It starts cropping it's first breba figs in July, which is why it's also called 'Noir de Juillet' which means 'July Black').
This cultivar originates from 'Sollies-Pont', yet is widely grown in Provence, both of which are in 'south eastern France'.
It's short necked figs taste better than that of many other fig cultivars, the quality of it's pear shaped, or top shaped figs vary very little from year to year, from crop to crop, it reliably produces two crops of 'dark red fleshed fruit' every year, it's skin is a blueish dark purple almost black, with a brownish dark maroon color. It's figs have a refreshing sweet to very sweet rich raspberry and cherry like lasting flavor that is fruitier, and is sweeter as well as is firmer than the fruit of Ronde de Bordeaux, with little to no seed crunch, a moderate juiciness, as well as a slight chewiness. Some of it's figs may have a papaya like flavor. It's fruit are like an improved Azores Dark, like an improved Malta Black.
It's unusually firm figs have a tough yet thin skin, are resistant to injury during transport, yet are perfectly ripe. It's figs are more split resistant than the figs of Ronde de Bordeaux. It's main crop figs are just as big as it's breba figs. It's figs split much less than most other fig cultivars. The small eyes of it's medium to large figs are closed eyed, and sometimes slightly depressed, it's figs dry unusually well, often drying on the tree in the Autumn. This cultivar does not require as much sun as a lot of other cultivars do, it is highly productive in cool climates, as well as in hot climates, although it only has one crop in cooler climates, and it's unusually very rust resistant. It's very cold hardy, and is die back resistant.
It's breba figs start ripening in July, it's main crop figs start ripening in September, it's a latish cropper.
This cultivar grows in a spreading upright 'crab like shape', it also appears to be a dwarfed cultivar, leveling off at about 5 to 6 feet tall, which makes picking the figs easier in comparison to many other fig cultivar.
