I think it is possible.  They do look quite a bit different, but both claim great taste.  Do you think we can get Francisco to tape up the eye on a few this year?  Fig heaven might be as close as I get to any heaven.

James,

The fig shown is the light Abebereira which we call Bebera Branca

Its black sister ...we call Bebera Preta you may see on this topic:

http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/b%C3%8Abera-preta-6507083?highlight=bebera&pid=1279379487#post1279379487

Pete is right  The lighter fig was pollinated...otherwise we could never show those colors, juices, size, etc.

The black fruit has not been visited by the wasp.

Francisco

Thank you for the information, Francisco.  That clears up one side of the story.  I have to say, the figs in the pictures you posted above look beyond exceptional. 

There should be a law against showing something so scrumptious!

@Lampo, my Abebereira is a small to medium size dark fig. Is your Abebereira a small to medium size fig ?

James,

Thank you. Once you have mentioned it, here goes a pic of the same variety less wasp favors
Looks different, much smaller  but it is exactly the same cultivar

maedmonson,
Thank you

Paully,

Bêbera Preta (black) is an average to large fig of approx.  60 to 80 gr (non-pollinated)

Bêbera Branca (light colored) somehow bigger, .. 100 gr,  but in excess of 150 gr if pollinated

Francisco

Wow..... What a tempting fig....... Look so yummy...... Thanks for the pics sharing

Ong

Hi Fancisco,

you know how cold hardy is Bebera Branca?
Is this an early fig in your zone?

Thanks!

francisco, 

that looks amazing, wasp or no wasp. 

Thank you Ong.
Sent you a PM

Hello Rofig,
Thank you. Unfortunately it is not an early fig.. on the contrary, it ripes immediately after the Smyrna varieties by late August and through September..October.
This fig needs  long and sunny hot Summer days to ripe properly.. my zone is 10++, rather arid

Francisco

Pete,

Thank you for your nice comment.
This fig is a full Parthenocarpic / Persisten fruit. It ripens late and without any pollination.

However if you tell your wasps to pay them a visit, this will be immediately and  unconditionally accepted by both parties and the results are on the first row of pictures on this topic.
The figs on the plate, shown just a couple of threads above are of the same variety but without pollination.
This may well  illustrate graphically the benefits of pollination.. Another story is when you bite a chunk of the fruit and those syrupy juices flood your palate !!

Francisco

What beautiful fig pictures, it makes my mouth water. Thank you for posting. I will put it on my wish list, maybe I'll get lucky ?
Vito

Here's a couple of pics of my young Abebereira, and after seeing Francisco's photos, I'm really hoping to taste some this year!    

Thank you Vito and Gary for taking your time to see this thread and commenting.

Gary, the fig you show on your pictures as Abebereira, seems to me to be the black cultivar
Bêbera Preta which is not the same as Beb.Branca. It will be a smaller fig.

http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/b%C3%8Abera-preta-6507083?highlight=bebera&pid=1279379487#post1279379487

This link leads you to a last year's topic describing this fig.
Being in California and if you can, try and arrange to pollinate it.
Your plant seems to be sufficiently grown up to try it
It would be very interesting,
On your wish list there are some familiar names !?

Francisco

Francisco, Gary's tree came from me.  It was taken from cuttings from my tree which was started from cuttings obtained from Encanto Farms (Jon), a reliable source.  My trees did not fruit yet last year but should this year.

my Beb. Branca is sourced other than jon or marius. will be a yr or two before i can post the fig. and little longer before i can share the cuttings. isn't jon's from same location where Figo Preto is from? pointblima or something?

Yes, Jon's came from the original tree called Abebereira in Point Loma where we also got Figo Preto and Figo Branco (okay, it's called Figo Branca but that naming convention is wrong and painful to even write, LOL).

Here are some older threads worth visiting:
http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5091607
http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=4936949

Harvey,

Estella had a heavy accent, was at first soft-spoken to this stranger and didn't know how to spell the names. I did my best to get the names right but &**% happens. ;-) The trees she had were the Abebereria (Bebera Preta according to Francisco), a long black fig with red interior. Also Bebera Branca, which she first called Branco then figo branco then bebera branca. The third tree she had is Preto. You can stop calling the Figo Branco Figo Branco and mark it as Bebera Branca. :-)

Estella's Bebera Branca looks like Francisco's interior shots, has a large breba fig but I don't remember it having any purple on the skin. It could be lack of caprificaion but that's a guess. The breba are significantly larger than the main crop by double, ripen early in late June to early July so may be a good candidate for colder climates. Trials would be helpful to determine if this is so.

We lost Estella last August and were not able to contact the new owner regarding cuttings this past Jan.

sorry to hear about the passing of some one who provided great selection to our fig community. hope she rests in the better place.

Here's my Bebera Branca and Abebereira.
1st two are Bebera Branca and 2nd two are Abebereira.

Harvey,

What led me to comment on Gary's fig and say that it looked like Bebera Preta, were the leaves, but I may be wrong. Best will be to wait and see what the fruit look like.. his and yours.
Bebera Branca leaves are different. Hope to send a couple of pictures tomorrow just for information.
Thank you for those links with valuable information on such great figs

Sue,

I hope some day, things change and you will be able to root some  Beb. Branca sticks. and grow those fine figs. Your environment seems ideal just like Harvey's and you both are close to that tool Nature has created to refine the qualities of most figs.
As for Branco or Branca...Figo Branco, etc   I have seen on a number of your threads, I would like to throw in my 2 cents...
IMO, this seems to be the Lampa Branca cultivar, pomologicaly under the Cachopeiro Family of fig varieties.

(Cachopeiro means two crops -Breba and Main Crop without pollination) - to differentiate from San Pedro

Lampa Branca produces large brebas and a main crop of fine white figs ideal for drying as well as for marmalade, jellys etc .
It is very popular in Eastern Algarve. Brebas appear in early June. I have no Lampa Branca, but soon will try and let you have more information and a set of pictures.

Sad to hear the end for Estella. She will rest in peace

kubota1,

Nice little trees.
Hope you will post their fig pictures and tell what you think of their taste.

Francisco

Okay, Sue....this gets complicated, need to write down names on various lists I have.

Francisco, my Abebereira should fruit this year though I don't see any fruit forming yet.

Here are some Abebereira which were rooted from cuttings taken from the original Point Loma tree:
 
Please don't ask for details on source, etc.! :)


Here is one of my two trees started from cuttings obtained from Jon (from which cutting was taken for Gary's tree):
 

So then, we are all in agreement. My AberbereiraBeberaPretaFigoBrancoBrancaLampo is a Portuguese variety. Cool.   Seriously though, thank you Francisco for sharing your insights to this forum. It's great to have your knowledge available. Harvey, your tree will certainly ripen fruit before mine, and hopefully provide definitive answers. What I'm certain of, is that my young tree is growing very vigorously, and I'm excited at the thought of it producing tasty figs.

Gary

Estella's Abebereria with leaf. Second pic is Bebera Branca breba (say that 3 times!) with Abebereria. The third pic is my Abebereria tree last year. I didn't get any of the fruit, raccoons got them.