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Another Smyrna dark fig -Preto de Porches

Being almost extint.
A top quality, average to large size fig very sweet and crunchy. Its leaves are unique presenting 7 deep cut lobes.
Will provide more pictures when ripe.

Francisco

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You can already see it looks like a great fig,

Definitely show us more  :)

Looking forward to the future pictures.

Bob,  Martin,  Thanks

I will let you see the pictures of this fig when ripe and ready for a bite.

Francisco

Beautiful!!!

Wow,  looking forward to seeing more. Fruit looks like it will be very nice and i like the leaves!!

these are great pictures, thanks for sharing

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Francisco,
Thanks for sharing these photos of PdP and please keep us posted. It looks like it is going to be a good one. Please tell us more. What is the history of this fig? How did you come to own it?

Thank you All, for your comments and for watching the pictures.

JD,

few people here cares about knowing their local figs and a good deal of varieties, Common ,Smyrna, San Pedro etc was lost for ever on the last 60 to 70 years.

Have spotted this PdP two years ago on my field fig searching excursions in a remote area. My attention at that time was drawn by those 7 lob deep cut leaves on its suckers around the main trunk, which I knew were not very common here.
To my knowledge, only Inchario Preto and Bebera Branca display almost similar leaves.

Took some sticks for rooting and was not very lucky, only 2 had gained roots and  growing one in a pot the other in ground.

Recently, looking at my notes I decided that now could be a good opportunity to check the fig again  and see how it did in the meantime... and was well impressed.  Good and well distributed rains of last winter and spring gave the tree new vigor and you may have an idea from the pictures.

Spending part of my youth with grand parents I remember well, eating this fig and their mention of this PdP name and nice remarks on its qualities.
Talking to friends now I am told that there may be another similar tree not far from my place.

Have been told of an estimated 12 Smyrna varieties over and above of what is known today and when I get some spare time I shall have to move and go to find them

Francisco

ps: it is common to spot on some old trees 'self' air-layers on several lower branches.



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