Soft, felty leaves

satellitehead
1321160136

So, as my 90-100 trees go into dormancy this month, I made an observation about my unknown "Morley" tree while 'helping' shed leaves. In feeling it, both the top and bottom of the leaves feel soft and fuzzy just like a nice velour cloth. I have no other tree in my collection which has this trait. I didn't notice it until the leaves yellowed.

Has anyone ever experienced this with other trees? If yes, which?

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oldghost
1321162092

Sounds neat.

You can call it your Velvet Fig.

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go4broek
1321162158

Jason,

My trees are dormant now but I did/do check the texture of all my varietals. I did not appreciate a difference other than smooth. A texture similar to Celeste and San Piero.

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oldghost
1321164271

Jason,

Now that I think about it, I have one fig that has a " Puffy " feel to the leaves.

The leaf texture feels raised, and " Poofy " if that makes sense.

The Fig: A Schwarz Rovoh- Feige , also has the darkest green figs I have ever seen.

Very Odd.

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satellitehead
1321211357

Looks tasty, nick.

I should clarify (I'll go back and edit): I have several figs with soft/fuzzy undersides, but Unknown Morley is soft/fuzzy on the bottom *AND* top of the leaf, which is what's weird to me.

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