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Does this look like a capri fig?

This is Purple Jordan. One that I thought was a common fig. I had high hopes for it.
This one is the ripest I've seen any of the many that dropped. The pictures of Purple Jordan from Indonesia and other places are much bigger. My leaves match them so I know I got the real deal.
I hear it is a good tasting fig, but the ones that I've tried aren't any good.

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Art,

I do not think so.
Please see the capri photos over here at the end:
http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/pix-black-prince-capri-6949118?pid=1284104356#post1284104356


I say no also.

Art,
that depends on the taste, regardless of the name or what it might be in theory..., if it has a blunt taste and juicy (almost watery), it could be the type I found in Beverly Hills which is still a capri fig but, depending on which cycle of fruit, it can be very juicy but not sweet at all, or dry and dusty (pollen) inside but juicy outside (skin specially) and normal fig feel to it with extra purple meat and pulp with very little sweetness but no dust (pollen), so, it all depends on which harvest of the year you are talking about (IF it's the type of Capri that I saw in Bev Hills). Here's some pics of it, maybe it can help you understand better.
...it's complicated, LOL

Edit 11:25- did you try the seeds to see if they are pollinated? Sinking at the bottom of the glass of water  or you can break it with your teeth to see if there's nut (real seed) in there, if the seeds are floating or empty to the bite then they are not pollinated. But again, it also depends on weather or not the fruit was with pollen or not.
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Art lives in PA!

No, unless it is a persistent caprifig.

Thanks everybody. I just can't figure out why they keep dropping. Flavor is horrible on the ones that look partially ripe. The one in the picture is the ripest one so far. It also dropped.

They all have that purple stain around the outside of the fig. Ripe or not. If that means anything.

if it's nasty pitch it. 

Hi Kubota1,
Hard to tell with just that fig.
In June, mâle trees make pollen, so you should look at those figs to know if this is a mâle tree.
If that fig has consistently a bad taste, then it can be referred to as a caprifig - figs for animals such as goats ...
If the figs do drop, this means whether that this is a fig requiring pollination or that the conditions of growth are too short for that tree - laking space, sun, water, nutrients, heat, long hot season, too cold spring ...
It could be a bad strain. I have two trees on trial and I may well light some fire with them - on one I have figs and if they are as caprifig as they were in July, it will get droped off !

As for the blue line in the fig, - see my post on brebas of Dalmatie- The brebas on my Dalmatie had that blue line, so basically, this means nothing.

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