Hi guys,

Has anyone heard of this variety before?

Origin of the tree? Is it a reinvented name? Do you have any photos of the fruit? I say buyer be aware.

If im not mistaken its from france.I dont know much about it but here in malaysia the price for this variety can reach up to USD700.

It is known to be one of the rarest variety and ancient variety in france.

The only mention I can find online is on Fig Malaysia Facebook page. He has Gayet listed as 107, in a bunch of new cuttings he got. I thought I read he has nearly 1,000 varieties, so that he has a few no one has heard of is likely.

Rare doesn't always mean good.

There is a fig in France called Gayet. Gayet is also French family name.
Someone in the Dordogne region of France may have called his fig Gayet.
I would like to see a photo of the fruit if you have one.

Yes, I found this variety listed in Thierry collection list (in France) and.. recently became popular in Malaysia.

I Guess you can sell anything rare & unheard before at a very premium price in malaysia

You have to have a famous name in order to get the big bucks.
Gayet is the last name of actress Julie Gayet the girl friend of French President Francois Hollande. Her parents have a Chateau in south west France. Perhaps this tree came from their garden or perhaps someone named his tree Gayet in honor of Julie Gayet. Still waiting for a photo. Email sent.

Electromie, can you post that link here? I have done a lot of reading on French figs and have never heard of it. Nor does it appear on Google.fr

I have already sent the photo to ur email..

I'm in touch with the original source, have photos and will post some info soon.
Just waiting for his permission. This is a very unique fig. Be careful of what's circulating out there and always check your source.

Gayet is another variety discovered by the well respected nurseryman and fig collector Thierry Demarquest of Figues du Monde, a nursery specializing in fig trees with a collection of over 500 varieties from around the world. They also have a collection of over 200 ancient fruit varieties.
When he finds an old tree on an old farm or building he takes cuttings in search of winners. He looks for hardy winners in trees that withstood the test of times. One of his varieties 'Campanière' was a top winner at the 2014 festival of the autumn plants of Saint-Jean de Beauregard, France.
Every year http://www.rustica.fr/ awards the prizes of the Earth to the Table at the festival. These awards reward talented growers and nurserymen for their gourmet flavors, plants and useful ideas.
You could watch the report on his 'Campanière' fig over here.
http://www.rustica.fr/tv/figuier-pour-toutes-regions,8390.html

Mr. Demarquest found Gayet in the Dordogne region of South of France. The mother tree is a very old tree of unknown origin with good Brebas and the main crop coming in early September. He named it Gayet, a very small village with only a few houses.
This variety is not currently in any conservatory in France, but is very promising, hardy and has a rich taste according to him. Do not bother to look for any other info. He told me that's all the info that he has.

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the photo i have attached is the fruit grown in malaysia..the color is slight yellowish maybe because of the weather.

From what I can say is, it is very similar to Dalmatie

I'm fairly certain with as many varieties as FDM collection has they made comparisons to avoid confusion.