Rob
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This Caprifig tree is now confirmed to be one of 6, plus possibly a Smyrna fig, that I am yet to see in this group. I have only a little bit of information on all of these trees, but they could be good mid to late season Caprifigs. I will photograph a few open figs tomorrow, but just looking quickly today, they all have a good month or so to go before wasps and pollen will be mature. The crop on this one is a little better that the other trees, and it's not a huge tree, but there has to be thousands of figs of a good size on it. Even working on 2000 figs with 800+ wasps per fig, this tree could produce well over 1 and a half million wasps. The fact that there are 6 of these trees, and only one common or Smyrna to pollinate, unless there are very favourable winds, most of these wasps will be eaten by birds etc., or just simply die without doing anything significant. What we have to remember is that the wasps from only the last few figs on the tree will most likely be able to lay eggs in the Mammoni crop, and that is the way it usually is, since the following crops are not large enough for a high percentage of the earlier wasps to enter. I urge anyone interested to enlarge this photo to get a better view.
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