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bluesguy

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Posted 1270161363	Reply with quote #1

I got my order from NCGS at UCDavis yesterday. I was really lucky and got almost everything I ordered. However, the number DFIC0126 that I ordered and that is named "Capri Q" on the listing at their website came labeled with the name "Orosi Green". It has the same number, but a different name. Has anyone heard of Orosi Green? I wonder if it is the same plant renamed. __________________ Tom King Salt Lake City, Utah Zone 7a and 7b (at home and at work, both places have figs)

svanessa

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Posted 1270164116	Reply with quote #2

Hi Tom, It looks like the Capri Q was collected in the Orosi District of Tulare County per the info below what ever that means...maybe a CA native hybrid? "Collected in the Orosi district, first in north-south row on fenceline, a few yards south of Friant-Kern Canal, Stone Corral, Tulare County." http://figs4fun.com/Info/USDA_Accession_Caprifig_Q.pdf By the way, this is one I ordered this year too. I haven't heard from UCD yet. Sue __________________ Sue Zone 9B, 1946' Ramona, CA San Diego County

pitangadiego

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Posted 1270177499	Reply with quote #3

Orosi It was a good eating fig, Maybe someone figured out that it wasn't a caprifig after all, and renamed it? __________________ Encanto Farms Nursery http://encantofarms.com http://figs4fun.com http://webebananas.com "pitangadiego" everywhere

bluesguy

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Posted 1376967473	Reply with quote #4

flanders_orosi_scDark1.JPG flanders_orosi_scDark2.JPG flanders_orosi_scDark3.jpg orosi.jpg Here is the first fruit from my Orosi Green plants. It is accompanied by a larger Flanders breba, and a smaller Santa Cruz Dark main crop. The Orosi Green was the best of the three by far, and Flanders makes a pretty good breba. It isn't the reddish color interior that Jon's picture above is, but maybe that is because the wasp has been at work on the one Jon has? I don't know, maybe it is another plant with the same name. The shape of the fig is close, and the taste and texture were excellent. I showed an extra closeup of one side of the Orosi, to see if anyone can make out any male flowers near the eye. The Santa Cruz Dark is about the size of a quarter at the widest circumfrance. The Orosi is also a main crop fig. The tree seems very productive. __________________ Tom King Salt Lake City, Utah Zone 7a and 7b (at home and at work, both places have figs)

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