Fig Varieties: A Monograph - uri=ucce.ucdavis

February, 1955] Condit: Fig Varieties
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Agouat, but is earlier. Profichi large, less elongated than fruits of Adras Violet, green at
maturity; interior violet.
Excelsior (syn. Taylor). A seedling first distributed by G. P. Rixford, United States
Department of Agriculture; grown and fruited about 1916 by H. P. Taylor, Exeter,
California, who sold numerous cuttings at one dollar a foot; described by Condit
(1928a) and illustrated by him (1928c).
Tree vigorous and upright; terminal buds green; leaves medium; lateral sinuses
medium; petiolar sinus broad; base truncate to subcordate. (Plate 13.) 6
Mamme crop fair, with many fruits imperfect; figs large, up to 1-1/2 inches in
diameter, pyriform, with short, thick neck; ribs fairly prominent; eye slightly depressed;
color green; interior light purple.
Profichi crop good; figs very large, up to 2 inches in diameter and 3 inches in length,
pyriform, with long, thick neck; ribs fairly prominent and elevated; eye in center of a
slight depression; white flecks conspicuous; color green; interior purple; pollen
abundant; cavity rather small for such a large fig. A midseason caprifig of large size,
but otherwise of no particular merit; not grown commercially.
Forbes (syn. Forbes Hardy). A seedling also distributed by G. P. Rixford; grown and
fruited by C. T. Forbes, Fresno, California; described by Condit (1928a) and illustrated
by him (1928c).
Tree with spreading habit of growth; terminal buds green.
Mamme crop fair; figs medium, spherical to pyriform, with short, flattened neck; ribs
fairly prominent; color green; interior purple.
Profichi crop fair only; figs medium, turbinate, with distinct neck generally
compressed or flattened; ribs prominent and somewhat elevated white flecks large,
scattered; color green to yellowish green; interior purple. A caprifig of no particular
value, and no longer propagated.
Heiny No. 1. A seedling developed by Francis Heiny, Brawley, California; seldom
found in commercial fig orchards.
Tree moderately vigorous; terminal buds green. Leaves medium, somewhat glossy
above, 3- to 5-lobed; upper sinuses moderately deep and narrow, lower shallow; base
subcordate to truncate; margins coarsely crenate to dentate.
Mamme figs medium, turbinate, with short neck; skin color dark green; interior
purple.
Profichi crop fair; figs medium, turbinate, with thick neck; white flecks conspicuous;
eye scales straw color; skin green; interior purple; season late.
Kearney. A seedling distributed by G. P. Rixford under his No. 2,830 in 1916, and
fruited at Kearney Park, Fresno. Described by Condit (1928a) and illustrated by him
(1928c) ; also described by Brooks and Olmo (1946); seldom found in commercial fig
districts.
Tree vigorous, spreading, with green terminal buds; leaves above medium 3- to 5-
lobed; sinuses of medium depth; base truncate to subcordate; outer margins coarsely
serrate.
Mamme crop good; figs large, turbinate, with very short, thick neck and stalk, or
neck absent; ribs prominent; color green, often tinged with violet white flecks very
conspicuous; scales of eye often tinged violet; interior purple.
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