FIGAHOLICS

Our cutting sale season is now complete as of March 28th. We began taking orders in January 29th and had a very busy and successful season. However, family vacation plans and other farm chores, income tax reports, etc. are all requiring our attention so we are discontinuing the sale of cuttings until next winter. We understand that many customers would like to continue ordering cuttings all year long but that simply is not possible. We must devote time to growing figs and other crops and the expense of running our large walk-in refrigerator becomes very expensive as our weather warms up.

We will be rooting many of our remaining cuttings to sell trees this summer (we only ship trees to U.S. addresses). We have already rooted varieties of some trees which we have sold on eBay and plan to sell more Galicia Negra, Genovese Nero, Black Madeira, and Italian 258 trees on our eBay page in the weeks ahead.

Thanks to everyone who has helped make 2016 a success and offer our best wishes to everyone's fig growing efforts. We expect to offer many of the same varieties and many new ones again in January 2017. Please follow our Facebook page to follow our fig activities. We may be contacted via email: harveyc@gmail.com but realize that some responses may be slow as we will be spending more time with other activities.

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Variety	Click below for photos	Description
Abebereira	Facebook Photo	Dark fig from from Madeira, Portugal. Believed to be same as Brebera Preta.
Adriatic JH	Photo not available.	Green fig reported to be of very high quality. Our tree has grown well but did not produce mature fruits for us yet.
Albacor Comuna (MP)	Photo not available.	Spanish variety that is new and has grown well for us but has not fruited yet. This variety produces long black figs with medium red pulp, described as being very sweet and juicy, producing breba and main crops.
Albacor de Molla Blanca (MP)	Photo not available.	Spanish variety that is new and has grown well for us but has not fruited yet. This variety produces elongated black fruits with light red pulp that are very sweet and tasty, producing breba and main crops.
Atreano	Facebook Photo	Medium sized fig with a sweet mild flavor
Aubique Petite	Facebook Photo	French variety producing small but sweet and tasty fruits
Bakio	Facebook Photo	Variety which originated from Spain, producing small sweet fruits with a mild flavor
Baleares Plot 3	Facebook Photo	Introduced from a French collection. Tree was very productive producing medium to large fruits of okay quality. Quality should improve as tree gets older.
Barada	Facebook Photo	Introduced by Trees of Joy, originally from Syria. Fruits are small honey-type and very sweet and tasty. Our tree is young and has grown well but has not fruited yet. Produces attractive elongated leaves with serrated edges.
Barnasotti	Photo not available.	Our young tree has grown well but has produced ripe fruit yet
Bealle	Facebook Photo	Large productive fig with sweet mild flavor
Black Bethlehem	Facebook Photo	Introduced by Trees of Joy. Original tree discovered in the town of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in an area traditionally inhabited by Greek immigrants so this is believed to be of Greek origin. Tree is productive and fruits are small but sweet and very good flavor.
Black Greek (Marius version)	Facebook Photo	Unknown black fig introduced by a fig collector named Marius. Fig originated from the island of Chios. Fruits are small but sweet and have an excellent flavor.
Black Madeira		Black Madeira is a great fig a fig brought to California by immigrants from the island of Madeira, Portugal over 50 years ago. We believe it to be the same as a fig known by the name of Figo Preto and it is probably also the same as a fig known in some parts of Portugal by the name of Violeta. This tree grows more slowly than many varieties and it can also be more difficult to root. We've experimented grafting Black Madeira onto other vigorous varieties such as Brown Turkey and highly recommend this method. The fruits of Black Madeira are considered by many to be among the best. They have are sweet and rich flavor and jammy texture. Fruit size is typically medium. For people in cooler climates it may be difficult to obtain ripe fruit without the benefit of keeping the tree in a greenhouse or other controlled environment to give the trees an early start in the spring. Produces main crop fruits, pollination not required.	Will probably have trees for sale later (U.S. shipping only) lateon eBay only.
Black Mission	Facebook Photo	Popular commercial variety in California introduced by Spanish missionaries
Black Provence	Facebook Photo #1 Facebook Photo #2	Black French fig of medium size and nice flavor. Leaves have reddish petioles and this variety has sometimes mistakenly been said to be a synonym for Ischia Black. Early fruits had a light amber pulp which is typical for this variety. Later fruits were red and probably the result of being pollinated (though pollination is not required for this common type fig).
Blanche de Turqie	Facebook Photo	Productive came from a French collection with apparent origins from Turkey. Fruits are medium to large in size with mild flavor. Later fruits had nicer flavor.
Blava (Campenera) (MP)	Facebook Photo	New variety for us that originates from Spain. The photos shared by Mr. Pons of this variety looks better than the one fruit we picked in 2015 but the flavor of our fruit was still sweet with a pretty good taste.
Blaveta (Campos) (MP)	Facebook Photo	Fruits were small but sweet with good flavor. Fruit in photo was slightly over-ripe.
Bombarral	Photo not available.	New variety introduced my a Portuguese immigrant, fig originated from north of Lisbon. Fruit are light colored. I believe we picked some fruit in 2015 but apparently did not take photographs.
Borda Barrquer (MP)	Facebook Photo	Spanish variety that produces small fruits that are very sweet and flavorful. The one fruit we picked from our young tree was discovered a bit late but was very good.
