Hi all..I just wanted to share some photos of dauphine figs I bought from Japan.
I tried to grow it from cutting four months ago and has begun to bear it fruits.

There was a bit of confusion about Dauphine, in place I lived (Indonesia).
Some people says, that The Dauphine is a San Pedro type and others told it's common type.
I do not want to join the debate that is endless, which more important is the plants could grow & I've been very happy.
So, I include images of leaves & fruits, waiting for the input and opinions. Thanks :)

Regards,
Arhie

Oh it looks great

Arhie. It looks like it has no seeds. Is that true? How is the taste?

Hi FigsIndo,
THE Dauphine (the one and real, the french one) is bifera and of the common type- you can quote me on that one.
The maincrop on Dauphine is a black fig with ribs. I don't think that the ones on your pics are The French Dauphine.

Looks good, congrats!

My Dauphine came from a Domestic Nursery here in the US and the fruit it produced looks similar to yours. I congratulate you on a great tasting fig as I experienced this summer. I liked it so much that I have a second one growing in a container. Despite all this our Dauphine as JDS says is not the Dauphine I've seen marketed by French Nurseries.

For example, The Dauphine that I've seen displayed by one Nursery in France (http://www.cochetfrederic.com/figuiers.html) does not look at all like our Dauphine. In fact it looks closer to my Hative d'Argenteuil, which is black when mature as JDS says.

I would like to thank JDSFrance for shedding some light on this issue.

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Dauphine is the most popular fig variety in Japan, and it looks like yours! It is large and juicy and very sweet. In fact that describes almost all Japanese fruit -- massive and sweet -- sometimes I think the flavour suffers.

Here is a quote from Hawaii Net:


There are early records in Japan of figs (ichijiku in Japanese). They first entered the country through Nagasaki in 1630. Others came to Japan from Korea. Industry did not develop until 1908 when a young Kohjiro Masui left Hiroshima for California and returned with a fig cultivar now called the Masui-Dauphine, (Sometimes spelled in English as Dolphin). It is unclear how this evolved but 90% of the figs grown in Japan are Masui-Dauphine. There is some speculation that it evolved from early California Smyrna figs. 98% of those sold commercially are Masui-Dauphine.

Ashita

Tokyo

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Thanks everyone for the responses!

@Blackfoot : It very tasty although not so sweet. Just the first season, so there is still a possibility of development.
I think we must be patient with the figs (and, more generally, with the trees), because their taste and size will evolve over time.

It has seeds, but the ants got to it.

@jdsfrance : So, The French Dauphine is bifera & common type. but it different/unlike with my dauphine fig.

@Sas : I am very happy that you confirm this figs which I brought from Japan is also Dauphine in US.
If you dont mind, would you like to upload the pictures someday, thanks :)

@Ashita : is it the same kind Dauphine with Masui-Dauphine (MD) in Japan?
because I found nursery that sell figs with tag label "Dauphine only" and "Masui Dauphine"

Hmm, not completely sure about that. I have seen those labels so many times, and I always assumed they were the same. I don't grow them myself as my space is really limited and they are easily available in all supermarkets -- both the breba and the main crop ones.

But looking more carefully, perhaps they are not the same. You never know what colour the figs in the supermarket will be -- sometimes greenish with red stripes and sometimes dark purplish, so maybe there are two types. I haven't noticed any difference in taste up till now, but I will pay more attention!

I usually choose the darker ones. I didn't know why, but maybe they have a stronger figgy taste that I have subconsciously recognised!

Ashita

Tokyo

Wish list: more growing space for other varieties. I lived in Malta for three years as a teenager, where I had figs for the first time in my life. I would love some Maltese varieties!

Hi,
If I had to trust this source http://figues-du-monde.com/figuier-abicou/ the masui-dauphine is Abicou a not well spread cultivar in the nursery business .
So nothing to do with calimyrna - sorry - the fig was described in the XVI century long before the birth of calimyrna.
In Italy, Abicou is called "San Piero" ... for whatever the reason. With a raw translation, you get "San Pedro" or "Saint Peter".
As for its true type: If you grow this fig tree, you'll get the answer quite fast. If the maincrop drops, she is a San Pedro type. If most of the maincrop hangs on ... She is of the common type.
You'll have the answer in a year or two - like I did with Ice Crystal (IC needs caprification to keep her crop ).

Does anyone have info on Dauphine from UC Davis? I have two of them growing, but now fear that if it's not the common type, I might just be growing this for the leaves here in RI. I was under the impression that Dauphine from UCD did not need the fig wasp for main crop figs.

 @Figsindo

Here are a couple of photos of my Dauphine from a US Nursery. It is growing in a 5 gallon container. As mentioned before, it is not the same as the French Dauphine. The fruit is top tasting  if picked off the tree, but might not be fit for shipping as it is super soft and most likely has a short shelf life. In addition the size of the figs was much smaller than many of my other varieties. Not sure if it was due to local conditions.