Fig Varieties: A Monograph - uri=ucce.ucdavis

February, 1955] Condit: Fig Varieties
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pulp strawberry, mealy in texture; quality mediocre to poor. (Plates 8; 26, D.)
Caprified figs are somewhat larger, with pulp blood-red in color. Splitting of fruit
bad, even when uncaprified, as shown in color illustration by Barron.
Passanudo. Described and illustrated by Bobone (1932). Second-crop figs medium,
turbinate or oblate; stalk very short; skin yellowish green, smooth, dull, commonly
checking when mature; pulp carmine, coarse, of agreeable flavor; quality good.
Pecciolo Bianco. Described and figured by Baldini (1953) from Firenze, Italy.
Tree of medium size, with open head and green terminal buds. Leaves mostly 5-
lobed; upper lobes spatulate, lower lobes triangular; base shallowly cordate. Figs
pyriform, with short, slender neck; stalk 5/8 inch in length; eye closed, scales rosy; color
light yellow; pulp red, flavor moderately sweet; seeds many. Highly regarded for table
use.
Pennese. Described by Pasquale (1876) as a light-green to yellow fig, top shaped,
with red pulp. Further listed only by Savastano (1885).
Pero. Described by De Rosa (1911). Leaves large, mostly 3-lobed. Breba crop only
occasionally produced. Second-crop figs medium, pyriform; stalk long; eye large, with
salmon—yellow scales; color green; white flecks numerous; pulp red; seeds numerous,
large. Used mostly fresh.
Perticone. Described and illustrated by Baldini (1953) from Firenze, Italy.
Tree vigorous, with light-green terminal buds. Leaves mostly 5-lobed, the lobes
spatulate and obtuse; upper sinuses deep, moderately open; base cordate; margin
crenate.
Brebas long-pyriform, with indistinct neck; stalk thick, inserted obliquely on the
receptacle; eye large, open; color dark green, flushed with brown toward the apex; light
flecks numerous, prominent; pulp solid, light red; seeds numerous.
Second-crop figs spherical, without neck; stalk thick, short; eye large, open; ribs
indistinct; color light green; light flecks numerous; pulp light red; seeds numerous.
Consumed fresh and dried; also used for processing into marmalade.
Peters White. Local name for an unidentified variety described by Eisen from
Atwater, California. Tree bears two crops of medium-sized green figs; with pink pulp.
Pissalutto (syns. Pissalutto Bianco, Pitalusse, Pittalusse Blanche, Poussouluda, Sarnese
Bianco). Described by Gallesio (1817), Semmola (1845), Pasquale (1876), Du Breuil
(1876), Savastano (1885, probably), Sauvaigo (1889, 1894), Eisen (1888, 1901), Trabut
(1904), Mingioli (1904), Mazières (1920), Blin (1942), Simonet et al. (1945), and Tamaro
(1948). According to Gallesio, Pissalutto is the same variety listed by Pliny and
Columella as “ficus liviana,” one of the best figs of the Roman Era, an identification
which Eisen considered highly doubtful. Sarnese, described by Gasparrini (1845) and
Savastano (1885), is probably the same variety. The fruit is figured by Semmola, Eisen,
and Simonet. Pissalutto is commonly grown in Liguria, and is especially well liked at
Sarzana, where it is called Binello; it is also reported to do well in Tuscany, Corsica, and