ENCANTO FARMS

WALKER
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Chris says fruit resembles his Guilbeau.(001c)
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WELL'S WEEP
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WHITE
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large 2" fruit. Eat fresh or dried. (073)
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WHITE ADRIATIC
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Medium, yellow-green skin, reddish pulp. Good on coast. (011) An early fig suited to cooler areas like the Adelaide Hills, one crop which ripens February, medium to large fruit, brownish-green skin and pink flesh, excellent fresh and very good for jam. A spreading tree. (014) [F]orms into a large tree. The fruit is a light greenish-yellow with an attractive deep-pink flesh. The flavor is excellent, the pulp being a light strawberry red. Performs well in warmer areas and is well suited to drying. The fruit matures in February and March. (Australia) (032) (Verdonne, Adriatic, Grosse Verte, Nebian) Thin brownish-green skin (Brunnings 1914). White skin, red flesh, ripens in February (Schum 1950). Italian variety, "filled with strawberry jelly", small breba crop has light chartreuse skin, later main crop is blushed with purple. If pollinated the flesh turns a bright ruby red. Vigorous tree, leafs out early so subject to spring frost damage (in California where used in dried fig industry), has the largest leaves of any variety (Brennan 1995). Mid season, medium large, brownish-green skin, pink to red flesh, excellent flavor, eaten fresh, spreading tree (Baxter 1981). Fruit somewhat hollow at the centre, good for drying (Facciola 1999). (Burnley 1896). Still common in cultivation (Lord 1957). SC.(Australia)(060) Medium round fruit with pale green skin going nearly white when ripe. Rich sweet flavour. Strawberry coloured flesh. (089)
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WHITE AUBIQUE
SYN: AUBIQUE BLANCHES (?)
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Green skin, white flesh. (France)(043)
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WHITE BARESE
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(Columbo), Large, White with Strawberry Center (2crops) (012)
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WHITE BARNISSOTTE
SYN: BOURJASSOTTE WHITE (089)
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WHITE BOURGASSOTTE
SYN: WHITE BOURJASSOTTE, BOURJASSOTTE WHITE
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Offered by John J Cole in 1867. Medium sized fruit with greenish yellow skin.. flesh reddish.. sweet and pleasantly flavored. Listed in the Report by George Neilson for the RVHS gardens at Burnley in 1875. Offered by Goodman�s Fruit Catalogue of 1911 with no description. Delisted in 1916. There is a wax replica of the White Bourgasotte at the Science Works Museum in Victoria. White Genoa : ( AKA White Marseilles ) Large pyriform fruit. with skin that is greenish yellow mottled with white; flesh is amber yellow with a mild flavor; good fresh or dried. Light breba and main crops. Tree upright, requires constant annual pruning. Does better in cooler areas with fruit continuing to ripen even after first frosts. The eye of the fruit is relatively large allowing dried fruit beetles which are common in warmer areas, to get into the fruit " One of the best varieties for all purposes." Offered in 1860-1870's by John J Cole and by Goodman�s Catalogues. Rail tons catalogue of 1880's states that this variety ripens in the first week of January in Victoria. (Australia) (021)
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WHITE GENOA
SYN: GENOA (089)
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Fruit medium. Skin greenish-yellow to white. Flesh yellow-amber. Excellent for eating fresh. (002) A medium, greenish-yellow fig with amber pulp. Brebas are oblique-pyriform; main crop are turbinate. Does not produce heavy crops of either brebas or main crop figs. Leaf: base broadly subcordate; 3-5 lobes. The flavor is excellent cooler areas of California, but does not hold up in hotter climates where Conadria is a far better choice. Late to ripen-even after the first frosts. Genoa needs annual pruning. (006) Medium fruit. Yellow-green thin skin. Yellow to light strawberry flesh, few seeds. Good fresh and dried. Avoid hot climates. Coastal. (007) Large, green-yellow skin, reddish pulp. Good most years on coast. Used fresh or dried. (011) Mid season and good in cool areas with large greenish-yellow fruit with amber flesh, good fresh eating variety and favored for jam making. Light crop in Dec and more in Feb-Mar, unique flavor. (014) pyriform or turbinate, very faintly ribbed; neck thick and short, or absent; above medium in size; skin downy, greenish-yellow; pulp greenish-white near skin, mostly amber tinged with red; hollow; of fair quality. Fruits of breba crop oblique-obovate with thick neck and short stalk; yellowish-green externally; pulp light-red; of fair to good quality. (019) Old variety, a favorite in cool coastal areas--also excellent inland. Greenish -yellow skin, amber flesh, distinctive flavor. Prune to any shape. 