Edit: 05/06/2009: For the sake of easy (reference) access to a complete the Belleclare fig list, I am combining 2 text files into one BelleclareFigList.txt (BC # 1-85 & 86-104) to the top of this thread. Please note that the fig numbering may be different from any (older) but still existing BC web sites.
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Here is a scan of good old Belleclare Nursery (LI, NY) last fig list, which I got during my November 2006 visit , just right before they closed up shop. I am sure that these will be a good future reference to many fig nuts. George (NJ). P.S. OK after an initial poor scan and some more huffing and puffing, this is the best I could produce (scanning). Also see post #6 below for (a slightly modified, but much better) OCR version files.
See posts #6 (text files) and #9 (text list continuation).
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Thanks George, I was still able to view them. Jon, Is it possible you can add this list to the variety list you have online? Perhaps some of us can provide you with photos of Bellsclare varieties if we have them.
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Great find gorgi! Makes my mouth water just reading the list! Hopefully Jon has many of these available or soon to be.
Do you know Belleclare's source of so many varieties of figs? Do you have a way to contact "Chris", listed as the one to contact about figs? Sue
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Very cool. Thanks George
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Bass,
Yes, they can get added, and I have other lists to add as well. I am getting the pages ready in their new formats, and when I get the old info reformatted, and I can start adding new things, again.
Gorgi, if I can get scans that are a little clearer, I can OCR them, and save a lot of work. You can just e-mail them to me.
Nice to see them, even as they are. I don't think I had ever see the complete list.
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Here is a plain (and simple) text version file Belleclare2006FigList.txt Also Belleclare2006EtnicFigPaper.txt file (note some of the synonyms). Used Jon' hint, downloaded some free OCR software and used it. Worked great with some proof-reading/editing.... Notice the small size of the files (as compared with pictures). George (NJ). P.S. See post #9 (for list continuation).
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Perfect.
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svanessa, BelleClare Nursery is gone... Period! (Like Paradise Nursery...). I was there, first time, just before the BC closing its shop, and managed to buy some (expensive) little figs both for me and another fig friend in CA. Sorry, no further contacts available, guess that the DiPaola brothers are really retired now. George.
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Thanks to Leon (of NM) , here is a continuation of the 'released' Belleclare fig list #'s 1-85 (see post #6). Additional numbers are #86 -104. From this continuation, I have #95 (see pic) and #102, so now I can assign BC numbers to them.
I also have two others that I still do not see on any of the lists. A fig that has the word "Piedmont(e)" in it (Large Italian Purple with Red center); and Fico Verde de Zucchini: Neopolitan Zucchini Fig, Green with Clear Center. On the Zucchini, I do have a good clue where it came from, but I'd rather not mention names.
Also, as I posted somewhere else, another name for BC#17 "Italian Purple Red" is "Pop's " in honor of daddy Dipaola which he probably brought in his first suit case from Italy.
Can anybody (specially LI fig people) recognize/relate to any other of this fig continuation list?
Read the BC#100 note; there is an interesting experiment with a breba-only fig...
Thanks again Leon, George (NJ).
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Georgi, I know who you are talking about, and the answer is yes.
I have #98 (Corynth, very small) and have a friend who has #99 (Fico Zana)..
Thanks.
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See my edited post #1 to this thread. An "edit" does not seem to "highlight" as a new post does... Hence this post!
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Number 93 seems interesting, has anyone tasted that particular fig that originated from Belleclare and if so can you described that.
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Help, I'm confused.
On reply #6, second link. The Belleclare Nursery list Royal Vineyard (#3 on list) as producing 2 crops and states it's a common fig.
On Figs4Fun it states that a Royal Vineyard is also called a Drap d'Or which I was under the impression was a San Pedro. Both Belleclares and Figs 4 Fun show this as a brown, coppery, bronze colored fig.
Is a Royal Vineyard/Drap d'Or a common or San Pedro?
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Its a breba only fig unless you have the wasp for the main crop. Just like Desert King.
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My understanding is that it is a San Pedro fig, which means it acts like a common fig when producing a breba crop, and like a smyrna type, needing pollination for the main crop. Mine has not fruited yet, so cannot confirm.
My Drap d'Or has had one breba so far, and produces a "common type" main crop.
The info about Royal Vineyard was taken from here. Please remember, Figs 4 Fun doesn't SAY anything. It is a compilation of info from 100s of sources, which is why there are so many footnotes. If the footnote number is (910), then the comments are mine. Otherwise, they are from some other source, and it is up to the reader to sift through the info and make a determination as to what is accurate and what is bogus (not very easy some times).
