Mystery Fig

[lmvian]

Can anyone help me identify this fig? It belongs to a friend if mine and here's what he says about it:

putative identity: Lattarula

cold hardiness: it's planted in ground without protection and it has not experienced any dieback yet in zone 7a/7b climate.

fruit characteristics: very large fruits but not the most productive

Ripens: July-September and then you will get a few small ones throughout the fall until the first freezes come.

I looked up Lattarula figs, and they don't seem to have the violet interior. Then I looked for green/yellow figs that are violet on the inside, but I couldn't find any. What are your thoughts?

 

[SpiritFarmVa]

Don’t have this but remembered seeing it.

Bardonnex Petite Violet - Trees of Joy

A tasty fig from Switzerland. It's a medium fig with grey to purple skin and pink pulp. Very sweet and delicious figs. The reba have a distinctive purple ring around the pulp right below the skin, with skin color light brown. The plant is vigorous and worth trialing in our cold climate.

treesofjoy.com

 

[GoodFriendMike]

Looks like this is the breba crop. Do the small one look the same inside and out?

 

[SpiritFarmVa]

Skin color variations can be due to sun exposure to fruit. Correct me please if that’s wrong.

 

[lmvian]

Looks like this is the breba crop. Do the small one look the same inside and out?

I'll ask!

 

[GoodFriendMike]

Skin color variations can be due to sun exposure to fruit. Correct me please if that’s wrong.

You are correct. I notice that with a lot of my trees.

 

[LaFigGwr18]

Wow, amazing looking figs. Does it split?

 

[ktrain]

Very cool looking fig, I am curious if this is main or breba like Mike asked.

 

[Inflorescence]

That violet circle is from ripening in cooler conditions. I agree with Mike that it looks like breba crop. Do you know what month the picture of the fruit was taken?

 

[TorontoJoe]

I've had that violet ring on a fig before but that was a wild find in Italy. I think it looks very cool

Would your friend have any history on it? Do you know where it was obtained? Sometimes tracing the pedigree can provide some clues

 

[ktrain]

I have seen some videos in the past of figs with that coloring, main crop...wish I could remember what they were.
If I remember correctly they were not Capri either.

 

[lmvian]

Thanks for your input, everyone!

Wow, amazing looking figs. Does it split?

Looks like this is the breba crop. Do the small one look the same inside and out?

I'll relay your questions to my friend.

Very cool looking fig, I am curious if this is main or breba like Mike asked.

The tree's owner says the pictured figs are indeed breba.

I've had that violet ring on a fig before but that was a wild find in Italy. I think it looks very cool

Would your friend have any history on it? Do you know where it was obtained? Sometimes tracing the pedigree can provide some clues

My friend got this tree from Brambleberry Farm. He thinks there was some kind of tag mix-up.

 

[GoodFriendMike]

This is a link to what they carry. https://www.brambleberrypermaculture.com/?s=fig

 

[TorontoJoe]

This is a link to what they carry. https://www.brambleberrypermaculture.com/?s=fig

@lmvian

This is where I would begin. If you rule out any of the trees they carry, I would ask them who the supplier is to get a list of what they propagate. Sometimes fig-forensics can get you a better answer than trying to ID based on visual inspection

 

[Inflorescence]

If that is breba, to me it looks true to type.

 

[lmvian]

If that is breba, to me it looks true to type.

True to Lattarula?

 

[Inflorescence]

True to Lattarula?

Yes, true to Lattarula.

Here are some other photos of it showing a blush type color it sometimes has.

 

[lmvian]

Yes, true to Lattarula.

Thank you!

 

[Inflorescence]

Thank you!

You’re welcome! I would check back with main crop figs and more leaf pics if it continues to seem off.

 

[DallasFigShop]

There is LattarulaNOT that went around as 'Lattarola'... I have an ebay strain that in steadily cool and frosty temps made just a Honey amber flesh... I would guess that maybe it's different but couldn't say for sure