Fig Varieties: A Monograph - uri=ucce.ucdavis

February, 1955] Condit: Fig Varieties
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described by Donno (1952), appears to be the same as Sesso.
Tree vigorous, with green terminal buds, according to Donno (1951a). Leaves large,
generally 5-lobed. Brebas none. Second crop abundant and esteemed for drying; figs
resistant to rain damage.
Second-crop figs large, oblate-spherical, flattened at the apex; stalk short; ribs
numerous; eye open; color canary yellow, dotted with white flecks; skin thick, easily
peeled; pulp red; flavor very sweet, delicate.
Sigilli. Described and figured by Ozbek (1949) as a variety found rarely in the
Meander Valley of Turkey. Fruit consumed mostly fresh.
Figs large, oblate, with short stalk, strongly attached to the branch; average weight
58 grams; eye open; skin green, not easily peeled; pulp light red; flavor flat. Number of
seeds per gram, 930.
Souaba-el-Adjia Blanche. Described by Minangoin (1931), from Menzel Temine,
Tunisia, as a variety requiring caprification.
Leaves above medium, 5-lobed; upper sinuses deep, almost closed, petiolar sinus
open; petiole thick and short. Figs medium, 2 inches long by 1-1/2 inches in diameter,
pyriform; stalk very short; skin very thin, light green in color; pulp slightly hollow, light
red.
Stanford. See description and accounts by Rixford (1918a, 1920b), Condit (1922a,
1947), and Close (1929). Imported by the Bulletin Company, San Francisco, in 1882, and
established on the Stanford ranch, Vina. Cuttings distributed by W. H. Samson,
Corning, and by G. P. Rixford; named in honor of Governor Leland Stanford. Variety
commonly called “Stanford Nonsplitting” because of its resistance to splitting in
unfavorable weather.
Trees somewhat more vigorous and denser in growth than those of Sari Lop, as
shown by Condit (1941a, fig. 16); leaves with deep sinuses and lyrate margins, thus
readily distinguishable, even in the nursery row, from Sari Lop, the leaves of which
have entire margins. Mostly regarded with disfavor by growers, on account of low
tree yields, light weight, and medium size of fruit.
Figs medium, spherical; neck short, somewhat flattened; average weight 48 grams;
stalk short; ribs narrow; eye medium, open; surface dull, with delicate bloom; white
flecks fairly large and conspicuous; color green; pulp dark strawberry; flavor rich;
eating quality good. Dried figs light in color.
Sultane Bi-longue. Described by Minangoin (1931), from Djerba, Tunisia, as a
variety requiring “fécondation.”
Leaves large, 3-lobed; sinuses nearly closed. Figs very much like those of Bezoult
Rhadem at Kalaâ Srira, but the skin color is yellow rather than violet; pulp red. (See
Besoul-el-Khadem, p.356.)
Sultani (P.I. No. 6,462). Originally grown at Damascus, Syria; later introduced into
California from Rouiba, Algeria, in 1901. (See P.I. Inventory No.10.)
Tree slow-growing; nodal swellings on branches very conspicuous. Leaves badly
mottled by mosaic; variety no longer grown. Description is from trees and fruit at
Riverside.
Figs large, green; white flecks unusually large and conspicuous; surface glossy; pulp
bright strawberry; quality fair. Very susceptible to splitting.