FruitBrute
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Samoa Sunset sounds interesting. Never heard of that one.
Lesser Known Varieties
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superdave336
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Nothing wrong with that pic!
rNexus
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It produced a good flush of fruit early, but no signs of continuing production this year.
GoodFriendMike
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New to me as well. Maybe Sunshine and not sunset?
ktrain
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Sounds like a dandy!
DCallahan
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DCallahan
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The mother tree used to be clearly visible on Google maps Street view. Lee Gains the finder has reported that the mother tree was destroyed and removed.
StrangeCharmSam
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I don't have that one but I did get TFH 857 as a substitute to their out of stock giveaway this time. I have no information about it at all, not even a name, but he sent me 3 cuttings this spring and they're all growing beautifully.
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"Negra Cabezuela is a biferous variety from Extremadura, Spain with medium-low breba production and good maincrop production under humid dryland or irrigated conditions. The brebas ripen from the third week of June to the first week of August. The fruits are large and reasonably juicy. The maincrop figs ripen from the first week of August to the end of September. These are medium-sized and firm fruits that are primarily used for fresh consumption."
Don't have any photos of mine, but as Daniel says the dark-brown brebas can get very large.
Molondra is described in Montserrat Pons' book. My photos are of the original trees in Son Mut Nou, where the tag has an alternative spelling (mentioned in the book). In the second photo you can see the care Montserrat takes with his trees: wire to keep away rabbits etc, an iron stake to support the young tree, and padding to prevent it from rubbing against the bark.
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FruitBrute
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It was the best that Samsung Gemini A.I. could do for imagining a fig addict. Lol
TorontoJoe
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i would love to see more pictures of these.
BucksCountyFigs
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I am growing a handful of varieties that are rarely talked about. It might be that they are older varieties, obscured by time, or they just never get any time in the spotlight due to a limited number of growers. They are listed below
Mavri Polyphori (from Quin Smith - WTF Facebook page)
Corallo (from Dave S - WTF Facebook page)
Super Sweet 77 - (introduced by WillsC)
Abruzzi White GT - (from @Jafi on the old forum)
I have little info on these varieties and any info is seemingly hard to come by.
What are some lesser known varieties that you are growing and seem to have little or no information on? Do you have any info on these particular varieties? Let's talk about some obscured figs.
Here is the story behind Abruzzi White GT, which was named by Mike Piersimoni.
Mike said:
“Here's one I'd put up there with Figo Preto and Martinenca Rimada for just absolute sweetness and flavor. I call it Abruzzi White GT. I bought a couple of trees from an old Italian man that said he brought it in from his cousin's farm in Abruzzo in the '80s. Three generation old tree. Incredible taste. 53 Grams.
Went through all the heavy rains with no protection and still Soooo jamy”
Someone said:
In the rest of the world, this variety is called Dalmatie. In the USA it is called Stella, and in Italy - San Pietro. I have two trees of this variety and know the fruit in minute detail.
Mike:
It’s very special to me because the person that sold me the tree, an 85 year old Italian man in my area, his cousin has a three generation old tree in Abruzzo. So I have the history. Which I love. If I'm going to have an heirloom tree I need the history. Somehow they taste even sweeter.
The GT stands for Gabriel Tulli who supplied the trees to me and whose cousin's Farm it came from in Abruzzo.
Carrillo is from Santa Rosa? I have never heard of it. My orchard is in the area. It should perform super well there then 
Demos looks so cool. Who doesn’t like a good unknown fig with history.
I have to hold myself back. I don’t need more fig trees, but I can always graft
Demos looks so cool. Who doesn’t like a good unknown fig with history.
I have to hold myself back. I don’t need more fig trees, but I can always graft
Kompakfigs
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Caralheto Preto aka Lungo del Portogallo. There is a thread that was started by jsacadura in 2017 on OF. Its synonym is LDA but I want I had fruited isnt the case. The fig shape was round rather than a teardrop. Flavor profile is similar to a Mt.Etna variety. Research seems to be all over the place. Im thinking the seller might have messed up with the tag.