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AltadenaMara

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There were older posts (from 2008) here about this fig from Uzbekistan by way of Raintree, but not too many recently. Has it fruited for anyone? It’s not listed by Raintree this year. I must have bought their last one last fall.
What is your experience growing this fig?

GeneDaniels said it might be the same as Sari Zybek.

Raintree 2012 described it as: 
"This green fig has light colored flesh and an excellent flavor. Raintree brought this heavy producer from Uzbekistan where it was the favorite among many cultivars in the garden of a local horticulturalist. It thrives in long, hot, dry summers and short, cold winters."
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If it is green, it is not Sari Zybek, that is a yellow fig. If I told you otherwise before, please forgive my mistake, I must have misunderstood you. I never saw a green fig in Central Asia, only yellow and black.
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If it is green, it is not Sari Zybek, that is a yellow fig. If I told you otherwise before, please forgive my mistake, I must have misunderstood you. I never saw a green fig in Central Asia, only yellow and black.

Thanks Gene. On this thread, Dennis said he had a fruit that was yellowish brown. Bass says his tree produced a “big flat yellow fig”. Everyone agreed it was a poor grower. No one describes its taste.

http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/tashkent-fig-5055174?trail=

 Vladis posted some pictures and Russian that Google translated as “The Soviet Union was not a variety of figs "Tashkent". It is a misnomer coined fan exclusively for commerce.” He added a nice picture with Russian that translated as: “I found a photo of the class "Uzbek yellow" in the US "Tashkent".
Fedy posted some pictures of a flat yellow fig with Russian that translated: “Uzbek yellow in my garden”.

So is Tashkent is also known as Uzbek Yellow, but not Sari Zybek?
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Sarizeybek is our famous Turkish variety and it is used as dried figs both Sarilop and Sarizeybek.Here is a Sarizeybek fig picture that you can compare. phoca_thumb_l_DSCN3403.JPG 

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The NBS Yalta were in the collection of varieties "Uzbek yellow" and "Sari Lop". This is a different sort.
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