. Turbinate-pyriform with a flattened apex. Eye medium, open. Flavor is fairly sweet and rich. Very good to excellent flavor. Well-adapted in the Southwest and South. (001a) (004) A very large fig. Purplish-black, lighter or even green towards the stalk. Numerous white flecks. Pulp is light strawberry. Turbinate-pyriform, sometimes oblique with a broad apex. Eye medium, open. Leaf: base cordate; 5 lobes, middle lobe spatulate, side lobes latate. Flavor is sweet and rich. Needs heat to develop good flavor and adequate sugar. Very good to excellent fresh; poor when stewed as it breaks up. Well-adapted in the Southwest and South. (006) A large purplish black fig with light pink pulp. Turbinate-pyriform with a flattened apex. Eye is medium-sized and open. Very good to excellent flavor-fairly sweet and rich. Well adapted in the Southwest and South. (004) (Italy) Large Purple-Red (Wine Color) , Dark Center (2crops) (012) Skin and flesh colors: Purple; strawberry. Grows well in most regions. More tolerant of cold than most fig varieties so recommended for marginal fig regions. This variety produces abundant crops of large figs at a young age. (022) Excellent fruit. Reliable and hardy in south Georgia.(001c)
SKIN COLOR: PURPLE / BLACK
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NERO CAESAR
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NEVERALLA
SYN: ARCHIPEL, OSBORN, OSBORNE'S PROLIFIC
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A medium bronze to brown fig with white to amber pulp. Brebas are pyriform with prominent neck; main crop figs are pyriform to turbinate with a thick neck. Variable stalks. Fair flavor. Resembles Osborn Prolific. (001a) A small- to medium-sized purple fig with strawberry pulp. Variable shape and flavor. Bred by E.N. O'Rourke and released by Louisiana State University in 1991. Its stems are always purple. LSU says the plant is nematode resistant. Well adapted to the Deep South. Hardiness not established. Seems tender. (004) (006) Variable stalks. Leaf: base cordate; 3-5 lobes; basal sinus narrow. Fair to insipid flavor. (006) A prolific hardy variety that will fruit in mild summers. (036) [A]lthough generally disease resistant, many 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) Very similiar to but better than Archipel, possibly a bud sport.. (001c)
SKIN COLOR: BRONZE
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NIGRA
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Listed by Barraclough as being grown at Burnley in 1896. Not listed in any other sources. (Australia) (021)
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NOIRE DE BARBENTANE
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Native of Provence, one calls it So black of Mormoiron. The tree is ornamental and its big LEAVES have 3 little deep lobes and raise also themselves towards the sky. The fruit looks like enormously Bouriasotte as by its aspect as by its monetary value. [Translated from French](046)
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NOIRE BE CAROMB
SYN: DOUQUEIRA NEGRA, PERROQUINE, BLACK OF CAROMB
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From Italy where it carries Douqueira's negra name, one calls it also Perroquine, Caroinb or still the Black two-crop of Caromb. The tree is strong but very sensitive to the psylle of the fig tree. The average or big leaf has 3 in 5 profoundly cut lobes. Two crops, it offers few differences between the fruits of the two harvests except the calibre. The smaller, autumn figs present a gleaming aspect. [Translated from French](046)From Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Vaucluse, Roussillon, the Aude. Two crops, good productivity. Harvest at the end of August until the end of October. Pyriform, lengthened, small in size, made purple skin to black pruineuse rather thin, characteristic gleaming aspect, pédoncule rather long, little marked collar Very sweet, fresh very delicious, consummate skin and dried. [Translated from French](046)
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NORDLAND
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NSA No.1
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