Bordissot Blanca Rimada (MP)	Photo not available.	This variety is reported by Mr. Pons to be a synonym to Panache (see description below). Although we have not compared the two varieties in great detail, they seem similar to us but some growers insist that they are different. NOTE: Most remaining cuttings are fat (3/4-1" or 20-25mm in diameter)
Bordissot Rossa (MP)	Facebook Photo	This Spanish variety has been a very vigorous grower for us but was slow to produce fruit. The one fruit we picked was soft but probably still another day or two from being fully ripe. It had a good flavor profile with moderate sweetness. The average size for this Spanish variety is reportedly 37.5 grams.
Bordissot Blanca Negra (MP)	Photo not available.	Spanish variety which is new for us and has grown well but has not yet fruited for us. The fruits are described as having blackskin and medium red pulp and being very sweet and tasty.
Bourjasotte Grise	Facebook Photo	French variety that has been very productive with medium to large size fruits of excellent quality, sweet and rich flavored.
Brooklyn White	Facebook Photo	This fig was discovered in Brooklyn New York and introduced by Trees of Joy. It is productive, with large sweet fruit and is cold hardy.
Bursa Unk (RR)	Facebook Photo	Was purchased from a nursery as Bursa Siyahi. It appears to be a mislabeled fig from the Bursa region of Turkey, but still quite good. Smyrna Type
Calvert	Facebook Photo	This variety has grown well for us but was slow to produce ripe fruits. 2015 was it's third growing season for us and it produced quite a few figs of small size but very good quality with very dark red/burgandy colored pulp.
Capelas	Facebook Photo	Portugese variety producing fruit that is medium-sized, sweet, mild-flavored.
Capoll Curt Negra	Photo not available.	Spanish variety that is new and has grown well for us but has not fruited yet. Fruit is described as having purple-brown skin and red pulp and being very sweet and tasty.
Carvalho	Facebook Photo	Carvalho is a fig that originated in Portgual and grown by an immigrant here in the USA before being discovered and introduced by Trees of Joy. Fruits in 2015 were small but sweet and rich in flavor. Our tree is still small so fruits may get larger as tree matures.
Col de Dame Blanc	Facebook Photo	White or light green French variety with deep red pulp that is sweet and rich in flavor. This variety grows slowly, apparently because of FMV, but is very productive for us.
Col de Dame Gris	Facebook Photo	The grey version of this French series of Col de Dame varieties, though our fruits have matured darker than those of some other growers. Flavor is as expected, rich and sweet.
Col de Dame Noir	Facebook Photo	The black version of this French series of Col de Dame varieties. Flavor is rich and sweet, as expected. A friend of ours has an older tree from the same original source and his tree produces larger fruits than ours.
Coll de Dama Blanca-Negra (MP)	Facebook Photo	Spanish variety that is new and has grown well for us and produced one black fig late in the season that was pretty good considering the weather at the time. This is an unusual variety in that it produces white and black figs on the same tree with the black fruits typically being larger.
Coll de Dama Gegantina (MP)	Facebook Photo	Coll De Dama Gegantina is another Spanish fig and we harvested one fruit from our new tree in 2015. It was discovered a day or two past when it should have been picked but fruit was still sweet and had a good to very good flavor.
Coll de Dama Rimada (MP)	Facebook Photo	Another Spanish CdD type, this one variegated. Some of our fruits were of larger than expected size, still with sweet and rich flavor typical for the CdD types.
Coll de Dama Roja (MP)	Facebook Photo	Another Spanich CdD type, usually with red skin. The fruit we photographed in 2015 ripened with green skin with only a slight blush but fruit from 2014 was red. Another good tasting CdD fig.
Cyprus	Facebook Photo	This unknown fig was introduced to the U.S. from Cyprus from another fig collector and shared with us to trial. It has produced medium-sized fruit that are sweet with a flavor quality ranging from good to very good. Our tree is still relatively small so we expect quality to improve.
Dark Portuguese	Facebook Photo1 Facebook Photo2	This fig of Portuguese origin was discovered and introduced to the fig growing community by Trees of Joy. Fruits of this selection are small but sweet with a fairly rich flavor. Leaves are thick and rigid.
Dark Syrian	Facebook Photo	This fig of Syrian origin was introduced by Trees of Joy. Fruits were quite large and sweet with very good flavor of moderate intensity.
De la Gloria (MP)	Facebook Photo	A fig of Spanish origin. Our tree bore fruit at a young age which was sweet with a good flavor, though it appeared different than the photo from the original source.
De la Plata (MP)	Facebook Photo	This Spanish fig was acquired from another collector considered to be a very reliable source but the complete identification of this fig is a little uncertain. Mr. Pons shows two different versions of this variety and our fruit from 2014 appeared different than either (click on photo link for details). I don't recall if this tree fruited for us in 2015.
De la Reina (MP)	Facebook Photo	This tree has grown very well for us but was slow to fruit for us for some reason. We finally picked one fruit in 2015 and the flavor was very good. Despite pruning to offer cuttings this year, we hope it will produce larger and more figs in 2016.
De la Roca (MP)	Facebook Photo	Our fruit from 2015 was smaller than typical for this variety but still of very good quality
Deanna	Facebook Photo	This variety was developed as part of Ira Condits breeding program. Our fruits have been very large and sweet.
