In many cases, a photo alone is not enough information.
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Croisic has a long history of production in France for edible main crop figs. G. Eisen, in his role as a USDA inspector, was the first to record their appearance in California. He spotted them at a San Francisco produce display. He later wrote about them in his 1896 pamphlet “Biological studies on figs, caprifigs and caprification”. About the same decade, California nursery owner Felix Gillet began offering Croisic for sale at his Nevada City, CA site. Several farmers in Oregon – perhaps due to their distributor, grew Croisic as ‘Gillet’. That synonym persists today. There is an interesting write-up on page 336 of I. Condit’s 1955 Monograph.
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Excellent information thanks Richard!
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Today I finished transferring soil from about ninety Stuewe 915R pots into the ten 23 gallon ceramic pots. Afterwards, I filled them to the brim with water twice to initially dampen the soil. Tomorrow I’ll start planting Caprifigs.
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2025/8/25.
Today I transplanted the Caprifigs into their 23 gallon pots. Afterwards, I fed each plant one tablespoon of 8-10-8 dissolved in two gallons of water. This is for root stimulation. In addition, I attached plant tags to the irrigation spouts and covered the soil in about an inch of 1/4 inch orchid bark (purchased in 3 cu.ft. bags).
Label (10); Type:
Tut; Cp?
Roeding 2; Cpp
Black Capri; Cpp
Girsh; Cp?
Xerxes; Cp?
Al Asaad Persistent; Cpp
Wild #1; Cpp
UCR 347-1; Cpp
Capri Q; Cpp
Enderud; Cpp
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2025/8/26.
More happenstance closed-eye figs.
Crozes. No picture, it fell apart. It was next to Croisic and had been caprified.
Owensboro. Great strawberry flavor. Probably not caprified. Notice the dry ostiole leaves in the second photo.
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So far I’ve gathered about 100 female figs for “closed eye” trials over the next few years. Suggestions are welcome.
Of those I’ve acquired, here’s 46 that will be up-potted into Stuewe 915R pots starting tomorrow 
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Hi! I haven’t been on GF for awhile. Nice to see you here.
What do the letters mean behind your caprifigs? Cp? and Cpp
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Cpp is persistent Capri. Cp is not.
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and Csp has persistent spring crop with caduceus main crop.
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Nice to see you here!
You’re one of my absolute go-tos for fig info
Thank you
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Can we get a guided tour? Amazing setup!
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If you live in the area, then just send a PM. Otherwise, there are gatherings here every 2-3 years.
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Close enough: san pedro area. Will ping you, thanks!
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Wow, you don’t do things by halves do you…
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How was Wild #1 confirmed as being persistent? I’m assuming this is the one from Pete? I have been away for awhile but I didn’t know it was persistent. If so, that’s great bc it’s my second largest capri and I want to cross a few more types