I've always been a big advocate of putting a limitation on naming "NEW" fig varieties. It's a proven fact that figs are highly adaptable fruits. They can grow in a wide array of climates. However depending on the environment it grows in the color and fruit shape can be severely affected.
Based on conversations with my friends who grow figs in Singapore. Black figs sometime do not turn black being grown in a tropical environment. The variance in fig appearance can be quite drastic even within the micro climate of a backyard.
So let's not be too hasty in naming a discovered fig because it looks slightly different from a fig you found through google.
I think there are 4 factors to verifying a fig.
1. Experience with a true variety
2. Leaf shape
3. Fruit shape
4. And taste
It's hard to ID any fig through pictures alone.
So let's not be too hasty in naming a discovered fig because it looks slightly different from a fig you found through google.
I think there are 4 factors to verifying a fig.
1. Experience with a true variety
2. Leaf shape
3. Fruit shape
4. And taste
It's hard to ID any fig through pictures alone.
So let's look at the figs below.
Olympian from my tree
Olympian from my brothers tree
Marlow Fig
Gene's Vashon
These all have different names but in my honest opinion they are probably all the same fig. With that being said. It is still a very good fig. Big meaty, melony fig that grow great here. However if you have one of these you do not need the other.
2 crops
Taste: 7.5
Sweetness: 7
Size: 6 (55 grams)
Productivity: .25
Total = 20.75
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