Fig Varieties: A Monograph - uri=ucce.ucdavis

February, 1955] Condit: Fig Varieties
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Letourneux (1872) list Thar’animt as Smyrna-type, producing brebas as well as secondcrop
figs.
Tree compact, vigorous, productive. Leaves generally 3-lobed.
Figs pyriform; neck not prominent; stalk over 1/4 inch in length; eye medium; color
green; meat medium thick; pulp red, very sweet. Quality good, both fresh and dried.
Taurisano. Described and illustrated by Vallese (1909), and Donno (1952), as a
variety grown in Lecce Province, where growers maintain that it requires caprification.
Tree large. Leaves medium, generally 3-lobed, with shallow sinuses. Twigs and buds
described by Donno (1951a).
Breba crop produced only in favorable seasons; figs small, top-shaped, greenish
yellow; pulp strawberry.
Second-crop figs oblate-spherical; stalk short; color light green; pulp rose red. Season
second week in August. Used mostly for drying in spite of tough skin inferior flavor,
and numerous seeds.
Tazarift. Described and illustrated by Mauri (1939b, 1942). Name signifies “alum,”
probably on account of the acid flavor of the mature fruit; cultivated at Tizi-Rached, but
not well known.
Figs globular, with short neck; stalk short; eye medium; color green, with delicate
bloom and white flecks; pulp carmine. Fresh fruit esteemed because of its distinctive
flavor; dried fruit too small for market.
Três um Prato. Described and illustrated by Bobone (1932) Collected in Algarve, and
believed to be of the Smyrna type. Figs medium, pyriform, with prominent neck; skin
greenish yellow, smooth, sometimes checking; pulp rose-colored; flavor agreeable;
quality good.
Verdescone (syns. Verdesco at Mesagne; Verdone at Taranto; Acriesto at Carosino).
Described and illustrated by Vallese (1909). Cultivated especially in the Taranto district;
consumed fresh and dried. It produces few if any brebas.
Leaves medium, usually 5-lobed, with deep sinuses. Figs large, flask shaped, with
prominent neck; ribs slightly elevated; skin green, medium thick; pulp red; flavor very
agreeable.
West. Seedling No. 14 from the Maslin orchard, Loomis; named by W. T. Swingle
(1909) in honor of W. B. West, Stockton. See description by Rixford (1918a). Reported
to bear a fair first crop; distributed as a promising variety, but discarded by growers
because the fruits were inferior to Sari Lop in size and color.
Wilson. Described by Eisen (1901) and Rixford (1918a). Variety distributed by
United States Department of Agriculture in 1891, and named in honor of the secretary,
James Wilson. Grown only for trial, and probably lost.
Yediver. Described and figured by Ozbek (1949) as a variety occasionally grown in
the Meander Valley.
Figs medium, oblate, with short stalk; average weight 45 grams; eye open; skin thin,
pubescent, yellow; pulp red; flavor sweet, aromatic. Number of seeds per gram, 930.