A BOIS JASPER SKIN COLOR: FLESH COLOR: BREBA CROP: ORIGIN: HISTORY: MY COLLECTION: SOURCES:

ABEBEREIRA SKIN COLOR: FLESH COLOR: BREBA CROP: ORIGIN: HISTORY: MY COLLECTION: SOURCES:

ABICOU SKIN COLOR: FLESH COLOR: BREBA CROP: ORIGIN: HISTORY: MY COLLECTION: SOURCES:

ABICOU
SYN: SAN PIERO, AUBIQUE OF PROVENCE
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ABOUKOUNIS BLACK
SYN: CHIOS C
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(Greek) Large, purple-black with dark red pulp. Two crops. (001d)
SKIN COLOR: Purple / Black
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ABRUZZI
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ADAM
SYN: DAUPHINE (089)
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Introduced by the RHSV in the 1890's at Burnley. Listed in the Law Sumner & Co catalogue of 1915. Sold commercially by Burnings as an "early good dark fig with a large breba crop ". Sold by Goodman's until the early 1950's. Ikin states that it was in the Victorian, Western Australian and NSW State fruit Collections in 1974. Rance says of Adam that it is an early 'San Pedro' type fig needing pollination from the fig wasp. The with good 'breba' crop and 'higo' crops. The fruit is 'red to purple and the flesh amber to reddish with a full sweet flavor'. Source : SA Rare Fruits Association. (Australia) (021) Acquired from South Africa, but apparently a French variety, this has green to yellowish brown skinned figs with a touch of violet. The flesh is amber to red. The foliage is dramatic with very large leaves. (089) Does not reqire a pollinator wasp. Produces marvelous clumps of round, fat figs. Very large leaves with virtually no lobes. 016 (016)
SKIN COLOR: RED / PURPLE
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ADRIANO
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A superb flavor fig created by mutation. It's flavor is outstanding. [Adriano] considers it the best in his collection. (013)
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ADRIATIC
SYN: GROSSE VERTE, CHICO, STRAWBERRY, VERDONE, FRAGOLA, ITALIAN STRAWBERRY, NEBAIN, VENTURA, WHITE ADRIATIC, FICO DE FRAGOLA
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A medium green to greenish-yellow fig shaped like a top with light strawberry pulp and good flavor. Turbinate with small or no neck. Very subject to mosaic. Well-adapted in the Northwest, but disappointing in the South. Fairly hardy. Good for drying. (001a)(004)Two crops. Large, greenish-yellow. Red pulp of very fine flavor. Fruits well near coast or inland. Consistent bearer. Good fresh or dried. Well suited for pots. (002) (004)A medium greenish-yellow fig with light strawberry pulp and good flavor. Turbinate with small or no neck. Leaf: base is subcordate to truncate; usually 5-lobed; middle lobe spatulate. Very subject to mosaic. Light breba crop. Well-adapted in Northern California and the Northwest. Disappointing in the South as it leafs out early and is susceptible to damage from late freezes. Good all-purpose fig. (006)One of the [principal] varieties for producing dried figs. It produces mainly second crop fruit of greenish-yellow skin color and amber pulp. Harvest time from mid-August to mid-October. Interior valleys. (007)A large, sweet, rich, green yellow, very fine flavor fig. Two crops annually. (013)Transplanted from the Mediterranean, the Adriatic fig is the most prolific of all the varieties. The high sugar content, retained as the fruit dries to a golden shade, make this fig the prime choice for fig bars and pastes. (015) [T]urbinate with short, thick neck and short stalk; above medium size; green to yellowish-green with red pulp; of distinctive flavor and very good quality. In early, minor, breba crop the fruits are oblique-pyriform, large, green, often tinged with purplish-red with dark-red pulp and strong flavor. (019)In Queensland, 'Brown Turkey', 'Adriatic', 'Genoa' and 'Purple Genoa' perform very well. (019)Origin: Central Italy, Small to medium, skin greenish, flesh strawberry colored. Good, all-purpose fig. Light breba crop. Large vigorous tree leafs out early; subject to frost damage. Prune to force new growth. (023)(075)Skin and flesh colors: Green-yellow; strawberry Widely adapted. Grows and produces well in San Francisco area. This is an old variety that reliably bears two crops annually. Excellent fresh. (022). Origin central Italy. Breba crop light and good late crop of small to medium, skin greenish, flesh strawberry colored fruits with an open eye. The fruit can split otherwise a superb eating fig. Planted for market and for drying. Large vigorous tree leafs out early; subject to frost damage. Prune to force new growth. Railtons catalogue of 1880' states that variety ripens in February in Victoria. Has been available commercially in Australia since the 1880's and is still available from nurseries. Glowinski states that this variety is better suited to warmer areas and is used mostly for drying. Widely available commercial