Fig Varieties: A Monograph - uri=ucce.ucdavis

February, 1955] Condit: Fig Varieties
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The tree produces no brebas. Leaves are small, and deeply 3-lobed.
Second-crop figs medium to small, up to 1-1/2 inches in diameter and 1-3/4 inches in
length; shape pyriform, with neck absent, or not prominent; average weight 25 grams;
stalk long; ribs not much in evidence; eye small, closed, scales rose-colored; skin firm;
color yellowish green, slightly tinged with blue or burnt umber; pulp red; quality good;
seeds small, numerous.
Pedral. Described and figured by Bobone (1932) as a Portuguese variety, bearing
two crops. Brebas turbinate to oblong, yellowish green, with violet spots. Second-crop
figs oblate-spherical; stalk short; pulp carmine, coarse; quality fair.
Penna (syn. Fico Rescio at Mesagne). Described and illustrated by Vallese (1909);
collected at Torre Penna on the Adriatic coast, north of Brindisi.
Leaves 3- to 5-lobed. Crops two, but brebas not available for description. Figs
globular, without neck; ribs slightly elevated; skin tender, with scattered white flecks,
checking at maturity; color green toward the stalk, violet on the body, especially on
exposed side and on ribs; pulp rose-colored; flavor sweet, subacid.
Pentolello. Described by Savastano (1885) as a variety grown at Sorrento, Italy,
producing abundant crops. Figs medium, turbinate; skin black, checking at maturity;
pulp rose-colored. Good for table use.
Perouas (syns. Velue, Peloua, Ficus carica pilosa Risso). Described by Bernard (1787),
Duhamel (1809), Bory de Saint Vincent (1824), Risso (1826), Noisette (1829), Couverchel
(1839), Dochnahl (1855), Sauvaigo (1889), Eisen (1901), and by Starnes and Monroe
(1907). Eisen listed the names Cortice Crasso; Setosa, and Velvet as synonyms, but did
not give their origin or meaning; he stated that the spelling, Perouas, was “probably an
error for Pelouas.” However, the earliest reference found to this variety, that of
Bernard (1787), gave it as Perouas, signifying “hairy,” on account of the prominent
pubescence. No record has been found of any introduction of Perouas into the United
States, and the description by Eisen is evidently taken from French authors. In fact, the
account by Duhamel (1809) is almost identical with that of Bernard.
The tree is reported to be productive, and not particular as to soil conditions. Leaves
are 5-lobed.
Figs are above medium, pyriform; skin tender, pubescent; color violet brown; pulp
pale rose. Consumed fresh.
Perroquine (syns. Perruquière, Violette Perruquine, Argusela, Douqueira, Douqueira
Negra, Peroquina, Monginenco ["in the vicinity of Grasse”], Ficus carica nicaeensis
Risso). Described by Bernard (1787), Duhamel (1809), Risso (1826), Noisette (1829),
Couverchel (1839), Duchartre (1857), Hogg (1866), Sauvaigo (1889), Eisen (1888, 1901),
Trabut (1904), and Simonet et al. (1945). Illustrated by Duhamel in color; by Eisen and
Simonet in black and white. Douqueira Negra and Perroquine are treated as distinct
varieties by Eisen, but are regarded as synonymous by Simonet. According to
Sauvaigo and Risso, Douqueira originated near Nice (hence the name F. carica
nicaeensis), where it was regarded as one of the oldest and best-known figs of the
district.
The tree produces two crops, of which the first is the most important.