Fig Varieties: A Monograph - uri=ucce.ucdavis

February, 1955] Condit: Fig Varieties
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average weight 47 grams; stalk thick, up to 1/2 inch long; eye medium, open, scales
straw color, or tinged with pink; white flecks scattered, prominent; color green, tinged
with violet from the underlying meat; pulp dark strawberry, with a characteristic fig
flavor; quality good. (Plate 19, A.)
Second-crop figs medium or above, up to 2-1/2 inches long and 2 inches in diameter,
turbinate, without neck, or with short, thick neck; average weight 40 grams; stalk up to
5/8 inch long; white flecks large and scattered; ribs narrow, very slightly raised,
showing partly as thin lines of dark green; eye medium, open, scales tawny, erect; color
grass green; pulp very light strawberry, solid, or slightly hollow at center; flavor sweet,
rich; quality good.
Caprified figs somewhat larger, inclined to split at apex; pulp dark strawberry; seeds
numerous. (Plate 19, B.)
Moresca (syn. Gentilla Roussa). Described by Sauvaigo (1889) and Eisen (1901) as a
variety producing two crops near Nice. Brebas large, oblique pyriform, with long neck;
eye scales red; color gray; pulp pale red. Second crop figs not described.
Moscatel Branco (syn. Pingo de Mel). Described and illustrated by Bobone (1932) as
a Portuguese variety, not grown commercially, but widely distributed in Algarve. The
name Pingo de Mel, “honey-drop,” is sometimes given because of the honeylike gum
which exudes from the eye. The trees generally produce two crops.
Breba crop small; fruits pyriform, with short, thick neck and short stalk; color
yellowish green; pulp red, with traces of violet.
Second crop heavy; figs pyriform to spherical; skin smooth, somewhat puberulent;
color dark green; pulp red; texture fine; quality very good.
Mussega (syns. Cougourdana, Figue Reine, Ficus carica linneana Risso). Described
by Risso (1826), Du Breuil (1876), Sauvaigo (1889), and Eisen (1901). Grown in southern
France, at Nice, Aix, and Saint-Rémy.
Leaves are large, commonly 3-lobed. Descriptions apply only to figs of the second
crop. These are of medium size, pyriform, with slender neck; skin thin, light green; eye
with red scales; pulp bright red; flavor agreeable.
Mwazi (Northern). Described by Grasovsky and Weitz (1932) as a variety distinct
from the Mwazi grown in southern Palestine. Figs large, elongated pyriform, with
prominent neck and medium stalk; eye somewhat open, with purplish scales; skin thin,
glossy, green; pulp light red, containing many large seeds; texture dry; flavor flat.
Neimi. Described by Grasovsky and Weitz (1932) as an Egyptian variety, known in
the northern part of that country as Shuhmani. Figs small, greenish yellow; neck long;
stalk short; eye small, open, scales brownish; pulp light strawberry; seeds many, small.
Noursi. Described by Grasovsky and Weitz (1932) as a globular fig; size medium;
color green; eye open, scales yellowish; pulp red; seeds many, small. It is grown in the
Safed Subdistrict of Egypt.
Pajajero. Described by Escribano y Perez (1884) as grown in Murcia, Spain, for its
second crop; used for eating fresh as well as for drying. P.I. No. 58,663, introduced
from Málaga in 1927 as Blanquilla, proved to be the same as Pajajero at Riverside. See
also short account by Condit (1925).
Tree is of medium size. Leaves rather small, shallowly lobed. Figs globular,