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bump for interest.
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What stinks is the fact that this place was on LI forever and it closed only a few years back. I would make a bet that most fig enthusiasts or those that grew up with them, never heard of or knew of this place.
Only 30 miles from where I grew up-Sucks!
Timing is everything.
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Bump due to the recent Belleclare interest.
Thank you George for compiling the list
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Jon, when looking at the links the other day, I didn't see this list linked to the Belleclare section. Maybe it got overlooked with so many updates going on at the same time or maybe I just missed it...
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Part 1 Is below. Didn't want to load properly, here.
You can see that the list is far from complete or fully resolved.
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025
Crete
(Greek) Common type. Large, white, light strawberry center, 2 crops. (Greek-Kronos)
026
Mykonos
(Greek) Common type. Large, white, strawberry center, 2 crops (Greek-Thina)
027
Mykonos
Common type. Large, pear shape, reddish to purple black, white flesh, strawberry center (BrebaOnly) (Greek-Perkounis)
028
Kalamata A
(Greek) Common type. Medium, black with dark red center, sweet, 2 crops. Syn: Kalamata Black.
029
Kalamata B
(Greek) Common type. Large, round, white, dark-pink center, 1 crop. Syn: Kalamata White.
030
Sicilian Black / Verna Grosso
(Verna Grosso) Common type. Medium, black with dark center. (Italian-Agrigenta)
031
Sicilian Black / Sal's Corleone
(Sal's) (Corelone) (Fico di Capo) (Fico-Nera) Common type. Medium to large, dark red center, 2 crops.
032
Italy / Pasquale Bianco
(Pasquale Bianco) (Italian) Common type. Medium, white, dark strawberry center, 1 crop.
033
Pasquale Vernino
(Italian) Common type. Medium, black, dark center, main crop only
034
White Barese
(Columbro) Common type. Large white, with strawberry center, 2 crops.
035
Malta Black
(Grandparent to Celeste) Common type. Medium, black, dark red center, sweet, 2 crops. DiPaola says it is a grandparent of Celeste. Very possible since Celeste has only main crop figs
036
Montellone
(Genoa, Italy) Common type. Large round, white, lite amber center, 2 crops.
037
Ischia Black
(Italy) Common type. Medium, black with dark center, 2 crops.
038
Fico Bianco
(Caiabria, Italy). Common type. Large round, white red center, 2 crops.
039
Sicilian Black / Sals / Fico Nera
(Sal's) (Fico Nera) Common type. Medium large, dark black, red center, very juicy and sweet, 2 crops.
040
Eastern Brown Turkey
Common type. Large, coppery brown, dark amber center, 2 crops.
041
Italian Everbearing
Common type. Large, purple-brown, dark center, 2 crops.
042
Fico Bianco - Columbo
(Columbo, Italy) (Caserta) San Pedro type. Large white, white flesh amber center.
043
Fico Nera di Duemane / Fico Nera Duemane
(San-Angelo di Lombardi, Italy) Common type. Medium purple black with red center, sweet, 2 crops, Synonym: Mountain Fig
044
Fico Rosso / Sicilian Fico Rosso
(Taranto, Sicily) San Pedro type. Large, red fig, white flesh, dark center
045
Fico Nera
(Abruzzi, Italy )(Corragio) Common type. Medium, black fig, white flesh, dark red center, 2 crops.
046
Large Greek White
(Cyprus) Common type. Large, pear shape, dark red center, 2 crops.
047
Desert King
(Breba Crop Only—San Pedro) Common type. Large green with red center.
048
Lattarula
(Italian Honey Fig) Common type. Large, dark amber center, very juicy, 2 crops.
049
Peter's Honey
Common type. Medium, round, yellow-green, dark amber center, very juicy, sweet, 2 crops.
050
Sicilian
(Catania) Common type. Large, pear-shape, green-brown, dark golden amber center, 2 crops.
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051
Neveralla
(Oregon) Common type. Medium brown, amber center, prolific.
052
Fico Fiori Bifara
(Caserta) Common type. Large, purple-brown, red center, 2 crops.
053
White Kadota
Common type. Large, yellow-green, amber center, 2 crops.
054
Black Mission
Common type. Large, purple-black, strawberry center, sweet, 2 crops.
055
Verte
(Ischia Green) (Italy) Common type. Large, green, amber center, 2 crops.
056
Sicilian White
(Artata Musomelli) Common type. Large, green-yellow, thick pink to amber center, 2 crops.
