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I'm looking for this fig.I found it on aarons nursery and not sure if it's legit.The second picture is from wayside gardens and they have it as negronne and I know for sure it's not negronne.Thanks for your help and God Bless.
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I have seen that fig picture used by willis orchards who said it was Italian everbearing (what they sent me was celeste).  It is currently pictured on an ebay listing for 'Magnolia" by the potters garden, and someone else uses it constantly on ebay advertizing something else thats not even close.  When I asked the company whythey were using a bogus picture, they said because they liked the way it looked.
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I sure can.
Second picture is why I have my PN,
Petite Negra from Parks Seeds
I got mine in 2000 - and it took it a few years for the fruit to look
good anywhere near like that!

Confusion:
Wayside Gardens also shows the SAME 'oldie' pic as "Negronne".

Enjoy...

VdB is also similar/same?...
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Why can't the take a picture of their own fruit tree. This looks like it has been used in many website as you guys noted. It reminds me of the Bursa fig of Turkey which is as popular as the black mission and exported through out Europe. 
It doesn't look like a Negronne or Petite Negra.
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Gorgi your petite negri looks similiar to that picture i posted?If so could you please post some pictures if you have them.Thanks
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I agree 100% Bass.I believe they use that picture because it is a very nice looking fig and it will sell.
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Yes Bass Bursa or Akova both from Turkey look like picture 1.I google Bursa fig and they looked alot like pic 1 thank you guys for your help.Now I just need to know where I can buy one of these?LOL
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The same happens on Ebay. Almost no one uses their own pix. And almost no one uses a pix of the variety of what they are selling. Why do that when you can rip off someone's cool pix and sell your stuff to unsuspecting people?

Need a cool fig pix? Grab one here: Google
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Like Gorgi,
I purchased mine from Parks seeds as a Petite Negra a long time ago.

It has since entered the Fig Heaven.
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Further confirmation of Petite Negri is here:

http://www.galgoni.com/ENG/Index_EN.htm

Because of the ribs, it does not fit variety "Morucha", but it resembles Dauphine.
It would also resemble Ronde de Bordeaux, but RdB skin is prone to cracking.
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The first fig looks like Violette Sollies. Not sure about the second photo.
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I think Violette Sollies and Bursa black too.
Bursa black is a symana type and needs the fig waspfor polination.
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Does anyone know where I can get a Violette sollies?Thanks for the help everyone.
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Try going to France!  ;) ;)
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Why is that where its from Jason?
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Supposedly the origin is eastern Spain (Catalonia region), but the name is French - the translation is either "Sun purple" or "Purple sun" if taken from the Provençal dialect, I believe.  My ancestors are northeastern French, so I'm not utterly familiar with southern coastal stuff ;)
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Actualy Violette sollies is a spanish variety also known as  Brogiotto nero and many, many other names. I have few really small trees that I just bought. I'm from Bulgaria.
That's in Europe.
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Rob, Penandpike just reminded me of this thread which discusses many of the "reported" synonyms of Violette Sollies:

http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=4959743&highlight=violette+soleis

Pay special attention to reply #6 for a big ass list. 


Take special note that synonyms are not always 100% accurate.  You will find many figs,  like "Drap d'Or" for example, that have a half a dozen names in different European languages that all mean the same thing:  "Drop of Gold" or "Drop of Honey" in the cited example.
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Does anyone have a picture of Violette Soilles they can post and compare it to the above picture?Thank you
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Any time you need pictures of a fig, please see the Figs4Fun fig database, that's what it's there for:

http://figs4fun.com/Varieties.html

Click on the "V" letter in the top navigation var, then locate Violette Solleis in the left-hand bar, click, click the More Photos link.

Also, see reply #10 above, the link I posted there has more pictures.
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Wow your right Jason thanks for the info.
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Thanks Penandpike do you like cornelian cherries I grow them here in Michigan one of them I grow is from Bulgaria.
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I do. My father has a very nice tree.  We also have a tradition here in Bulgaria. At New year children cut a branch from a cornelian tree and hit the backs of adults, promising helth and wealth for the new year, then get some money in return. :)
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Thanks for sharing Penandpike my father is the one who got me into cornelian cherries he grew up with them where he was born in Albania.
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