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Common fig or Smyrna?

19 years ago

Back to this unidentified fig that I'm growing. This is a two year old picture. I'm sure the regulars remember it. One of my two year old trees actually developed a 1" fig in the middle of April. Unfortunately, it got knocked off when moving my young trees into their new deer-proof compound. As far as wondering if it is a common fig or one that needs a fig wasp to mature ( siting that it has a huge eye) , wouldn't the figs be loaded with seeds if they needed the wasp? All of the figs taken from the mother tree are virtually seedless. I fiqure that I'll have to wait a few more years until the trees mature and have a good crop before I can prove my theory. I have a few dozen two year olds in my nursery. I have named it the "Delta Gold". The mother tree is in the Sacramento river delta area and the fig is golden in color, thus the name. It is one tasty fig. FF

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