057
Genoa
Common type. Large, white, yellow-green strawberry red center, 2 crops.
058
Negronne
Common type. Large, purple-black, pearshape, dark red center, very sweet, 2 crops.
059
Fico Blanco
(Bifara Musomelli ) (Sicily) San Pedro type. Large, mottled-green-yellow, golden amber center, 2 crops.
060
Fico Nera
(Siciliano Bifara) San Pedro type. Large, black, white flesh, dark-amber center (Breba only)
061
San Pedro
(California) Common type. Large, purple-brown (Turkey), dark red center, 2 crops.
062
Excel
Common type. Medium-large, white, dark amber center, 2 crops. (Condit hybrid)
063
Conant
Common type. Medium, brown, amber center, very sweet, 2 crops.
064
Sicilian(Agrigenta)
(Bifara II)
(Agrigenta) (Bifara II) Common type. Large, round, purple-red, dark center, 2 crops.
065
Palestine Black Abdullah
San Pedro type. Medium, white flesh, amber center
066
Fico Bianco Atreano
(Durazzano, Italy) Common type. Large, round, yellow-white, lite pink strawberry center, 2 crops.
067
Fico Nera Paese
(Foggia) (Italian) Common type. Medium, black, dark-red center, 2 crops.
068
Large Round White
(Lombardy) (Northern Mountain Fig) Common type. Large, white,dark-amber center, 2 crops.
069
Crete Greek
(Knosos Temple Ruins) (Hank) Common type.
070
Greek
(Santorini) (Hank) Common type.
071
Gilette
(Edible Capri Fig) medium to large, white, white center, big seeds, solid flavor, 2 crops.
072
Ficus Palmatum
(India) (Hank) Caprifig. small, green, edible, (understock used for grafting)
073
Brown Greek White
(Salonika, San Pedro) (Breba only) San Pedro type. Large, white, white center
074
Racxiotki Vavto
(Greek Macedonia) (San Pedro) San Pedro type. Large, white, dark-amber center
075
Fico Piccolo Bianco
(Calabria, Italy )Common type. small, white, lite-amber center, 2 crops.
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076
Chios D
(Greek) Common type. Large, green-brown, dark golden amber center, 2 crops.
077
Fico Bianco Siciliano
(Sicily) Common type. Large, white dark-red center, 2 crops.
078
Vasilika Sika
(Greek, Athens) (King & Queen) Common type. Large, white, pear-shape blood-red center, 2 crops.
079
Athens
(Found North of Athens) Common type. Large, white, round dark red center, 2 crops.
080
Kephlonia / Large Greek
(Kephlonia) Common type. Large, red, red center
081
Crete
(Greek) San Pedro type. Large, round, black, white flesh, amber center
082
Crete
(Breba Only) (San Pedro) San Pedro type.
083
Crete Greek
(Hank)
084
Athens Greek
(Hank)
085
Sicilian White
(Raffadale, Sicily ) (Sal's) Common type. Large, white, round, white flesh, lite center (2 crops
086
Fico di Melenzana
Large pear-shaped purple/black with yello/red center. The Greeks brought this variety when they occupied Sicily. My cutting came frm Siragusa, Sicily and Greek island of Kephlonia.
087
Fico Bianco Melenzana
Large pear-shaped, green with crimson red center. Cuttings came from Zadar, Croatia on [the] Dalmatian coast and from Bari, Italy.
088
Sicilian
Large, round, turbinate yellow-green with dark strawberry red center (Capo Grosso). From Sciacca, Sicily.
089
Fico Bianco Fioroni
Large, round yellow-green, golden amber center. Juicy. Cuttings came from Ancona, Italy.
090
Oregon Prolific
Large, round yellow-green with light amber center. Juicy. Prolific even in a cool summer.
091
Fico Grosso Sicilian
(Sicilian) Large, semi-pear-shaped, yellow green with pin center. Most popular green fig in all of Sicily
092
Black Zadar
A large, flat, round fig. Thick skin, large eye. Blood red center. Heavy filling fig from Zadar, Croatia. This one's unique - a stand out.
093
Fico Nera Napolitano
A popular Neopolitan fig from Naples, Italy. Also called Fico Piccolino. Small to medium purple-black, blood red center.
094
LargeGreek
(Cyrpus, Perkounis) Yellow-green, red center (Papou Kosta).
095
Fico di Capo Verde
Large, round yellow-green Sicilian fig (Godfather White) Golden amber center. Castelle Mare del Golfo, Godfather City #2.