Dels Ermitans (MP)	Facebook Photo	This Spanish variety has probably been the most precocious (early to fruit) variety we've grown so far. It continuously set fruits when even a tiny tree and we kept removing the fruits so that the tree would focus energy on growth. I finally gave up and left the fruits and discovered one ripe fig a day or two past prime. The fruit was sweet and still had very good flavor.
DFIC0023 Palmata Hybrid	Facebook Photo	This is an unusual variety, a palmata hybrid from the USDA collection designated as DFIC0023. I believe it is somewhat cold sensitive and it died to the ground here in USDA zone 9b two winters ago (2013-2014) when we had about 45 nights with frost. No damage this past winter. Leaves are fuzzy with red petioles. These fruits tasted great and reminded me very much of very ripe strawberries. Some people have reported the variety to drop figs and it may require or benefit from caprification. I believe that some people have had this variety fruit for them without wasps being present, however.
Dominick	Facebook Photo	Dominick is a fig discovered by my friend Jim Cooper who named it in memory of a long-time friend who grew this fig for many years. The fig is small but very flavorful. Nice fig.
Dottato	Facebook Photo	This Italian variety has been grown in California for over 100 years although Kadota, which is reportedly a mutation of Dottato, is more commonly found. Fruits of our tree are medium to large in size, sweet in flavor, and good taste.
Emalyn's Purple	Facebook Photo	This variety is a seedling selection discovered by a friend of mine here in California who named it after his wife. Fruits are medium in size with outstanding flavor and with a nice balance of acidity. At a gathering of fig enthusiasts in northern California these fruits received high praise.
Enrico	Facebook Photo	This fig was shared with us by another fig collector who reported great things about this fig. Our first fruit in 2015 was sweet with a good flavor. Fruit size and flavor will likely be greater when the tree is older.
Excel	Facebook Photo	Productive variety producing medium to large sized fruit which are sweet and mild in flavor.
Faja da Ovelha	Facebook Photo	This Portuguese fig was introduced by another fig collector who immigrated from Portugal many years ago. Our first fruits in 2015 were smaller than photos we've seen of fruit from mature trees but taste was still sweet and moderately flavorful.
Falls Gold	Facebook Photo	Productive tree that produces medium sized fruit that are sweet with a very good flavor
Fico Pesco d'Oro	Facebook Photo	Fico Pesco d'Oro is an introduction from Encanto Farms. It's a seedling selection from uncertain parents. It's been described as having a peach flavor and I've noticed that in some fruits. This is a fairly productive variety of medium-sized fruits of good sweetness and nice flavor. Skin seems tough enough to allow for good handling so it may also be rain resistant.
Figo Branco	Facebook Photo	Portuguese fig introduced by immigrants from Madeira, Portugal more than 50 years ago. Our fruit in 2015 was medium sized, sweet, and good flavor. Eye was closed.
Figo Preto	Facebook Photo	We have two trees of this variety and had three Black Madeira and see no difference between them on our farm. Some hobbyists report that Figo Preto is earlier than Black Madeira but I believe that this is very likely just because of individual tree characteristics. On the island of Madeira there is no fig called Black Madeira and a friend of ours from Madeira and from mainland Portugal are certain that Figo Preto and Black Madeira are the same. In addition, our friend from mainland Portugal is sure that both are the same fig as a fig also known in Portugal as Violeta.
Figo Sofeno Escuro	Facebook Photo	This Portuguese fig is new for us and our first fruits this year were sweet and a nice flavor, something that I might describe as "buttery". Larger fruits are likely as tree gets larger.
Flanders	Facebook Photo	This is one of the varieties we've grown the longest and is a good fig that sometimes gets ignored because of all of the newer figs we've added. It is a productive variety with fruits of medium size (often getting to 60 grams) and good flavor.
Florea	Facebook Photo	Attractive small fig that is sweet with moderately rich flavor.
Galicia Negra	Facebook Photo	This fig is an unknown fig discovered in the Galicia region of Spain and introduced by Trees of Joy, our source for this variety. We began growing this variety in 2013 and our first fruit in 2014 was eaten by eager birds! Fortunately, we had many delicious fruits in 2015 and it was probably the most favorite fig I took to a gathering of fig enthusiasts in northern California in August 2015. The fruits are medium in size with a thick pulp consistency and rich flavor and only slightly sweet.	Will probably have trees for sale later (U.S. shipping only) lateon eBay only.
Garnsey White Seedless	Facebook Photo	Our first fruit of this variety was picked in 2015. The fruit was medium in size and very sweet with a pleasant mild flavor.
Genovese Nero (Rob's version)	Facebook Photo	This fig is well known for some controversy due to what appears to be a mix-up somewhere along the line before we received this fig. This version is a very productive fig with fruits of very large size, some over 150 grams. Taste is usually pretty good for us.
Genovese Nero	Facebook Photo	We acquired this variety from a friend who has been growing it for many years and it grew extremely well for us in the first year and produced excellent figs. This fig remains quite rare and the others who have tried the fruit all report it to be an excellent fig. The fruit was sweet, moderate richness, good size, nice jammy texture, reminding me somewhat of a large version of Black Madeira. We are presently rooting several cuttings of this variety and will probably plant more on our farm and sell some to eBay.	Will probably have trees for sale later (U.S. shipping only) lateon eBay only.
