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Purple Smyrna self fertile or not

I have 4 of these growing and was told they were self fertile.
Reading threw old post people say no.
Reading jons fig list with a sum of each variety it says self fertile. Are there two different varieties of this fig. ? Thanks for your opinions.
Richie from louisiana

My understanding is they are a smyrna type.

Is it self fertile? Thanks for the reply

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Jon publishes other people's descriptions as they wrote them.  If it's a smyrna by definition it needs the wasp to produce fruit.  If it produces fruit without the wasp it's incorrectly named.

Thanks

Richie I believe you received your Purple Smyrna cuttings from me. Purple Smyrna, is not a "true" Smyrna fig, and will fruit without caprification (pollination by fig wasp).

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