Kinda of like showing a picture of Angelina Jolie in your dating profile and really looking like Sandra Bernhard.

Nice analogy, Dominick.  He might have a pretty good fig here but listing them as Galacia Negra, RdB, etc. is obviously misleading.

ouch.. that's a good one dominick.. lol

Cultural differences, believe me as a Portuguese Interpreter I meet these situations all the time. I came to the conclusion it is the 'Portuguese' in all of us that get us in trouble, at times, innocent moves, just to please, or engage and boom - just back fires!  Once, over the phone, the speaker after trying to get a real answer from the "Port. Speaker", finally had enough and said :"no wonder the Portuguese lost their Empire".... that is how I feel at times, my entire Empire is lost, due to not 'conforming' with rules I  didn't even know existed.  

Hello everyone been awhile since I have been on the forum, there seems to be some confusion to this thread. Figo Preto and Bêbera Preta are not the same fig. They look different taste different ripen at different times leaves are different and Figo Preto rarely fully ripens its Breba crop unlike Bêbera Preta.

Gluglo I too am from Madeira and there is more than one black and one white fig infact if you read the Elucidário Madeirense you can read all about it.

I do believe figo Preto & Black madeira are the same.

my Figo Preto and Black Maderia are both too young for me to tell. i should be able to tell if they behave differently in my zone this summer. 

Nelson, that is the best thing I read in this trail...because I have my cuttiest figo preto... love it.

Fig tree : very old tree from madeira island
NAME:FIGO ESCOTIO

MADEIRA FIG TREE VERY OLD:
NAME:FIGO SAO MARTINHO

The original post#19 is now just a [confusing]/missing/[deleted] "hole" in this thread!



Edit:
Here is a copy of the deleted gluglo's post #19...
The PIC (imagesCA4MTYLM.jpg) pointed-to, was no other than one of Jon's Black Mission figs as I (+ve) ID'd above in my (current) post #20.

Even his initial avatar was a copy of such a Black Mission fig; now it was even changed to look like some human skull(?).


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Posted Today at 11:18 AM    Reply with quote #19

THIS IS ORIGINAL BLACK MADEIRA FIG, LOOK THE PIC, I HAVE A MADEIRA FIG TREE HAS MORE THAN  150YEARS OLD TRISA AVO, GRAN..GRAND..GRAND FATHER, SHE GIVE-ME MORE THAN 150KG PER YEAR OF FIGS

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San Martinho is gorgeous, love its white wood. 

bump

Looks awesome Remis, can't wait for mine to fruit!

Latest new:
gluglo just had posted a new thread with nothing more other than pure self advertising and $$$'s in his eyes.
Just after a first-responder f4f-member (you know you are) told him to (basically) PO;
that same thread suddenly vanished!?

Some serious salt-grains may be needed here....

I would say more but... I will just say this.

I wish this would stop especially with how I feel about the 'Black Madeira' Name being misused.  Just don't want there to be any confusion.

All I can only say that the first-responder name (which I saw) started with an "s" (not Dom).
Hope that this person will back me up if this ever becomes a nasty issue.

Well, we all heard the story of another individual selling BM twigs that
much later fruited 'white' figs (oh, what a trill if Martin was the victim! he was not).

Saw the post as well. I think that is why Newer members need to understand the importance of this because a few have been defrauded out of $100's.

George some members would get a kick out of that .  ; )

Jennifer a real cheap DNA test.
Grow em side by side in same potting mix observe them and also do a taste test over a good period of time this should help .

(Gosh darn it)

I use suppose to "edit" my post NOT "delete". Dang it! Stupid iPhones. My fingers were to quick. I hate it when this happens.

Edit: I am willing to fork up DNA result, great for research anyway.
(I forgot what I wrote verbatim, but overall this is what I meant)

Jennifer

I was replying some tp your message and then poof its gone !
Look above your just now posted message if you wish.

I googled everything I could find on DNA testing.

Someone PM to get it done.

Thanks

Here you go
https://www.google.com/#hl=en&tbo=d&sclient=psy-ab&q=where+to+get+a+plant+dna+test+%3F&oq=where+to+get+a+plant+dna+test+%3F&gs_l=hp.3..33i29l4.2017.16705.0.17001.46.37.4.1.2.3.916.12232.0j7j14j7j2j3j3.36.0.les%3B..0.0...1c.1.upl9KLp98BI&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.1357700187,d.b2I&fp=51d7c4dfd48b8270&biw=1024&bih=560