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A NEW TYPE OF FIG?? Eve;s Black Cherry

I just picked the last two remaining brebas from Eve's Black Cherry.  I ripped one open and it was filled with male flowers - it's a caprifig! 

Thinking that a mistake was made with the cuttings I recieved, I went back to read the original post http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3693573&highlight=eves+black+cherry and found this statement:
Another odd characteristic: This tree set an incredible breba crop, (perhaps 6 figs on every branch tip), then about one half dropped off early, and the other half hung on and remained hollow dry and leathery- completely inedible, and fell off full size. This has happened in other years too.
This fig seems to be a caprifig for the first crop and a common fig for the second!  Ray Givan had it right WEIRD.
We recognize three classes of figs: Common, Smyrna, and San Pedro.  Where would you stick this one??
I'm so excited that I'm probably not making much sense.  Could anyone else who is growing this fig please verify and watch the second crop to see if it indeed does form edible figs?  I don't seem to have any main crop forming on my trees.

Hi Fignut keep us posted on your main crop those pics of ripe fruit look wonderful
Sal

I also have one inground,from the original cuttings ,few years ago,but no breba and no main crop yet at all.

The picture that I posted of the Eve's Black Cherry breba isn't as clear as it could be.  There are a few female flowers at the neck end of the fig and the rest are male.  The structures that you are looking for are male flowers.  Loose pollen isn't always evident. 
Here is a microscopic picture that might help. 
The FEMALE flower is on the left.  The MALE flower is on the right. 


Lovely photo fignut its amazing how fig flowers look under the microscope. Even in fig flowers the female looks better lol

Herman has made a comment that makes a lot of sense - he thinks this may be some type of edible caprifig.  


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