Gino Black	Facebook Photo	Small to medium fig that is sweet and with a good flavor.
GM 20	Facebook Photo	This is a fig from Malta introduced by another collector. Our first fruit was picked in 2015 and it was sweet with a mild flavor but was probably picked a day or two early.
GM 125	Facebook Photo	This is another fig from Malta introduced by another collector. We picked our first fruits in 2015 and they were sweet and juicy and had a nice flavor. Although flavor was not intense, it was quite good.
GM 139	Facebook Photo	Another fig from Malta introduced by another collector. We picked our first fruits in 2015 and they were sweet and had a nice flavor.
GM 141	Facebook Photo	Another fig which originated from Malta and shared by another collector. We picked our first fruits in 2015 and they were sweet and had a good mild flavor.
GM 149a	Facebook Photo	Another fig originating from Malta. Fruits are medium to large in size, sweet, very good flavor.
GM 171 (Gludi)	Facebook Photo	Another fig from Malta introduced by another collector the first fruit from our tree was picked in 2015. The fruit was sweet and juicy with a mild flavor. Our tree is small and we expect fruits to be much larger in 2016.
GM 172	Facebook Photo	Another fig from Malta and the first fruit was ripe when we returned from vacation but a few days later another fruit was picked that was considered to be very good. It was very sweet with very good flavor and jammy texture. Will probably evaluate further in 2016 before discussing a better name with the collector who introduced this fig.
Golden Riverside (UCR 278-128)	Facebook Photo	This variety was developed as part of the former breeding program at UC Riverside. The fruits often exceed 100 grams and are very sweet with a mild flavor.
Grise de Saint Jean	Facebook Photo	This French variety grows somewhat slowly, apparently due to Fig Mosaic Virus, but produces fruits with very good flavor which are somewhat small in size.
Gros Monstreuse di Lipari (Monstreuse)	Facebook Photo	Reported to be an Italian variety which has been grown in California by fig collectors and USDA for several years though a grower in Sicily reported in 2015 that it is mislabeled. Fruits he provided are much larger. Regardless, this has been a popular fig as it's productive and fruits are sweet and very flavorful.
Gulbun	Facebook Photo	Productive variety producing very large fruits that are sweet and have a mild flavor.
Hardy Chicago	Facebook Photo	This variety produces small to medium sized fruit that are sweet and fairly rich in flavor and also has a reputation for being cold hardy.
Hative de Argentueil	Facebook Photo	This fig produced for the first time for us in 2015 and produced good yields of small fruits that were very rich and tasty.
Hirschstetten	Facebook Photo	German variety, San Pedro type. If pollinated, produce abundant crop of large fruits of good quality.
Igo (Prusch Park version)	Facebook Photo	This fig was discovered by a collector many years ago near a small town in northern California by the name of Igo. Our fig originated from Prusch Park where this collector donated many of the varieties grown there. Some others in the U.S. have a different fig under this name and the source of the mix-up is unknown. In any event, the fruits of this version are small to medium with a rich flavor and distinct acidity.
Improved Celeste	Photo not available.	This fig was developed as part of the LSU breeding program, though never formally released. We did not pick ripe fruits yet before birds.
Inchário Branco	Photo not available.	Smyrna type from Portugal with green skin and deep red or violet pulp, very flavorful and aromatic. Our tree has not fruited yet.
Inchário Preto	Photo not available.	Smyrna type from Portugal, reportedly the highest quality variety sold in markets. Our only fruit was eaten by birds before ripe.
Italian 215	Facebook Photo	One of a series of Italian figs imported by collector Todd Kennedy from Dr. Grassi. Dr. Grassi had lost his notes so the original names of these Italian varieties have been lost. This particular fig produced fruit that was sweet with a good flavor. Another friend of mine who lives in a mild climate and has a fairly large fig collection has indicated this is the only variety which produces ripe fruit for him every year.
Italian 253	Facebook Photo	See Italian 215 above for background information. This fruited for us in 2015, producing medium-sized fruits that were sweet with a mild flavor.
Italian 258	Facebook Photo	See Italian 215 above for background information. This fruited for us in 2015, producing a large fruit that was sweet, richly-flavored, and juicy.	Will probably have trees for sale later (U.S. shipping only) lateon eBay only.
Italian 358	Facebook Photo	See Italian 215 above for background information. Our small tree produced one small fruit in 2015 which was large and sweet with a mild flavor, though it was slightly over-ripe when picked.
Italian 376	Facebook Photo	See Italian 215 above for background information. This tree has fruited well for us, producing large fruits which are sweet with a good flavor.
Italian Honey	Facebook Photo	This is a productive variety producing medium-sized fruits that are sweet with a pleasant mild flavor.
Janice Seedless	Facebook Photo	A variant of Kadota which itself is a variant of Dottato. Fruits were medium in size, sweet, with a nice flavor with good acid balance.
Julie's	Facebook Photo	This fig originally came from Abruzzi, Italy and named after the lady whose family introduced it to the U.S. Our tree fruited for the first time in 2015, producing small fruits that were moderately sweet with a good flavor.
Jumbo	Facebook Photo	This fig was discovered by our friend Bass at Trees of Joy in California. It produced fruits for the first time for us in 2015 and fruits were large. The first fruits did not seem fully ripe and I do believe we had some tasty fruits later on but apparently neglected to photograph and document them.
