Still a little confused with capri fig trees

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figpig_66

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Posted 1453744724 · Edited	Reply with quote #1

Ok i was browsing just fruit & exotics or it might have been another nursery but anyway. They had a Capri fig for sake and description was has some pollen sweet with male flowers. Ok i thought you couldn't eat capri figs Attached Images 2016-01-25_11.59.35.png (146.99 KB, 61 views) __________________ RICHIE BONI HICKORY LOUISIANA ZONE 8B WARM HUMID WINRERS ARE VERY MILD LOW 20'S BUT WARMS RIGHT UP DURING THE DAY. SUMMER IS EXTREMELY HOT & HUMID 100 degrees 100% humidity fig tree grow like crazy but some split from rain & humidity Wish list. Col de dame blanc Col de rimada Lsu numbered figs

rcantor

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Posted 1453756571 · Edited	Reply with quote #2

You can eat anything, once :) Goats routinely eat caprifigs, that's how they got their name. Gillette (Croisic), Saleeb, Enderud, Brawley, Rosso and Cordelia are the ones I know about that produce edible caprifigs. There are probably others, depending on how loose you want to be with the term, 'edible' :) Gillette and Cordelia may be synonyms. There's a Pingo de Mel that's also listed as a synonym but it's probably not the same as the PdMs that Adriano is selling. I've eaten Gillette and it's not going to make it on the top 100 fig list but it's not terrible. __________________ Zone 6, MO Wish list: Galicia Negra, De La Reina - Pons, Genovese Nero - Rafed's, Sbayi, Souadi, Acciano, Any Rimada, Sodus Sicilian, any Bass, Pons or Axier fig, any great tasting fig.

donpaid

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Posted 1453757811 · Edited	Reply with quote #3

Simply stated, caprifigs are fig trees that produce figs that have pollen inside of them. Of course, you could eat them if you wanted to, but they are not sweet and are spongy. Just think of caprifigs as pollinators. They pollinate the fruit bearing figs (eg. Celeste, brown turkey, black mission, and the thousands of other varieties). All fruit bearing figs can ACCEPT the pollination, but not all fruit bearing figs NEED the pollination. And yes, some caprifigs taste better than others. Hope this helps!

aaa

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Posted 1453762339	Reply with quote #4

the figs4fun varieties section does not say gillette/ croisic is a capri fig. other syn. listed are pingo de mel, mel, st john and cordelia. __________________ aaa

mizuyari

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Posted 1453763284	Reply with quote #5

In the section of 'Croisic', it says "The only edible caprifig".

figpig_66

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Posted 1453764208	Reply with quote #6

Thanks everyone. Just when i saw the add they made it sound like it was compairable to a female fig in flavor __________________ RICHIE BONI HICKORY LOUISIANA ZONE 8B WARM HUMID WINRERS ARE VERY MILD LOW 20'S BUT WARMS RIGHT UP DURING THE DAY. SUMMER IS EXTREMELY HOT & HUMID 100 degrees 100% humidity fig tree grow like crazy but some split from rain & humidity Wish list. Col de dame blanc Col de rimada Lsu numbered figs

aaa

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Posted 1453764287	Reply with quote #7

ok only looked at gillette. so the confusion with fig names continues if the above mentioned syn. are all the same fig then all descriptions for each syn in each section should be saying they are edible capri figs. __________________ aaa

AltadenaMara

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Posted 1453783936 · Edited	Reply with quote #8

It's probably better if caprifigs taste weird and are not eatable. I think my large unknown fig in the back yard might be a caprifig. It put out a third flush of figs late fall and they all stayed on the tree until last week. Then the birds started eating them. Now all the figs are pecked away to little stubs. The wasps' survival may be tied into caprifigs tasting too bad to eat. __________________ Mara Southern California Zone 1990= 9b 2012= 10a 2020=?

figpig_66

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Posted 1453787760	Reply with quote #9

MARA Very good thoght. I THINK YOUR CORRECT __________________ RICHIE BONI HICKORY LOUISIANA ZONE 8B WARM HUMID WINRERS ARE VERY MILD LOW 20'S BUT WARMS RIGHT UP DURING THE DAY. SUMMER IS EXTREMELY HOT & HUMID 100 degrees 100% humidity fig tree grow like crazy but some split from rain & humidity Wish list. Col de dame blanc Col de rimada Lsu numbered figs

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