Guess the ID of this fig

[Kompakfigs]

Tena TC.

 

[Kompakfigs]

When that BM mix up happened, I got a true BM replacement late last year.

 

[Charlie Dodgson]

That is not Alma by far

Exactly. But when a national seller is selling Tena as Alma to consumers, you start wondering how much of the population believes they are growing Alma.

 

[ktrain]

Exactly. But when a national seller is selling Tena as Alma to consumers, you start wondering how much of the population believes they are growing Alma.

Very true.

 

[Kompakfigs]

White Marseilles?

Lowe’s was selling that variety and Kadota a few years back and their leaf pattern look like Tena.

 

[ktrain]

Alma or Holy Smokes leaves remind me of a paw print.
Very rounded lobes.
I dont have Alma any longer but I do have Holy Smokes.
Get some pics when I get home.

 

[Figgerlickinggood]

The person who provided me this cutting claimed it was Alma. I asked for the name of their supplier, and received it today -- a national online sales corporation. So there it was, pictures of Tena as Alma. Thank you to hambones for the correct ID.

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I've never seen Tena passed off as Alma, usually it's passed off as White Marseille.

 

[Charlie Dodgson]

Here's the real Alma in a Stuewe TP915R.

 

[FigMamaJanet]

It looks like my Brunswick with the long fingers in the leaves.
Nice looking leaves. Good luck growing.

 

[Charlie Dodgson]

my Brunswick

See

Thread 'Brunswick - description and misnomers'

Yesterday at 5:57 PM

Here is a 2.5 page description [with markup] of Brunswick from Ira Condit's 1955 Monograph. I include it here as a separate thread because many authors fail to read Condit's discussion before quoting his "synonyms" -- which for the most part are misnomers, not true synonyms.

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[TorontoJoe]

Smarty pants award for this week goes to @hambones

 

[GilaMonster]

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Stella!

 

[Charlie Dodgson]

Future Figs for 2026: Gulbun Qudssaya

Why Gulbun?

 

[GilaMonster]

Why Gulbun?

Just want to try a fig that supposedly tastes like melon!

 

[Charlie Dodgson]

Just want to try a fig that supposedly tastes like melon!

Gulbun is a sixth generation fig from the UC + UCR breeding programs. Ira Condit had retired along with the UC program in 1950 prior to the release of the 4th generation. Gulbun's seed & pollen parents are siblings of Tena, and all three of them have parents Enderud and Calimyrna (Sari Lop). It is an open-eye fig. In your locale, the main crop should produce excellent dried figs -- provided they are not soured by monsoons. The spring crop is said to be very good fresh, a welcome contrast with the poor quality spring figs of Calimyrna. The main crop fresh flavor is light honey with hints of strawberry. When caprified, they also have the nutty flavor of caprified Calimyrna.