100 hours. Self-fruitful. (025) Old variety, a favorite in cool coastal areas, also excellent inland. Medium large fruit has thin greenish-yellow skin and amber flesh with distinctive flavor. Best for fresh eating; poor quality when dried. Bears twice a year. Prune to any shape. (034) (Genoa, White Marseilles, Marseilles, Figre Blanche, Blanche, Ford's Seedling, White Naples, Lattarula, Lemon). Large, pyriform, skin yellowish green mottled with white, pulp amber; one of the best of old varieties for all purposes (Goodmans 1914). Large, pale brown, very sweet, medium (Railton 1880). Light chartreuse skin, rich amber to yellow flesh, lemony flavor at its peak, eat fresh from the tree (Brennan 1995). Yellow-green skin, amber flesh, good mild flavor, recommended for cooler areas (Glowinski 1991). Light breba crop of large oblique-pyriform fruit with light strawberry pulp, hollow at the centre. Main crop blemished by circular brown spots at maturity, thin skinned (Facciola 1990). Facciola distinguishes between White Genoa and White Marseilles. (Burnley 1896). Still common in cultivation (Lord 1957). Still commercially available, Flemings. SC.(Australia)(060)Medium, skin is greenish yellow to white, flesh yellow-amber. Sweet, good fresh or dried. Light breba and main crops.Tree upright, requires constant annual pruning. Best adapted to cooler regions of the West. Very late in northern California, continuing to ripen even after first frosts. (075)Large fruit has a thin, greenish-yellow skin, with amber to yellow, flavorful flesh. Good for eating fresh. Bears June through frost. Produces well in Southern Calif. coastal areas. Self-fertile, hardy to 10 degrees F. (076) Medium fruits with yellowish green skin, yellow amber flesh. Sweet flavour. Came to us from South Africa. (089)
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ZUMA

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WHITE GREEK
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WHITE GROSSONT
SYN: BOURJASSOTTE WHITE
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WHITE ISCHIA
SYN: ISCHIA, YELLOW ISCHIA
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Listed by Richton in 1893 as an " Italian variety with small roundish fruit.. ripening late. Skin pale yellowish green and flesh reddish purple. Small tree bearing early and prolific.." Sold by Law Sumner in 1915. Rance describes this as an early variety with a small breba crop and a good main crop used for preserves and pickles. Grown in UK in pots because the tree is compact and it can be forced so as to give three crops a year. (Australia) (021) [Ischia] Small green fruit, strawberry pulp. Grown in pots in the UK. Still common in cultivation (Lord 1957). Facciola's (1990) description is similar to Green Ischia except that this one "ripens early" (Burnley 1896). RR #4, RR #5.(Australia)(060) Small fruit and small habit but a good cropper. Delicate greenish/white skin tinged with brown at maturity with sweet juicy strawberry red flesh. (089) CRFG-SD 01/22/2004
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WHITE KADOTA
SYN: KADOTA
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Medium, lemon yellow skin, amber flesh, use for canning or drying.(062)
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WHITE KING
SYN: KING
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The best to grow in a north climate like Canada. It's a medium greenish-yellow fig with strawberry pulp. It ripens a large breba crop between late June and August. Fairly hardy. (013)
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WHITE MADELEINE
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WHITE MARSEILLES
SYN: WHITE NAPLES (089), FIGUE BLANCHE (089)
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Large almost round fruit, slightly ribbed. Pale green to yellow/white when mature. Translucent flesh which is sweet, should be better known.
