Tuesday, March 1, 2016

The Ultimate Fig Breba List

Here in the Pacfic Northwest Zone 7B. Our short season means not all figs will ripen a main crop (outside of a greenhouse). Which means that we have to focus on figs that have brebas, which is why the Desert King has been so important as a staple here.

What is a Breba?
a fig of the first crop ripening on the old wood 

The differences between Breba and Main crops can look and taste like two very different figs. Brebas are generally larger, sometimes more elongated, more watery from the spring rains and not as sweet as main crops.

However with San Pedro type figs like the Desert King the main crop is not as good as the Brebas since the main crop requires pollination to mature.

Take for example the Gene's Vashon on the left is the Breba and the right is the main crop.


 The Ultimate Breba List!






Abebereira Galbun  Melanzana Sequoia
Aldos Palermo Genovese Nero Mission Sicilia Bifara 
Arab Market  Giant Amber Monstrueuse  Sicilian Black
Atreano  golden Celeste Montecillo Sicilian Red
Barnisotte  Giant Goliath Naples White Sierra
Bayernfeige Violetta Ginos Black Nardine  Smith
Bifara  Gulbun  Nardi Black Stella Cordi 
Binelo Grise Olivette Nazarti  Stanford 
Black Greek Grise de Saint Jean Native d Argentile  St Jean
Black Genoa Granthams Royal Negronne  Strawberry Verte 
Black Madeira  BM-3 Negretta Sultane
Black Bethlehem Hardy Chicago Norman's Yellow  T-30E 
black weeping Hollier NSA No1 Green  Ta Cenc 
Blue Celeste  Hunt  Nuhurskii  Takoma Violet
Brogiotto Nero Igo  Olympian Texas Everbearing
Brooklyn White Improved Celeste Orphan Trojano 
Bronze Paradiso Italian Black Panache Tuquoise
Brown Turkey  Italian Honey Pan E Vino Dark Unknown Pastilerre
Brunswick / Magnolia Italian Everbearing Pan E Vino White UCR 276-14
Byadi Italian Purple Pellegrino UCR 291
Calabrese Long Johannes  Peter's Strawberry  Valle Negra
Capelas  K6-5 Persian White Vasilika Sika
Cantanzaro Kadota Perisan Black Vashon Violet Gene's
Castanhal Kathleens Black Pewter's Honey Very Dark Grk 
Chris' Purple  Kennedy  Petite Negri Vincenzo
Columbaro Nero King  Petite Aubique Violet de Bordeaux EL 
Col De Dame Noir Lampeira Pingo De Mel Vista 
Conadria Latarulla Portland  Votata
Dalmatie Lebanese White Qaalat Al Madiq Walker 
Danny's Delite  Lemon  Qudssaya White Adriatic 
Dark Greek Little Red  Figo Preto White Greek
Dark Portuguese Lisa RN Rattlesnake Is  White Kadota
Dark Sultane  Longue Daout Red Lebanese White King
Dauphine  Lyndhurst White Ronde De Bordeaux White Texas Everbearing
De La Reina LSU Gold Royal Mediterranean Yellow Neches 
De Leon LSU Champagne Ruby  Zingarella
Desert King  Madeleine d Deux Salerno Zucchuni
English Brown Turkey Malta black Sals Corleone 135-4s 
Enrico Maltese Falcon Salem Dark 184-15 
Excel  Marlow Santa Cruz Dark 342-1 
Filicciano Bianco Marseilles White Santa Cruz White 135-155
Fiorone d Ruvo  Marrabout Santa Margherita
Falls Gold Mavra Sika Scotts Black
Flanders Mega Celeste
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