Bountiful Figs

Another video that I found

Great story and share of the history. Like to see a picture and flavor profile of the Greek isles fig. I have made a major update about 'Greek Isles', see above. Also the following are some photos, and a video of the fruit that I have found online. The one in the video is not properly ripe. 01) htt...

This is the Aldo's fig Alan propagated and shipped to me in mid-June. The bare root tree suffered terrible heat shock when the mail person left the shipping box in the sun in front of our house. June is brutal ~ our hottest, driest month in northern AZ. It lost all its leaves and had some dieback o...

Awesome, thank you for the updated post.

'Greek Isles' (Fig) It's an unknown fig cultivar which produces firm purple figs, with an amber flesh, they are sweet, yet not overly sweet, they taste great, a taste that resembles pears, accompanied by a berry-like flavor, top quality in flavor and in texture! It's main crop figs are medium in si...

‘Ariana’ (it is also called 'DPUN 0125', 'DPUN 125') This cultivar was test grown in Russia at the 'Kara-Kala Turkmenistan Experimental Station'. The original cutting was most likely from a farmers field 'since it was a cultivated variety at the time'. That 'Experimental Station' donated cuttings o...

'Vina' (it is also called ‘DPUN 035‘, and 'DPUN 35') 'Todd Kennedy' of the 'California Rare Fruit Growers' donated cuttings of 'Vina' on March 12th 1996. Originally from the Trappist Monastery, in Vina, CA. It might have been one of the old plantings in the original Stanford Ranch. The fruit of ‘Vi...

'Syunt' (it is also called ‘DPUN 136‘) This cultivar was test grown in Russia at the 'Kara-Kala Turkmenistan Experimental Station'. The original cutting was most likely from a farmers field 'since it was a cultivated variety at the time'. That 'Experimental Station' donated cuttings of 'Syunt' whic...

'Sverkhranniy' (it is also called ‘Sverkhranny‘, ‘PI 594962‘, ‘DPUN 13‘, ‘DPUN 013‘, ‘BE 7657‘) This cultivar was test grown in Russia at the 'Kara-Kala Turkmenistan Experimental Station'. The original cutting was most likely from a farmers field 'since it was a cultivated variety at the time'. Tha...

‘Sumbar’ (it is also called ‘DPUN 147', 'Сумбар') 'Sumbar' is said to have originally been from 'northern Iran' in the 'Sumbar valley' region of Western Kopetdag. This cultivar was test grown in Russia at the 'Kara-Kala Turkmenistan Experimental Station'. The original cutting was most likely from a...