USDA / UC Davis pix No.8
The goal of this trip was to photograph as many of the cultivars as possible. Some were earlier season figs, and no longer available, and some later season figs, not yet ripe. However, the vast majority were available. Unless otherwise noted, these were of acceptable flavor, worth growing, but not necessarily exceptional.
Stanford
From Condit
Caprifig: The original California tree of Stanford, on the Stanford Ranch, Vina, was introduced from Asia Minor by the Bulletin Company in 1882. It was propagated and distributed by W. H. SAMSON, Corning, as Capri No. 1, in 1906. It now ranks second in popularity among commercial varieties. The tree is vigorous, spreading, with green terminal buds. Figs are white inside. According to A. NADIR and M. HALIT (1929), Stanford is the same as Kara Ilek of Smyrna.
Smyrna type: Stanford. — Accounts of this variety have been contributed by RIXFORD (1920) and by CONDIT (1922a). It is one of the varieties included in the original importation by the Bulletin Company. Trees were widely dis¬tributed in San Joaquin Valley orchards, but growers have gradually elimi¬nated them by topworking to Lob Injir. The trees do not bear so heavily as Lob Injir trees even though they are more vigorous in growth ; the figs are smaller than Lob Injir and have green skin and strawberry pulp. Leaves
of Lob Injir are clean cut, the lobes having entire or shallowly crenate margins ; leaves of Stanford have lobes with lyrate margins.
Roeding 2
From Condit:
Roeding No. 2, also imported by FRED ROEDING from Asia Minor, was described by EISEN as Smyrna No. 2 and by GEORGE ROEDING as Roeding No. 2. twigs. The bark is not smooth but scaly, at least on the trunk. (See CONDIT, The tree is distinctive on account of its upright habit of growth and slender 1941c, fig. 20.). It is no longer planted commercially. The figs are purple inside.
Galbun selection 284
