Fig Varieties: A Monograph - uri=ucce.ucdavis

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prize offered by George C. Roeding for the best name for the variety as grown in
California. Trabut and Mann both report the variety unsuccessful in Algeria.
Trees vigorous; habit of growth upright (plate 1), with prominent nodal swellings on
older framework branches (plate 4). See Condit (1933, figs. 8, 10, 11; 1941a, figs. 15, 16).
Leaves above medium to large, mostly 5-lobed; upper sinuses deep, of medium width,
lower shallow; base truncate to shallowly cordate; upper margins shallowly crenate,
lower entire; upper surface dull; leaves on sucker wood with much narrower lobes and
deeper sinuses. (Plate 13.)
Breba crop fair in some seasons; called Yel Injur, or “wind figs,” in Turkey, according
to Hagan. Brebas large, pyriform, with prominent neck; color golden yellow; pulp
amber, almost seedless; flavor insipid.
Second-crop figs large, up to 2-1/2 inches in diameter and 2 inches from base to apex,
oblate-spherical; neck thick, short, and flattened; average weight 70 grams; stalk short;
ribs narrow, elevated, rather prominent; eye large, open (as illustrated by Condit,
1941a); scales chaffy, dingy straw color; surface somewhat glossy, with delicate bloom;
white flecks inconspicuous, masked by yellow; color golden yellow to light lemon
yellow, attractive; meat white, 1/8 inch thick; pulp amber to light strawberry; flavor
rich and sweet; quality excellent, both fresh and dried; seeds numerous. According to
Ozbek, the seeds of Sari Lop average 708 per gram in number. Season medium. Main
defects are large eye, and tendency to split in unfavorable weather. (Plates 8; 11; 12;
15, C.)
Scionto (syn. Fico Aggiunto). Described and illustrated by Vallese (1909). Cultivated
in the vicinity of Brindisi. Like Dottato Bianco, it is eaten fresh and is used for drying,
but requires caprification. There is no breba crop.
Leaves large, generally 5-lobed. Figs medium; body spherical; neck prominent; stalk
very short; skin greenish yellow, with scattered white flecks; pulp white; flavor sweet,
very delicate.
Teratology common in this variety, with one fruit superimposed above another,
hence the term aggiunto, or “added.”
Snowden. An unidentified variety found on the place of P. W. Snowden, Modesto, in
1922, and therefore named after him; other trees located at Escalon. Scions grafted in a
Kadota tree at Fresno in 1924 bore fruit for many years; young trees bore large figs of
excellent quality in 1953.
Tree vigorous; leaves above medium to large, mostly 3-lobed.
Breba crop none; main crop good. Figs large, up to 2-3/8 inches in diameter and
2-3/4 inches in length; average weight 93 grams; shape pyriform, body spherical; neck
prominent, curved and somewhat flattened; stalk short; ribs elevated, fairly prominent;
eye large, open; surface somewhat glossy, with delicate bloom; white flecks large,
scattered, conspicuous; color lemon yellow, attractive; meat white; pulp amber. Flavor
rich, sweet; quality excellent, both fresh and dried. Worthy of more extensive trial.
Figs inclined to split in unfavorable weather.
Sultanie. P.I. No. 6,465; a Damascus fig grown in Algeria before introduction into the
United States in 1901. Figs medium, yellow, white inside; splitting when ripe.