Jurupa	Facebook Photo	Jurupa is a fig that we've been growing for about 15 years. Our friend Don received this from a botanical garden which had received it originally from the UC Riverside breeding program. Shortly after Don received a cutting the garden lost their entire collection due to a severe nematode infestation because of some bad compost acquired. This has been a productive variety, usually producing the earliest breba and main crop we've picked (though this may change due to acquiring many more varieties in in the past few years). Fruits are sweet with a pleasant mild flavor with breba being comparable in quality to the main crop. I believe if fruits are caprified they are larger and have a pinkish pulp as shown in the linked photo.
Kalamata Black	Photo not available.	This variety was acquired from Encanto Farms and has grown well for us but has not produced ripe fruit yet. Note: Uncertain if this variety is common type or if it requires pollination. I was informed by a friend outside of wasp territory that he grew this fig for several years and he discarded it after it always dropped figs. It is reported to be of Greek origins with black skin and dark red pulp, thought he photo shared by Encanto Farms was not black. We're looking forward to this one fruiting for us in 2016.
Kesariani	Facebook Photo	This fig is an unknown black fig which came from Kesariani, Greece and introduced by another fig collector back east. The fruits are small but sweet and rich in flavor. Rare.
Lampeira Branca	Facebook Photo	Portuguese variety producing a fairly large fig that's sweet with a good mild flavor. In 2015 we had the first fruit from our young tree.
Lampeira Preta	Facebook Photo	Portuguese San Pedro type producing high quality breba (we've only had main crop fruit so far). Our tree is relatively small but it produced several main crop fruits which were small but very sweet with a very good flavor.
LaRadek Brown Turkey	Facebook Photo	Reported to have withstood very cold temperatures in northern Europe (-27C). The medium-sized fruits produced in 2015 were sweet with a pretty good flavor (better than expected). Our tree is small so we're hoping future fruits will be larger.
Lebanese Red	Facebook Photo	Lebanese variety introduced by Trees of Joy (our original source) which usually produces bronze-colored breba and reddish main crop, though fruits in our climate have been different. Our fruits were sweet with a nice flavor.
Lemon	Facebook Photo	Large fig with amber or red pulp, sweet and pleasant flavor
Longue d' Aout	Facebook Photo	Popular French variety producing abundant crops of large fruits that are sweet and good flavor.
LSU Gold	Facebook Photo	Developed in the breeding program at LSU, producing large green/yellow fruits usually with amber pulp although our caprified fruits had red pulp.
LSU Purple	Facebook Photo	Developed in the breeding program at LSU, medium-sized fruits with purple skins and red pulp. Our tree is crowded by other old trees and fruits should be larger but flavor is still fairly good.
	Facebook Photo	Syrian fig introduced by Trees of Joy. Fruits are small but very flavorful.
Malta Purple Red (GM-1)	Facebook Photo	Introduced from Malta which produces very good-tasting small to medium-sized fruits. This tree grew slowly for first two years but did very well in 2015 and was very productive. Others may want to try grafting it onto a vigorous rootstock to try to get earlier production.
Maltese Beauty (GM 155)	Photo not available.	Popular variety introduced from Malta, produces dark fruits with red pulp with very nice flavor. Our tree set many fruits in 2015 but the ones that ripened were eaten by birds. Our tree was dug up and moved to it's current location and still getting re-established and should perform better in 2016.
Maltese Falcon (GM 5)	Facebook Photo	Popular variety introduced from Malta and first one named by the collector who introduced them. Our tree is still small but produced a small black fruit with red pulp that was sweet and with good flavor. Should perform better in 2016 when tree is larger.
Manresa (MP)	Photo not available.	Spanish variety that is new for us and has grown well but has not fruited yet. This variety is described as having black skin and red pulp, being tasty and not too sweet.
Marabout C. Smyrna	Facebook Photo	Smyrna type fig that is very productive, large good-tasting fruit
Marseilles Black VS	Facebook Photo	Productive variety with small to medium sized fruit that is sweet, fairly rich in flavor, and known for being cold hardy.
Martinenca Rimada (MP)	Facebook Photo	Spanish variety introduced by other collectors. Unlike some of the other striped (rimada) type varieties, this one darkens as it ripens. We had this tree in planted in a different location in 2014 and then dug it back up after deciding that spot was not very good. We then put it back in a pot finally planted it in the main orchard this spring. We had a few fruits last year that were larger and tasted very good but can't locate the photo of a harvested fruit. The only fruit picked in 2015 was fairly small but flavor was still pretty good.
Maryland Berry	Facebook Photo	This is a fig that was purchased in NE USA in a big box store where it was labeled as Brown Turkey. It was apparent that this was incorrect and it was given the name of Maryland Berry because of its origin and berry-like flavor. The fruit size is small but they are very sweet and flavorful.
Mega Celeste	Facebook Photo	Fig that was renamed after another fig collector purchased it as another variety, obviously mis-labeled. I've heard that these fruits spoil in some humid climates. These fruits were sweet and were pretty good tasting.