variety. (Australia) (021)From central Italy, Small to medium, skin greenish, flesh strawberry colored. Good, all-purpose fig, but no good in mild-summer areas. Large vigorous tree leafs out early; subject to frost damage. Prune hard to force new growth. (026) (026a) The [following] names were cited as synonyms in Fig Varieties: Hilgardia, Vol. 23, No. 11, 1955, p. 406, by Condit; and in Ortho Book 'Citrus and Subtropical Fruit' Memo, 1985, by Claude Sweet: Strawberry, Verdone, Grosse Verte, White Adriatic, Fico di Fragola, Nebian (049b) Info on this variety from Sanders, Figs in Containers, Fruit Gardeners, California Rare Fruit Growers, Vol. 23, No. 6, December 1991: Greenish yellow, red pulp, fine flavor. Medium open eye. Good fresh, jams, dried. Consistent producer. Large vigorous tree. Prune severly to force new growth. Info from Commercial Dried Fig Production in California, University of California, Leaflet 21051, p. 5, November 1978: Adriatic is probably of Italian origin, although it is popular in England, where it is known as Grosse Verte. It produces few breba-crop figs. The second crop is plentiful. Used primarily in the manufacture of fig paste. Leafs out 7 to 10 days earlier than other varieties, thus more subject to spring frost injury. Has capacity to initiate new growth and produce some crop in frost years. Harvesting starts in late August and continues into October, if the weather is favorable. The variety is subject to spoilage organisms.(049b)
SKIN COLOR: GREEN / YELLOW
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ADRIATIC HYBRID
SYN: SEE CONADRIA
AFGHAN A
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AFGHANISTANICA
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AGEN
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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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AKED
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ALDO
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[This] fig, called Aldo's fig, is named after the guy who donated it to me. I understand that there is a fig out there by the name of Aldo but it has no relation to the one I have. (904)
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ALGERIAN
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ALMA
SYN: FALL GOLD (089)
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A small to medium fig golden-brown, pear-shaped (pyriform) fig with amber pulp. Sweet and delicate flavor. Bred by Texas A & M and released in 1940.Well adapted in the Southeast. highly resistant to fruit rots. Wood is very hardy. (001a)(004)Fruit medium. Skin light yellow. Seeds small. Tree bears heavily. Excellent flavor. (002) (004)A small to medium golden-brown fig with amber pulp. Pyriform without neck. Leaf: base decurrent, unlobed to 3 lobes. Sweet and delicate flavor. Bred by Texas A & M and released in 1975. Main crop only. Well adapted in the Southeast. highly resistant to fruit rots. Wood is very hardy, but the fruit buds are damaged by hard freezes. Seems to thrive in cooler climates. An interspecies cross between F. palmata and F. carica. Has a tendency to weediness so it needs careful pruning to be productive. (006)Alma is a new common fig variety released by the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station in 1974. Alma resulted from a cross between the female Allison and the male Hamma Caprifig. It is a late season variety with very high fruit quality. The fruit skin is rather unattractive; however, the flesh has an excellent rich, sweet flavor. The tree is moderately vigorous, very productive and comes into production at a very early age. The eye of Alma fruit is sealed with a drop of thick resin that inhibits the entry of the dried fruit beetle, thus reducing on-the-tree fruit souring. Alma is very frost sensitive, especially as a young tree and should be grown no more than 200 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. (009)Medium, Light Yellow-Amber-Tan Flesh, Small Eye (2crops) (012) [O]riginated in Texas and its nearly closed eye makes it a good selection for humid regions. The medium-sized fruit is greenish yellow with amber flesh. Very sweet, this cultivar may produce both a good spring and summer crop. (030)Skin and flesh colors: Green-brown; amber. Recommended for Texas and southeastern U.S. Requires a long warm season to ripen. Average-sized fruit is very sweet and has small seeds. Small, frost-sensitive tree produces a good spring crop and heavy main crop. Nearly closed eye resists fruit souring. New variety developed in Texas. (022)Fig Varieties for South Carolina: Alma (061)A Texas A&M hybrid of Allison (a synonym for Vernino) with Hamma, a North African caprifig with mixed F. carica/F. palmata parentage. Excellent quality, but very late ripening. Released in 1975. The first of Condit's hybrid releases (using Adriatic and an edible caprifig). Released in 1957. (001b)Tends to weediness; needs pruning, but has very high quality, late-ripening fruit. (001c)Medium to large, yellow, very sweet, closed end and cold tolerant.(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) Rating of this variety by fig grower, Mr. Ray Givan, in Pomona, Vol. XXIX, No. 1, Winter 1996: Very good; sweet and slightly rich. Info on this variety from Sanders, Figs in Containers, Fruit Gardeners, California Rare Fruit Growers, Vol. 23, No. 6, December 1991: Medium size, light yellow fruit, sweet, amber flesh. Small seeds and eye. Good fresh or dried. Needs long summer, frost sensitive. Small tree. (049b) Tends to sucker easily. (941) Fruit medium sized with light yellow skin. Golden flesh of excellent flavour. Heavy crops. (089)
