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Tres num Prato or Sofêno Claro

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Originally Posted by lampo

Large figs of very good taste and flavor,  and like with all sofenos,
touches of acidic raspberry sweetness, much syrupy...a delicious fig.

They started the day very early today with my brown toasts made of country corn bread with hot pork/choriço fat and very cold beer(s)!!, ...back from night jigging...which was not too bad.

enough for a family lunch, grilled on 'cork oak' dry wood fire under the old carob 'al fresco'.
I am sure my cousin Aurora will ask for some of those figs for dessert!!

cheers

Francisco


Francisco
I'm growing this variety which I acquired through a friend from Madeira Island. Is it a common variety as many believe it's Smyrna Type. Thanks a lot.

@kkk2210

Vinny, Tres num Prato to the best of my knowledge is a Common variety.

Francisco
Portugal

Vinny,

Although Condit mentioned it as probably a Smyrna type:
Bomfim_8c_Julho_2016_Tres_num_Prato.JPG    

more recent Portuguese fig documents include it in the Common type:

Bomfim_8c_Julho_2016_Tres_num_Prato_2.JPG 

If Bomfim (Sofêno Claro) is indeed the same as Três num Prato as Francisco as said, i can say that all the figs in the lower branch that can be seen in the next couple of photos were not there a month ago when i placed the caprifigs with wasps in this tree, so they were definitely not pollinated and they are developing fine.

Photo - June 16

Bomfim_1b2_Junho_16_2016.JPG 

Photo - July 17

Bomfim_1_Julho_2016.JPG 

I have two other Três num Prato from another source (in the North of Portugal)

Bomfim_8c_Julho_2016_Tres_num_Prato_3_Set_2015.JPG 

and i also have a recently rooted cutting, from a tree that a fire burned to the ground (Do Incêndio) that Francisco sent me (Thanks) and he believes that probably is the same variety.

Do_Incêndio_estaca_enraizada_Julho_2016.JPG 

We will see next year if all these trees are the same.




Hi Guys ! I have Tres um Prato Fig tree from Portugal and it has a huge dark Brown Fig fruit as Breba (Breva)  I read in the Csience article that this Fig has green skin ?? And in description it says that the Fruit is medium size ??   Can you tell me what you know about this 3 in 1 Plate Fig ??


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Originally Posted by Jsacadura
Francisco,

The graft of Bomfim (Sofeno Claro) that i have done in May of 2015 has developed nicely and it has 2 branches full of figs with a curious elongated shape.

Some of these figs probably were visited by the wasps of the caprifigs you sent me, but some were not (they were too small at the time). I'm curious to see the differences between the caprified and the non caprified ones (they all should develop as i remember you mentioning this fig is a Common and doesn't need the wasp)

I also remember that you mentioned in another thread that Sofeno Claro was also a synonym to Três num Prato. I have Três num Prato in a pot from another source and the leaves seem different (no figs to compare though, maybe next year)

I can't wait for them to ripen. When is the usual maturity date for this fig in Algarve?

Some photos...

Bomfim_1_Julho_2016.JPG Bomfim_1b_Julho_2016.JPG Bomfim_1c_Julho_2016.JPG Bomfim_2_Julho_2016.JPG Bomfim_3_Julho_2016.JPG Bomfim_4_Julho_2016.JPG Bomfim_5_Julho_2016.JPG Bomfim_6_Julho_2016.JPG

Sorry, evladi7654,

I missed your question.

Unfortunately, i don't have much information about Três num Prato until my own trees start to produce. Maybe Francisco can tell you more.

Apart from Francisco's photos in the first message of this thread i only have a couple more photos of what may or may not be this variety.

They are not my photos but those from some guy (in Portugal) that was selling this variety? online (no guarantees the photos are from Tres num Prato). 








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