Good day, Here is another fig.  In my orchard, all of the figs on my tree are a gold color.  However, look at the color of this guy!  Again, this fig was fertilizied by the wasp which changed the color inside and out of this fig!  And the skin was thick.  It was very sweet and very good!  Enjoy!

Dennis,

Are the ones on the cutting board harvested from UCD? They look green with violet ribbing. 

That's funny, Dennis. I picked that split fig and took pix of it.

Thanks for the pictures and report on this variety. Did you hand-split the one on the tree, or did that happen naturally?

All these pictures came from UC Davis. 

Gina, that fig split on the tree all by its self.  It's surprising how the color changed from amber to red this year.

It's been very variable over the years.

Hi Dennis,

I'm enjoying your documentation of the UCD trees very much.  Are the leaves on the Golden Celeste at UCD unlobed like the ones on the F4F Varietal Info pages? or are they like the LSU Golden Celeste pics?  The leaf in the foreground of your first pic looks like it might not be lobed.  Some of the leaves in the background look as if they might be lightly lobed, but it is a little difficult to tell.

Thanks,
~james

Ok, Martin, I put up, you shut up. ;-))

Ok i be quiet for now.  ; )

Another example of a caprified fig with a complete look as compared to it being uncaprified.

What a pretty fig...with the purple outside and the beautiful pink inside.

I thought this was supposed to be a golden yellow fig?

Exactly Mike! Caprification can completely change everything about a fig! welcome to the world of figs.....

I take it caprification means pollination from the, non-existent on the east coast, fig wasp? Can pollination be done manually or am I breeding wasps next? lol

Correct Mike. Yes, it can be done manually. Or get figs willed with wasp and hang them in your tree.

Good question, Garlic Mike! This is what im not clear on...I need to do a bit of research on this to really understand the whole process. Oh great, my husband is REALLY going to enjoy the wasps hanging around more in our tiny back yard when I get a caprifig...lol.

Meg, over in Turkey and Greece, they do buy figs filled with live wasp.  They use a large fish hook, some string and loop 5 or 6 figs on it and walk around the orchards and throw the strings up in their trees.  Why? because some years the wasp isn't there as they were in the past.  I know.  I lived in Turkey for 2 years.  Moreover, when I visitited UC Davis a few years back, they recommended I do the same thing because it is too cold here for the wasp to live. 

There is a post on this forum that talks about this very thing and explains it all.  I'll look around and see if I can find it and post it here.  You guys are in for a learning process.  Put you school caps on!!  HA!

Here are some pics and diagrams explaining pollination.  Fig wasp are very tiny!  See below.

 
   
 

Great, concise description, Dennis!

Oh my goodness! Those guys are tiny!! So having a wasp filled fig is truley a BIG deal then! Big enough for someone to walk around an orchard, right?!

Yes, thanks for posting this, Dennis. It really is easy enough...but Im sure I'll have questions still.

Dennis,

What happens to the wasps when there are no caprifigs in winter but they appear in the early spring and the wasps get in as soon as the fig's are large enough?
From what I see, I believe I do not see the caprifig trees having the figs all the time .