This is a breba from a second year in ground fig that supposedly came from a french nursery. This is a two crop fig that supposedly does not need pollination. But as it has turned out is not the case. It is definitely a San Pedro, since it drops the main crop, and I don’t have the wasp. As you can see, the fig is quite large, and is very good, if you like honey type figs, which I don’t.
I’ve seen pictures of the main crop that look much different from this breba. So I’m wondering, if there are two different figs sold as Dauphine in France. I’ve heard of this happening on a number of occasions, throughout Europe. This will be one of my culls this winter.
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The Dauphine at NCGR Davis (DFIC 84) is a San Pedro. Aradhya found it is in the same clade as Kadota.
Excerpt from Condit’s monograph p.365
"Dauphine is grown near Paris for its abundant breba crop; it is also cultivated extensively in southern France on account of its large, attractive fruits, which carry well to distant markets. According to Simonet et al., it is known at Sollies-Pont as Boule d’Or, Bouton d’Or, and Grosse de Juillet; but the last name is also given as a synonym of Sultane. These authors also refer it to Mussega Negra (Ficus carica punctulata Risso). There are small plantings of Dauphine near Tokyo, Japan, where the brebas ripen in July.
I believe there’s Dauphine and Violet Dauphine, which is a berry fig that’s flattish and similar to Black Madeira.
There is a Violette Dauphine known as Adam in South Africa.
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The nursery in France that my fig was supposed to have come from
list these names as synonyms.
Dauphine - Synonymes : Boule d’or, Rouge d’Argenteuil, Grise de Tarascon
Anyway, it isn’t what I expected it to be.
Here’s the given types of those figs:
Dauphine (Sp)
Boule d’or (Sp)
Rouge d’Argenteuil (Sp)
Grise de Tarascon ( C )
How can one be a common fig, while the others aren’t.
Makes no sense.
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It’s also surprising they regard Dauphine as Common type. Major sources of fig information report it as San Pedro.
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Just another case of don’t believe everything you read.
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