Fig Varieties: A Monograph - uri=ucce.ucdavis

February, 1955] Condit: Fig Varieties
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Smyrna-type Figs with Skin Green or Yellow; Pulp White,
Amber, or Very Light Red
Borsamele (syn. Ingannamiele). Described by Guglielmi (1908) and Donno (1952),
the latter in detail.
Leaves 3- to 5-lobed; terminal buds brown, according to Donno (1951a). Brebas
rarely produced. Second-crop figs medium, 1-3/4 by 2-1/4 inches, oblate-spherical;
stalk short; eye open, scales light rose; skin color yellowish green according to
Guglielmi, bluish green according to Donno; pulp light rose when mature; “borsamele”
(like a bag or pouch of honey). Much esteemed as a fresh fruit; of little use for drying.
Eisen. Seedling No.52 from Maslin orchard, Loomis, California; described by Rixford
(1918a). Cuttings distributed, but variety never established in cultivation.
Kaab el Ghazal. P.I. No. 6,461; a Damascus fig grown in Algeria before introduction
into the United States in 1901. Figs medium, yellow, honey color inside. (See P.I.
Inventory No. 10.)
Khazouri. Described by Minangoin (1931) from Djerba, Tunisia, as a Smyrna-type
variety.
Leaves small, 5-lobed; upper sinuses deep, open; petiole short. Figs small, 1-1/2
inches in diameter, spherical; skin glossy, light green in color; pulp amber.
Malaki. Introduced from Algeria in 1901 under P.I. No. 6,466, but originally from
Damascus. (See P.I. Inventory No. 10.) Figs large, yellow, with honey-colored pulp;
splitting when ripe.
Rosa. Described and illustrated by Vallese (1909); grown in a limited way in Lecce
Province only.
Tree of considerable size; leaves mostly 5-lobed. First crop none; second crop
consumed fresh, not good for drying on account of the delicate skin. Caprification is
practiced by local growers, but it is not certain that this is necessary for the variety.
Figs large, top-shaped, flattened at apex; stalk short; color lemon yellow, tinged with
green; ribs slightly elevated, branched; skin thick but tender, commonly checking and
revealing the white meat; interior white; flavor sweet, very delicate.
Sari Lop (syns. Lob Injir (or Ingir), Erbeyli, Calimyrna, Aidin). Name from sari,
“yellow,” and lop, “delicious.” See accounts by Eisen (1901, with frontispiece
illustration), Roeding (1903, with color plate), Trabut (1904, 1923), Samson (1906), Mills
(1914), Rixford (1918a), Borg (1922), Davis (1928), Hagan (1929), Burger and De Wet
(1931), Mann (1942), Condit (1920b, 1923, 1933, 1947), Condit and Baskaya (1948), Ozbek
(1949), and Tamaro (1948, as “Esmirna”). See also, Condit (1941a, figures 2, J, 3, and 6.)
This variety has been grown in the Meander Valley of Turkey for several centuries;
introduced into California at various times; first commercial planting made in 1886 by
Mr. Fred Roeding and his son, George, at Fresno, but no crop secured until 1900 after
the successful introduction of blastophagas. “Calimyrna” was the result of a $25.00