Mel do Algarve	Photo not available.	This Portuguese variety is new for us and has grown well but has not produced ripe fruits yet. It is described as being similar to Pingo de Mel but larger. The green fruits are sweet and juicy with the eye sealed with a drop of honey. Rare
Melanzana	Facebook Photo	Italian variety with large to very large fruits, very sweet, mild flavor. Very productive tree for us.
Maroc Noir	Facebook Photo	Variety introduced from France but originally from Morocco. Very vigorous variety, productive, medium to large fruits of good sweetness and flavor.
Morocco Alter 23	Facebook Photo	Another fig from a French collection. It is a productive variety producing medium to large fruits of good flavor, though they typically have a cavity in them.
Napolitana	Facebook Photo	This Italian variety was obtained from another collector and the medium sized fruits had good sweetness and flavor.
Naragansett (4343)	Facebook Photo	This unknown fig was discovered by another collector on a street of this address in San Diego, California. Our first fruit from our tree was picked in 2015 and it was a pleasant surprise with good sweetness and flavor.
Negra d'Agde	Facebook Photo	This fig was discovered in the village of Agde, France by a French collector. I received it from another collector in California who has reported it to be a good producer of figs with very good flavor but some have reported that it has been slow to fruit for them. We harvested our first fruit (see linked photo) after planting the tree in our orchard in the spring of the same year. The fruit was sweet and flavorful. Size is expected to increase as the tree ages.
Nero 600m	Facebook Photo	This fig was introduced to the U.S. by another fig collector several years ago after acquiring the fig from a nursery in France and the original tree was discovered growing in the wild at an altitude of 600 meters. Despite cold winters there, the mother tree produced reliable crops of fruit. We have found the fruits to be small to medium in size, very sweet and flavorful. Productive tree with heavy crop, fruit size would probably be larger if fruits were thinned.
Noir de Barbentane	Facebook Photo	French fig with a good reputation. Our tree is still small and produced one fruit in 2015 which was still pretty good despite being picked early. See linked photo for details.
Noir de Caromb	Facebook Photo	This French variety has grown well for us but has been slow to fruit, maybe because of excessive pruning. We finally picked our first fruit in 2015 and it had a goof balance of sweetness and flavor.
Nordland	Facebook Photo	Produces fruits medium to large in size that are sweet with a nice flavor.
Olympian Fig	Facebook Photo	Olympian is a fig discovered in Washington state and said to ripen well in cool climates. Fruits are small with sweet and mild flavor.
Panache (Bordissot Panachee, Tiger)	Facebook Photo	This French variety has been one of my favorites for several years. Fruits have attractive striped skin and pulp is dark red with nice sweetness and great flavor, sometimes reminding me of strawberry jam.
Pananas Purple	Facebook Photo	Purple fig of medium size, nice flavor
Panevino White	Facebook Photo	This fig is known as both Panevino White (name first assigned by Trees of Joy which introduced the fig) and Pane E Vino White (note that name on linked photo has typo). There are two versions of Panevino, a black and a white one, each discovered by Bass at Trees of Joy at a now defunct restaurant in Pennsylvania. The trees there were grown unprotected so this is considered to be a cold hardy selection. We picked our first fruit in 2015 and it was sweet with a pleasant mild flavor.
Paradiso	Facebook Photo	Our tree is still fairly small but we had our first fruit in 2015. The fruit was medium in size, very sweet and juicy, with a nice flavor of moderate intensity.
Paradiso Bronze	Facebook Photo	Our tree is still fairly small but we had our first fruit in 2015. Unfortunately, other than details described in the linked photo, I've lost notes on fig observations.
Paratjal Rimada	Facebook Photo	This is a tree that was new for us in 2015 but it grew fairly well and produced fruit for us in 2015. Unfortunately, we've lost the photo of that ripe fruit (linked photo was from before being ripe) and don't recall the details at this time.
Pastiliere	Photo not available.	Popular French variety. Our tree is small still and has not produced ripe fruit yet.
Pernette Noir	Facebook Photo	This fig was in a French collection before being introduced to the U.S. Fruits are small to medium in size, with a good "figgy" flavor but a thick/dry texture.
Peterson Prolific	Facebook Photo	Peterson Prolific appears to be very productive. Unfortunately, our one ripe fruit in 2015 was over-ripe and spoiled before I discovered it (see photo). Fruits medium in size, green skin, red pulp.
Pingo de Mel	Facebook Photo	Portuguese variety with the name translating to "Drop of Honey". These are medium to large size fruits that are very sweet and with a pleasant mild flavor. Many Portuguese friends from the Azores have expressed a great love for these figs but they are popular elsewhere in Portugal as well.
Planera (MP)	Facebook Photo	Planera is a Spanish variety which produced ripe fruit for the first time for us in 2015. The book by Mr. Pons shows this fruit having darker pulp than ours but the "sweet and juicy" description was fitting. Our fruit, however, was larger than the 38 grams mentioned in the book.
Ponte Tresa		Highly sought after fig originating from Switzerland from an area north of Milan, Italy. This variety has been grown in the USA and elsewhere for a couple of years but remains rare. It is believed the fruit from Switzerland was probably caprified (pollinated) but it has also been confirmed by others that this fruit does not require pollination. Still needs to be evaluated further to test for cold hardiness, fruit quality, etc. in other regions.
Princesa (MP)	Facebook Photo	Princesa produced large figs with sweet and mild flavor for us in 2015. It's reportedly a favorite variety of Mr. Pons in Spain.
