Trying to determine if this is St .Rita. Was given cuttings marked as such , just want to be sure if other growers of this variety recognize it. Very good flavor for a young plant .
Thanks for any help with this.
fignutty
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Your fruit looks more like my Sultane. And leaves on my St Rita are mostly like the left leaf in your picture. Five lobes but only two out of about 40 have serrations on the center lobe. My Sultane has 5 lobes and a longer center lobe, more like yours, but again no serrations.
I liked the St Rita fruit better than about 6 others new to me this yr.
Hi fignutty, Don't judge "Sultane" based on that one of your figs. On not perfect conditions they ripen like that, but in better condition they are much better. You can see the difference on the layer under the skin. It should be translucent .
fignutty
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Ya, the Sultane doesn't really look ripe on the interior. Perhaps it was picked sooner than the others. They're all pretty good especially this time of year when most of the other summer fruits are gone or limited.
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Kerry, here are pics of my St. Rita which I rooted this past Spring. I haven't had any fruit from it and am not 100% sure it is true to type but have no reason to believe it isn't. Anyway, the leaves seem to be a pretty close match for your leaves.