smyrna figs

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THE PUZZLE OF THE FIG
... , and San Pedro type. However, the Smyrna figs do not set fruits when they are grown alone. In 1880, Californians began to import and widely plant Smyrna figs, which have the most desirable fruits ... fig types have two crops of figs each year. The spring crop (breba crop) is parthenocarpic, but the second crop, like the Smyrna fig, requires caprification. Smyrna figs are considered to be the most ...
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Our Plant Immigrants
... variety of figs that are not edible, but which contain thousands of microscopic wasp-like insects, calledBlastophaga. These insects creep out of the caprifigs just at the time when the Smyrna figs are in bloom, and, crawling into the latter, they fertilize the hundreds of small flowers of which the fig is composed, and instead of dropping off like unfertilized flowers, the Smyrna figs ...
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... . 'Brunswick'), 'Brown Turkey', 'Celeste' 4. San Pedro fig. Combined characteristics of Smyrna and Common figs. First crop - parthenocarpic, called "brebas"; second crop - requires pollination ... figs, all flowers are female, packed along the inside of the inflorescence, consisting basically of an ovary and a single style. Pollination: The fig wasp provides pollination of Smyrna figs, but common figs ...
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Fruit Identification Outline
... requires a symbiotic wasp that enters the syconium and pollinates the female flowers. Smyrna and California-grown Calimyrna figs require wasp pollination. Other fig varieties will produce edible, seedless, parthenocarpic syconia without ...
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WaterMelon News
... bellies rubbed. Sea creatures guest star at marine center camp (Daytona Beach News-Journal) NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Dressed in brown waders, two children drag a 20-foot net through the Indian ... News Banana News Cashew News Cherry News Chestnuts News Coconut News Cranberry News Dates News Figs News Ginger News Grapefruit News Grapes News Guanabana News Guava News Hazelnuts News Kiwi News ...
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FIG Fruit Facts
... which has male and female flowers requiring visits by a tiny wasp, Blastophaga grossorum; the Smyrna fig, needing cross-pollination by caprifigs in order to develop normally; and the San ... generally hollow, unless pollinated. Pollinated seeds provide the characteristic nutty taste of dried figs. CULTURE Location: Figs require full sun all day to ripen palatable fruits. Trees become enormous, and ...
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CRFG Fruit List
... Viola Schneider. 1989 #3 p 32 Asparagus or Marigolds Rid Figs and Papayas of Nematode Problems. By John N. Wilkes. 1981 #1 ... F. Vincent. 1974 YB, pp 251-267 Start Your Own Figs: A Good Propagation Experience for the Beginner. By George F. Emerich ... PURPLE PASSION FRUIT See Passiflora PYRUS COMMUNIS See Pear PYRUS CYDONIA - Smyrna Quince PYRUS PASHIA - Wild Himalayan Pear PYRUS PYRIFOLIA See Asian Pear ...
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Fig Interest Group
... structures. There are many varieties of edible figs which fall into the three following fruiting classes: Caducous (or Smyrna) figs need pollination to set crops. Without pollination the fruit drops before maturing. Caprifigs furnish the pollen needed. Examples are Marabout, Calimyrna (or Sari Lop), and Zidi. Persistent (or Common) figs ...
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