While helping Jon with his website I was amazed to read this in the 'More Info' link of the Dr. No. 1 Portuguese;

Preliminary DNA testing by USDA / UC Davis indicates that Dark No.1 Portuguese is the same as the Sals and Abruzzi varieties in their collection and very closely related to Hardy Chicago.

Now testing has also found Vista Mission is the same as VdB per a previous post. Cool!

Jon, when new testing is available you should post it here.

Sue

The testing is preliminary, and I am working on getting some better understanding of how it is done, and how to interpret it all. USDA/UC Davis also has a project to test all of my Celeste varieties, to see if they are the same or different (Golden, Blue, Regular, etc.) This all takes time.

As the results are solidified, it will all be incorporated into the website.

The Sal's in the USDA Collection is from me, which I received from Leon, and which is [now] believed to be the EL version.

Jon,

So, did the Sal's fig that was tested originate from Belleclare, or are we off to the races again with the Sal's thing?  :)

Henry

TYPO: "not" should have read "now", to whit: "The Sal's in the USDA Collection is from me, which I received from Leon, and which is NOW believed to be the EL version."