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WHITE NAVELLO
SYN: DALMATIE
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WHITE OF ARGENTEUIL
SYN: ARGENTINA, WHITE (089), WHITE OF VERSAILLES, WHITE HASTY, LARGE WHITE, LEMON, MADELINE, ROYAL, GREEN OF ARGENTEUIL, WHITE RUSSIAN
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Two crops: July and September. (The second harvest is difficult in the Paris area.) Average fruit, lengthened flattened towards the eye, hold well with the tree, yellow skin verdatre, brilliant, the skin is detached easily, flesh white, juicy, very sweetened, scented. Successful well around Paris. (France)(043) From the source: Eisen, Gustav. The Fig: Its History, Culture and Curing. Bulletin No. 9, Division of Pomology, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1902. page 57. Oiling the Figs. In Southern France - in Argenteuil and in Frette - a process is performed called "appeter les figues" or hastening the figs. In Argenteuil and in Frette it is employed on all the figs which are desired to ripen early, the proper time for this process being of the utmost importance. If done too early the figs will not ripen at all, but will dry and spoil. The proper time is when the figs begin to color and the skin begins to feel soft, or about 17 days before it would regularly mature if left alone. Toward evening, if possible, a single drop of good olive oil is place on the eye of the fig, care being taken not to spread the oil. The oil is placed on the eye by means of a wheat straw and in such a way as to touch only the center of the eye. The next day the fig shows a change and in nine or ten days it may be cut, perfectly ripe, the operation having hastened the ripening of the fig certainly from six to eight days. Such treated figs are also better, sweeter, and with smaller seeds than those which have not been oiled. (065)
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WHITE PROLIFIC
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Listed by Barraclough as being grown at Burnley in 1896. Sold in Goodman�s Fruit Catalogue of 1909 to 1913. No description. (Australia) (021)
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WHITE PROVENCE
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Offered by John J Cole in 1867. Has large light brown skinned fruit, ..." much lighter that White Genoa, pale flesh, very sweet and rich." Growing at Burnley in 1896. Still sold by Law Sumner in 1915. (Australia) (021) [Sugar Fig] Valuable tree, producing a lot of fruit over a long period, beginning in January (in SA?) (Shum 1950).(Australia)(060)
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WHITE QUASSE
SEE BLANCHE

WHITE RUSSIAN
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An unidentified greenish-yellow fig I got from Fred Born who got it from Dorothy Mueleners of Arkansas. The fruit is large, averaging about 2+ ounces. Turbinate with or without short neck. Leaf: base subcordate to cordate; 3-5 lobes, latate; margins crenate. Closely resembles Marseilles, but is said to have a better flavor. I am still trialing it and waiting for a good fruiting season to identify it to my own satisfaction. Possibly a bud mutation. (006) Definitely Marseilles.(001c)
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WHITE TEXAS EVERBEARING
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Tends to sucker easily. (941)
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SOURCES: UC Davis DFIC0162 (049a)

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WILD HIMALAYAN
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WILLIAM'S PROLIFIC
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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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YEDE VERN
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YELLOW BROWN GREEK
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YELLOW ISCHIA
SYN: WHITE ISCHIA
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Small, possibly useable for jam. (014) Offered by John J Cole in his 1867 catalogue the fruit is small with pale greenish yellow skin, purple flesh.. and very rich and luscious.. a great bearer with the second crop heaviest. Offered by W C Grey in 1907. Confused description but probably meant that it had large fruit with yellow skin and red flesh. (Australia) (021)
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YELLOW NECHES
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A yellow fig of mediocre quality. Desirable only as a specimen of colonial-period figs. Easily identified by swollen stalk.(001c)
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YVONNE
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Still another Condit hybrid. Yellow skin. Large with good flavor. (001b)Another Condit hybrid. Like most of them, it is large and yellow with good flavor. (001c)
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ZIDI
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Recent imports include Zidi from Tunisia in the 1950s and Nazari from Israel in 1997.(001d)[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 by Todd Kennedy at the CRFG Scionwood Exchange of January 20th, 1990: Smyrna.(049b)
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