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ANGELIQUE
SYN: MADELEINE DE DEUX SAISONS (089)
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As figs go it seems [Thomas Jefferson] grew Marseilles, Angelique, and Brown Turkey with the Marseilles fig being his favorite. (921) It is a medium yellow fig with a very good taste and perfumed. The problem is ... only Read nursery in England sells it. (918) Medium roundish fruit which are yellow with white specks. Flesh white with pink tinge. Good for pots. Does well on walls in a greenhouse. (089)
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ANGELIQUE NOIRE
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Listed in the Report by George Neilson for the RVHS gardens at Burnley in 1875. Offered by C W Wyatt in 1874 with the note "rather small". (Australia) (021)
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ARAB MARKET
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Unknown fig growing at Arab Market at 70th and El Cajon Blvd in San Diego, CA. Has breba and main crop, but appears to be a caprifig.(910)
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ARCHIPEL
SYN: NEVERALLA
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A large greenish-yellow fig with a very thin, edible skin and honey-colored flesh. Early to mid season. One of our best and most reliable bearers at The Food Forest (014)Passible, if nothing better is ripe. (001c) The [following] names were cited as synonyms in Fig Varieties: Hilgardia, Vol. 23, No. 11, 1955, p. 414, by Condit: De l'Archipel, Osborn, Figue Grise, Osborn's Prolific, Ronde Noire, Hardy Prolific (049b)
SKIN COLOR: GREEN / YELLOW
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MY COLLECTION: DFIC0007 UC Davis 2005/02/12
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ARIANE
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[Translated] Very many breba figs of golbgelber color, flesh brightly and juicy, hardly produces autumn figs, which explains the rich production of breba figs, which mature during relatively short time, even for cooler locations. (066)
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ARMENIAN
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Very large yellow, spreading, does well in pots. Flesh amber. Mildly sweet. First ripe fruits set snugly in a tea cup. (002)
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MY COLLECTION: CRFG-OC 01/31/2004 Cutting failed.
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ATHENE
SYN: MARSEILLAISE
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ATREANO
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A must-have for any fig collector, Atreano is a robust, fast growing fig that produces tasty clusters of light green figs with a sweet, pink interior. Figs are larger than Alma or Italian Golden, smaller than Conadria and hold on well when ripe. We have not tested this fig for winter hardiness, so northern growers should plan to protect well or grow in containers. (016) Loaded with fruit in summer of 2003.(001c)
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AUBICOU
SYN: BLACK AUBIQUE OF PROVENCE, AUBICOUT
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Fruit very large, a little coarse, hard skin, to use out of fresh fruit.(043)
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AUBICOUT
SYN: BLACK AUBIQUE OF PROVENCE, AUBICOU
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Fruit very large, a little coarse, hard skin, to use out of fresh fruit.(043)
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AUBIQUE BLANCHES
SYN: WHITE AUBIQUE (?)
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Grown by the RHSV in the 1890's at Burnley. (Australia) (021)
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AUBIQUE NOIRE
SYN: BROWN TURKEY
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AUGUSTA RED
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Large reddish-purple fruit with dark pulp. Good flavor. Unidentified.(001c)
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AZAICH
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Black skin with red pulp. Two crops. Productive with good quality. Main crop good fresh or dried. (Algerian)(001b)
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