Raspberry Latte	Photo not available.	This is a vigorous variety introduced by Encanto Farms where it was discovered as a seedling. Our tree has not fruited yet but Encanto Farms describes it as producing very large fruits with a very dark purple skin and red pulp.
Red Israel	Facebook Photo	Variety from Israel. Said to be also known as Khurtmani but recent reports indicate pulp is too dark to be that variety. Skin in some climates is more red than ours. Productive and large fruits of good quality.
Red Sicilian	Facebook Photo	Our tree is still fairly small but we harvested one fruit in late October 2015 which was good, being moderately rich and sweet in flavor.
Ronde de Bordeaux	Facebook Photo	This French variety produces abundant crops of small but very tasty and sweet fruits. Dark skin with dark red pulp. Reported by other growers to be cold hardy.
Royal Vineyard	Facebook Photo	Reportedly a variety grown in the gardens at Burnley in Australia in the 1800s but then lost there. We obtained a cutting to start our tree from a collector in the eastern U.S. Our first fruit of Royal Vineyard in 2015 was slightly over-ripe and spoiled before being discovered. It was a large fig and was still sweet and had pretty good flavor.
Saint Rita	Photo not available.	Italian fig introduced by a collector from Michigan. It originally comes from a town in Italy called Cascia and was named after a saint from that village. Our tree is still small and has not produced ripe fruit yet. Fruit is described as small to medium dark purple fig with outstanding berry flavor.
Salce	Facebook Photo	An Italian variety with green/brown skin and light red pulp. Fruits are small to medium in size and have a sweet and pleasant mild flavor.
Salem Honey	Facebook Photo	Fig introduced/named by Trees of Joy. Fruits have light green or yellow skin and light red pulp, are medium in size, and sweet with good flavor. Believed to originally have come from Italy.
Sal's Corleone	Facebook Photo	Sal's Corleone produces small fruits that are sweet with very good flavor.
Sal's EL	Facebook Photo	Sal's EL is another small but tasty fig worth growing.
San Miro Piro	Facebook Photo	Little is know of this variety. We believe it to be misspelled and it's true Italian is unknown. Our tree was acquired by a collector who had it in a pot for over 10 years and he reported that it produced very good quality breba. We only had main crop fruits in 2015 after finally getting it planted in the ground.
San Vincenzo	Facebook Photo	Originally from Italy. The tree seems to be slow to fruit for me. We picked one fruit in 2015 which was small but better tasting than I expected based on appearance. Fruit was sweet with pleasant flavor, though fairly mild.
Shtawi (Lebanese version)	Facebook Photo	A very late season variety usually harvested in early winter. Sets lots of fruits and thinning of fruit might help ripen remaining fruits earlier. Suggested for long season climates only.
Sierra	Facebook Photo	Variety introduced by UC Davis breeding program as a common type fig to potentially replace the Calimyrna fig. Useful for fresh as well as drying. Very vigorous tree with growth of 10 feet or so in our climate. NOTE: Most cuttings are fairly fat (1" or 25mm in diameter)
Skoura Vavatsika	Facebook Photo 1 Facebook Photo 2 Facebook Photo 3	Greek variety that was new for us in 2015. Vigorous grower with nice fruits but should be better in 2016.
Socorro Black	Facebook Photo	Fig discovered by a friend in Socorro, New Mexico. For some reason the leaves on our tree did not appear correct in 2014 but now that the tree is mature the leaves were normal. Fruits in 2014 and 2015 were of very high quality and tree is very productive.
Souadi	Facebook Photo	Souadi is a Lebanese fig introduced by Trees of Joy. These are the first fruits from our tree. Size is fairly small and fruits are sweet, pleasant mild flavor.
Sucrete (not Baud version)	Facebook Photo	There is some confusion over this variety. This version of Sucrette has been shared among fig collectors from some time but another (true?) version from Baud in France produces fruit that are not so dark green and pulp not so dark red. Fruits are sweet and very rich in flavor.
Sultane	Facebook Photo	Our tree is young and so far has produced small fruits with dark skin and red pulp with a good flavor.
Syrian #2	Facebook Photo	Syrian #2 is a fig introduced by Trees of Joy. We had one fruit from our young tree in 2015 which had green skin but it is typically yellow elsewhere. This fruit was sweet with a nice mild flavor.
Syrian Honey	Photo not available.	Syrian type honey fig with interesting leaf shape. Our tree has grown well but did not produce fruit yet. Introduced by Trees of Joy which is our source for our tree.
Takoma Violette	Facebook Photo	Small fig with black skin and dark pulp with very good flavor and sweetness.
Tashkent (Tashkenskaya)	Photo not available.	Squatty yellow fig from Uzbekistan. Our tree hasn't produced mature fruits yet but has grown well.
Tauro	Photo not available.	This Italian variety is new for us and has grown well but has not fruited yet. It is reported to produce sweet fruits which sometime attain very large size. Rare.
Tres Num Prato (Tres Ao Prato)	Facebook Photo	Name meaning "3 to the plate". This is a variety introduced by another fig collector friend. We found some over-ripe fruits on our tree last week and these are the first we've picked from this young tree. These fruits were quite sweet with a mild pleasant flavor. I expect fruit size to increase as the tree becomes established.
