I saw this one listed in the encanto farms available plants list (not the recent cultivars list, though had it been there I would have requested it) and was wondering if anyone could tell me about it.

Thanks

I visited the parent tree today, to take cuttings. They will be on the available cuttings list tonight or Monday night.

It has two crops, ripens very well only blocks from the ocean.

Variety is unknown, so it has been named for the street it is on. I suspect it might be White Adriatic. Can't find anything wrong with this fig. It is even "Dieseler" resistant.

lol ...     Jon thats a good post  and gave me good laugh.
+ 1 for Jon !

thanks, Jon   I had originally assumed it was from Narragansett, Rhode Island. 

Being from RI originally it would have definitely been a must-have (it might still be one...)


~Chills

So how does this compare to Strawberry Verte, Adriatic or Battaglia Green?  Taste, amount of fruit, performance in a wet autumn?  Is it better in cool weather than the others I mentioned?

Thanks.

Ripens a few blocks from the beach. Sweet, juicy, nice flavor.

So what is wrong with CA beach weather for figs?

I always thought that nearby (heat-buffering) water is good for figs !

Is it the fog that makes it a hot 'wet' zone?

The beaches are much cooler than the interior locations (10 miles+).  They have a lot of foggy mornings and/or hazy days, particularly in the early season and often on into July.

All by way of saying that it should perform in cooler and maybe shorter season climates (2 crops help too) and be spectacular in normally hotter climates.

My suspicion is that it is White Adriatic/ My WA is one of the few Breba figs that are good to eat in our cooler early season.

Beautiful looking fig! I have to get one of these one day!

Here is White Adriatic info to compare:
WHITE ADRIATIC
DESCRIPTION
Medium, yellow-green skin, reddish pulp. Good on coast. (011) An early fig suited to cooler areas like the Adelaide Hills, one crop which ripens February, medium to large fruit, brownish-green skin and pink flesh, excellent fresh and very good for jam. A spreading tree. (014) [F]orms into a large tree. The fruit is a light greenish-yellow with an attractive deep-pink flesh. The flavor is excellent, the pulp being a light strawberry red. Performs well in warmer areas and is well suited to drying. The fruit matures in February and March. (Australia) (032) (Verdonne, Adriatic, Grosse Verte, Nebian) Thin brownish-green skin (Brunnings 1914). White skin, red flesh, ripens in February (Schum 1950). Italian variety, "filled with strawberry jelly", small breba crop has light chartreuse skin, later main crop is blushed with purple. If pollinated the flesh turns a bright ruby red. Vigorous tree, leafs out early so subject to spring frost damage (in California where used in dried fig industry), has the largest leaves of any variety (Brennan 1995). Mid season, medium large, brownish-green skin, pink to red flesh, excellent flavor, eaten fresh, spreading tree (Baxter 1981). Fruit somewhat hollow at the centre, good for drying (Facciola 1999). (Burnley 1896). Still common in cultivation (Lord 1957). SC.(Australia)(060) Medium round fruit with pale green skin going nearly white when ripe. Rich sweet flavour. Strawberry coloured flesh. (089)
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Leafs out early huh? Does anyone know about hardiness?

"...,has the largest leaves of any variety..." wow! Jurupa is pretty big but I don't care what they say. If Adam and Eve went out dressed in fig leaves they were itching for a long while afterwards! 

Looks like my "Unknown Hobart", which I believe is a Napolitana Blanca.

Jon, see this post, what do you think?:  http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/show_single_post?pid=1267129468&postcount=36

My thought on Narragansett was possibly White Adriatic. After looking at all my Davis pix this weekend, I was amazed at how different the figs look from year to year. Began to wonder if you could ever identify an unknown fig.

What are the top Five great tasting varieties that do well on ca coast?

There was a group of portuguese men in the New Bedford area that had a white/green fig that they called Narragansett after the bay since the fig handled the cold winter winds off the bay and the houses that had it were close to the water. I remember it because it had very symemtrical round figs compared to the shape of the smaller dark ones I was familar with at the time.

I got 3 cuttings this Spring of Narragansett from Jon and kept 2 and gave one to a F4F forum member.  All three cuttings rooted quickly and mine are now in 1 gal pots in full sun..  So far, so good. When they have figs, I'll be ready and waiting.  Those dead leaves in the background are from a Serviceberry tree that is loaded with berries.  The tree can't hold all the berries, mockingbirds and leaves at the same time so a few leaves gotta go.

Nice