About edible caprifig

[Sayabo]

Does Caprifig genetic quality of persistence equate to Mammoni(Profichi) being edible?

 

[GoodFriendMike]

Most of my persistent Capri have edible mammoni.
Profichi for most is not at all what you would consider edible.

 

[Charlie Dodgson]

Does Caprifig genetic quality of persistence equate to Mammoni(Profichi) being edible?

No. Persistent feral Caprifigs in one local area might have a high abundance of specimens with "edible" main crops, but it is not the case among persistent Caprifigs worldwide. The converse is not true either.

 

[GoodFriendMike]

No. Persistent feral Caprifigs in one local area might have a high abundance of specimens with "edible" main crops, but it is not the case among persistent Caprifigs worldwide. The converse is not true either.

Can you list the persistent Capri of the world?
Not including the ones from breeding programs here.
Can you please also list which ones have edible crops and which do not.
It would really help many if you could.

 

[Sayabo]

It's true that edible mammoni doesn't necessarily match up with persistent Caprifig. But if there is a high probability of a correlation with persistent from many samples, I think that can serve as a guide.

 

[SpiritFarmVa]

Why when it comes to figs is the term parthenocarpic not used like in all other fruits and vegetables that fruit without pollination?
Isn’t that the trait that makes a Caprifig persistent and a common fig common?

 

[Charlie Dodgson]

@Sayabo
It serves as a selling point for Caprifigs of unknown persistence, and nothing more.

 

[Charlie Dodgson]

Can you list the persistent Capri of the world?

It's more efficient to discuss the matter with persons who actively study them in Algeria, Spain, Italy, Egypt, Israel, Turkey, Iran, and Japan.

 

[GoodFriendMike]

It's more efficient to discuss the matter with persons who actively study them in Algeria, Spain, Italy, Egypt, Israel, Turkey, Iran, and Japan.

I have been saying almost the same thing for a few years now.
I would say it is more efficient to discuss the matter with persons who are.
"Actively studying and growing them' Which many do.
Guess I will have to ask around for the names of these persistent Capri you speak of.
I know people in a few of those countries.

 

[Charlie Dodgson]

Why when it comes to figs is the term parthenocarpic not used like in all other fruits and vegetables that fruit without pollination?

It is used on occasion, especially when referring to a specific cultivar whose spring or main crop is caducous in one location but parthenocarpic in another.

 

[SpiritFarmVa]

It is used on occasion, especially when referring to a specific cultivar whose spring or main crop is caducous in one location but parthenocarpic in another.

Would breeding one persistent Caprifig to another persistent Caprifig result in an increase in persistent seedlings?

 

[Charlie Dodgson]

the names of these persistent Capri you speak of

My conversations on this topic with other researchers is about occurrences and frequencies of sexual states, not catalogs of specimen names and locations. Some of the latter is listed in publications I've shared.

Actively studying and growing them

My collection of 600+ figs is small compared to number of specimens each of these researchers have studied in their repositories and in the wild over the past 1 to 4 decades.

 

[Charlie Dodgson]

Would breeding one persistent Caprifig to another persistent Caprifig result in an increase in persistent seedlings?

No, because the persistence trait is carried by the male haploid. Crossing two Caprifigs involves fertilizing unisexual female flowers in one Caprifig with pollen from unisexual male flowers from another (they are typically self sterile).