TV3	Facebook Photo	TV3 is a Portuguese fig with reports of high quality fruit. This is the first fruit from our small tree. Fruit was small but sweet and pretty good flavor. Look forward to larger and higher quality fruits next year.
UCR 184-15 "Strawberry Teardrop"	Facebook Photo	This variety was developed at UCR Riverside and never formally named but given the nickname of "Strawberry Teardrop" by Jon at Encanto Farms. This is a very productive variety which produces very large green figs with a red pulp. Fruits are sweet with a very nice flavor.
UCR 187-25	Facebook Photo 1 Facebook Photo 2	UCR 187-25 is another fig resulting from the former breeding program at UC Riverside which focused on creating a replacement for the Calimyrna with a common type fig. This fig is large green or yellow fig with red pulp. Most figs usually have more pulp than this sample. Our fruits produced later in the season in 2015 were very good. Fruits tasted from the mother tree at USDA's repository near Davis are of very high quality and our tree should produce consistently high-quality fruits in 2016 now that is older.
Unk. Dark Greek (Navid's version)	Facebook Photo	Navid's Unknown Dark Greek is a small fig with good sweetness and very good flavor. It appears fruit might be able to dry on the tree without spoilage.
Unk. Pastiliere	Facebook Photo	Smyrna type? May require wasp though one grower obtained fruits but believed wasps were not present in her area. This fig was acquired from Encanto Farms from someone who did not know the variety and it was initially believed to be Pastiliere but later determined not to be, thus given this name. Our tree has grown well and fruited in its second year producing a good crop of small fruits with a very rich flavor and adequate sweetness.
Unk. White Italian	Facebook Photo	This fig is of medium size, juicy, sweet, and nice mild flavor.
Valle Negra	Facebook Photo 1 Facebook Photo 2	Valle Negra is productive, medium-sized fig with rich flavor. Fruit reach fairly large size on branches with less fruit. One of the earlier main crop figs for us. Reported to be cold-hardy, coming from a cold region in Italy.
Vasilika Sika (Vasile's strain)	Photo not available.	This fig was introduced by another collector in the eastern U.S. who reportedly obtained it from a Greek immigrant. It was claimed to be the true Vasilika Sika but some doubts about that remain based on reports from another fig collector in Greece. Regardless this fig is said to produce very good quality fruits. The medium sized fruits have green skin and red pulp. Our tree is young and has not fruited yet.
Vasilika Sika (Belleclare's strain)	Facebook Photo	Was introduced by the famous (now former) Belleclare Nursery. Appears to be the same as Stella and Dalmatie. Produces large fruits of very good quality.
Vernea	Facebook Photo	Vernea (believed to also be called Vernea Nera) is an Italian variety that has grown well but has been slow to fruit. 2015 was its third growing season and we finally picked our first fig from our tree. The fruit was small but sweet and it was fairly rich in taste with a very good flavor.
Verte	Facebook Photo	Our tree produces medium-sized fruits that are sweet and rich in flavor.
Victoria (MP)	Facebook Photo	Victoria is another Spanish variety in our collection. It has been a vigorous grower and precocious with two fruits picked in 2015, the same year we rooted our tree. The fruit was sweet with very good flavor and should be even better as the tree matures.
Violet Patlican	Photo not available.	Obtained from Encanto Farms, this is supposedly the Patlican variety from Turkey. Our tree is small and has not fruited yet.
Violette de Bordeaux	Facebook Photo	Violette de Bordeaux is a consistent producer of medium-sized figs with good sweetness and excellent flavor. Not a rare variety but one that deserves a spot in any fig collection.
Violette Soleis	Facebook Photo	Black fruit with dark red pulp. Our tree is small and produced a fruit in 2015 but was over-ripe upon our return from a vacation.
Vista (aka Vista Mission)	Facebook Photo	Productive and rich-tasting variety. Similar or maybe the same as Violette de Bordeaux, though some believe it is slightly different and better.
Vutata	Facebook Photo	Italian variety with small fruits, sweet, fairly good flavor. Our first fruits of this variety were picked in 2015.
White & White Madeira	Facebook Photo	This variety was introduced by an older immigrant from Madeira and fruited for us for the first time in 2015. The fruit was small but very sweet and had a nice mild flavor.
White Adiatic	Facebook Photo	Productive large fig that's sweet with moderately rich flavor.
White Triana	Photo not available.	Green fig with medium red pulp. Our tree is small still and has not fruited yet.
Yellow Long Neck	Facebook Photo	This fig that was developed as part of the UC Riverside fig breeding program. This fig was acquired from a friend who said the late George Emerich collected this from UCR just prior to the collection being removed. These figs are consistently among our largest. Flavor is sweet and mild. The tree is a vigorous grower and productive.
Zidi	Facebook Photo	Smyrna type from Tunisia. Very productive tree with fruits of very high quality. The cover photo on our Facebook page was taken from fruit picked from the USDA repository near Davis, CA where I could have easily picked 100 ripe figs on that particular August day.
Zingarella (Gypsy)	Facebook Photo	There are two versions of this variety and this may be the version distributed by Mr. Watts, but we're unsure of that. Our tree produces small fruits that were sweet with a very good flavor. We've obtained the variety from another source to compare but that tree has not produced fruit yet.