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Nero 600M vs Violette dee Bordeaux Comparison

My VdB looks like the Mara's fig. It is a healthy VdB look that is enjoying the SoCal sun.
Some of you may not have both at the same time though :)
The fruit is awesome, especially when stays extra day on the branch

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Originally Posted by AltadenaMara


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Alta, that fig in view on this pic does not look like VdB or the closely related Negronne. I have both and the figs are much more elongated. I am guessing that may be a Ronde de Bordeaux instead.
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What you're calling Violette de Bordeaux has leaves that look entirely different from my two VdBs and the VdB on the Fig Varietal Info website. 
Is it possible that it was mis-labeled at some point in time? My two VdB both have the same type of leaves. This is my VdB from Dave Wilson Nursery sold at San Gabriel Nursery. My other VdB was an older tree that came from Burkard's Nursery with the name written on the pot. 

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Looks just like my Vista, and what the UCD "VDB" looks like above.  My VDBs look like the Nero 600/ Petit Negri/Negronne with the long skinny leaves and spade leaves.  This seems to make sense since most folks' VDB have the long skinny leaves and spades, while the UCD has leaves like my Vista and UCD published material that suggested that VDB and Vista are genetically identical.  Perhaps the UCD "mother" of VDB is a different variant from what most folks call VDB. That would certainly explain the UCD result because my Vista and VDB are definitely not the same... not by a long shot. Makes sense to me but I'm just guessing here.
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