Originally Posted by brianm
Where did it come from?

Originally Posted by schaplin
It sure doesn't look like the label.  How did it taste in comparison to LDA?

Originally Posted by Jsacadura
I think that this nursery has gone a step beyond on a very bad habit which is naming figs that already have a name. They invented a trendy name for existing varieties and patent it!

I believe that if we look closely to their Gustissimo® series we can find lots of common varieties that they have "developed". They do develop some new strains, as with red apples, but it doesn't seem so with the figs. Not cool, in my book.


http://www.lubera.co.uk/plants/fruit-trees/additional-fruit-trees/fig-trees/

Originally Posted by Jsacadura
The problem i see with renaming figs is adding to the confusion of identifying varieties. And we all know that is hard enough without invented names to add to the confusion.

How does a fig enthusiast fells when he buys a variety only to find out it's the same one he had all along, with a different name someone invented, for being to lazy to try and find out the real variety or having the guts to say it's an unknown?

How would you feel if you had forked almost 60 USD for buying a Gustissimo® Early Black only to find out later on that it's the same as Lampeira Preta, that you already had (i am not saying that it's true, it's only for the sake of argument)

I can honestly say that i really don't like when i see traditional Portuguese figs that we have grown for centuries being renamed in other countries just because (many times) people don't care to find out their origin and true name.

I think if it was the other way around, people would be a bit annoyed too.