I came across a book that appears to thoroughly describe figs in Spain.   The book is comprehensive, based on the table of contents.  It includes:  botanical descriptions, names of figs in other countries, species and varieties, propagation, identification, about 100 pages devoted to varietal description, etc. 

A place selling the book is here http://www.agricolajerez.com/variedades-higuera-descripcion-registro-variedades

You can also download a PDF file of the first 43 pages of the book here http://www.magrama.gob.es/gl/ministerio/servicios/publicaciones/Variedades_de_Higuera_primeras_p%C3%A1ginas_tcm10-212148.pdf

Does anyone have this book?   Any opinions about it?

Thanks,
Ingevald

Ingevald, great find. From the preview, it looks like there is a ton of information. The list of germ plasm repositories alone is worth the cost. How did you stumble on this? Thanks for pointing it out to the forum!

DWD -  Thanks for your reply.   I sent you an email with more details.     I found my way to this document by searching for an unusual common type fig that produces three crops if the conditions are ideal.   I don't have that name handy at my location, but that was the link to finding this book.      I also agree that the list of germplasm repositories found in the limited PDF file was quite valuable.

Thanks,
Ingevald

Neat book. Wish I was a polyglot, but picking through the forty-one page teaser provided some valuable information. I wish they had an English edition.