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Thanks Pete the pdf is looking great . Sooo helpful. Appreciate all your hard work!
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pete, any chance of expanding to include size of eye? open or closed is kinda important.
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wish list:  nothing. i can't grow cuttings  . right now, i have  6 trees showing no signs of fmv. i'd like to keep it that way' 

i was told that if i couldn't deal with fmv, i should grow peaches, so i got a peach tree to live with my clean figs.
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Updated spread sheet in PDF format...
The PDF is Page 1 of the Excel Work Book. Page 2 is the UC Davis Ficus Carica List with the DFIC #'s.

Also attached is the Excel Spreadsheet file, it can be downloaded and personalized (it's an .XLS file format).

Susie,
It's in there.

 
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thanks, pete. i  just don't wanna bother with open eye figs. i just prefer semi dehydrated figs.

i'll be wa iting for page 2, but of course, i'm saving the whole thing.

oops, i just found it. you're a doll.

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wish list:  nothing. i can't grow cuttings  . right now, i have  6 trees showing no signs of fmv. i'd like to keep it that way' 

i was told that if i couldn't deal with fmv, i should grow peaches, so i got a peach tree to live with my clean figs.
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I would like to get some feedback on individual named or unknown cultivars and the flavor groups (new or existing) to which you believe they should belong. I'm well aware that taste is subjective, but I think these grouping would help to decrease the confusion between some of named and unknown cultivars in circulation.
These Groupings are not a standard, but have been discussed in the past on the forum, and I personally have been using these groupings to choose cultivars (the best and more readily available in each group for my location).
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Preliminary Fig Cultivar list


"Flavor Groups" are;

Sugar...
Sugar sweet, ranging from lightly sweet to very sweet with added flavor from light maple to brown sugar and range from simple to complex additional flavors. Fig flavor can range from none to strong.Seed crunch can range from none to strong with nutty flavor.
A. Celeste*, improved Celeste*, Southern Brown Turkey*

B. English Brown Turkey, O'Rourke, Italian Ever-bearing, Sal's Corleone, Palermo Red, Sicilian Red, Panevino Dark, Aldo, Weeping Black, Brunswick, Magnolia, Paradiso.

C. California Brown Turkey, Black Jack, , Etc.


Honey
...
Honey sweet, ranging from lightly sweet to very sweet with rich (creamy) and or complex additional flavors. Fig flavor can range from none to light. Seed crunch can range from none to strong with nutty flavor.
A.
Italian Honey*, Lattarula*,

B. Atreano, Brooklyn White, White Marseilles, Gold, Hollier, Champagne

C. Kadota, Dotatto, Etc.


Adriatic Berry...
Sugar sweet, ranging from lightly sweet to very sweet with berry flavor, yellow or green skin and usually red pulp, with more complex additional flavors developing when fully ripe. Fig flavor can range from none to light. Seed crunch can range from none to strong with nutty flavor.
B. Green Ischia, Conadria,

C. Adriatic JH, Battaglia Green, Green Greek, Adriatic, Strawberry Verte, CalVert, Vasilika Sika, Stella, Etc.


Bordeaux Berry...
Sweet, with a berry taste which is rich with a slightly complex additional flavors, when ripe (jammy interior), other wise it has a standard Dark Flavor. Fig flavor can range from none to light. Seed crunch can range from none to strong with nutty flavor.
A. Ronde de Bordeaux,

B.
Violet de Bordeaux, Mission, Vista, Petite Negri, Beers black,

C. Valle Negra, Noir de Caromb, Kathleen Black, Etc.


Dark Berry...
Mildly sweet to very sweet,some degree of berry flavor, and some degree of acidity, some with complex additional flavors. Fig flavor can range from none to some (medium). Seed crunch can range from none to strong with nutty flavor.
A. Marsailles Black VS*, Tacoma Violet*,

B.
Hardy Chicago, Sal EL, Gino's Black, Portuguese Black, Maltese falcon,

C. Dark Sicilian, Papa John, Scotts Black, Etc.


Exotic Berry?.  ; ) (New Group)
B.  Fico Preto,

C. Black Madeira, Ischia Black, Etc.

Legend: A = Early, B=Mid Season, C=Late Ripening, * = Cold Hardy





Another Bordeaux Berry would be Black Israel. Mildly sweet, but strong berry flavors, dark burgundy color when fully ripe, no seeds.

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