096
Shar Israel
Large, semi-pear-shaped fig. Dark purple-brown to purple-black with hollow red center. My cutting came from Haifa, Israel by way of a NAFEX member.
097
Shar Italia
Large purple-brown fig, dark amber center. My cuttings come from Haifa, Israel by way of a NAFEX member.
098
Corynth / Corinth
A Greek variety came by a fellow hobbyist with 35 selected varieties. This … is a good hot weather fig. Large, round, yellow-green with a sweet, light amber center, with a thick skin.
099
Fico Zana
This one is Italian in name but its origin is Kephlonia, Greece, and came to Sicily with the Greeks. [It] is a one of a kind, heavy filling, lerge, thick skin, pear-shape fig showing at seas level and coastal. Breba crop is green with amber center. Main crop is green-brown with amber-red center (Cefalu, Sicily).
100
Perkounis
Same as #?
Large, Greek purple-black, red center (Perkounis) from the island of Mikonos. This one ought to knock your socks off fro you have the right climate for this. It grows well and produces [in' really hot climate. This one was originaly a class II San Pedro type producing large brebas only. Main crop was only females so none of the figs would develop. After experimenting with growth stimulant sprays containing a hormone to inducing specialty flower to become large for exhibition, Belleclare sprayed this into the eye of the female fig at halfway point of 28 day cycle and seven days later. As a result, a main crop was produced because the spray mimicked the male hormones. This occurred several years in a row and then Bellclare stopped for three years in a row and during that time, the tree adapted and produces self-fertile main crops. The hormone spray came from edible Landscaping, Afton, Virginia.
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101
Miller's English Brown Turkey
Dark purple/brown, red center.
102
Der Grossen
From Graz. Austria. Large Purple/Brown. dark amber center,
103
Sicilian Red
Red-on-Red (Fico Rosso)-Medium red fig with red center. Palermo, Sicily cuttings.
104
Garnsey Seedless
Large round, yellow/green seedless. Sweet fruit flavor, goldenJamber center. From Durling's Nursery, California. This one can tolerate 1 I0-120F hot temperatures.
?
Aboukounis Black
(Greek) - Large, purple-black with dark red pulp. Two crops. Synonym: Chios C
?
Acari Red
Tracewski's collection
?
Anton White
Tracewski's collection
?
Dark Green Genoa
Green with dark red center.
?
Domestic Red-Black
Tracewski's collection
?
Fico Bianco, Calabria
(Calabria, Italy) - Large, round with red pulp. Two crops
?
Fico Nera
(Abruzzi, Italy) - Medium black fig with dark-red pulp. Two crops. Synonym: Corragio
?
Fico Verde de Zucchini
Neopolitan zucchini fig, green with clear center.
?
Frank's White
Tracewski's collection
?
Italian Purple Red
Medium, round, purple with strawberry pulp. Sweet. Two crops
?
Larocca Greek White
Tracewski's collection
?
Larocca Sicilian Black
Tracewski's collection
?
Mantellone Black
(Italian) - Tracewski's collection
?
Mykonos Black
(Greek) - Large with strawberry pulp. Two crops. Synonym: thina
?
Pasquale DeVivo's
(Italian) - Tracewski's collection
?
Pasquale Vernino
(Italian) - Medium black with dark-red pulp. Main crop only
?
Piedmonte
?
Pratt Purple
?
Sicilian Black
Medium-large, dark-black with red pulp. Very juicy and sweet. Two crops. Synonyms: Fico Nera, Sal's Fig
?
Trojano
White fig from Italy.
From George Micallef's notes.
Pratt (some purple fig? - BC#?) Shar Israel (BC#96) Fico Zana (BC#99) Fico Rosso (BC#44) (I am not sure I want this, as it is a breba-only type). Piedmont(e) (BC#?) Pop's Fig, (= Italian Purple Red - I have proof)(BC#17) Fico di Capo Verde (BC#95) Dark Green Genoa (B#?) Kalamata Black (BC#28) Fico Nera di Duemane (BC#43) Fico Verde de Zucchini (B#?) GM#14 (an unkown purple fig from BC) Sal's (Corleone) (BC#31) Der Grossen (BC#102) Kephlonia (BC#80) Trojano (BC#?) Sicilian (Agrigenta)(Bifara II) (BC#64) Nero (BC#5) Malta Black (BC#35) Vasilika Sika (BC#78)
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Info
001
Petite Negri
Common type. (Dwarf) Large purple-black, dark red center, 2 crops.
002
Celeste
Common type. Medium, purple-brown, dark red center, very sweet, sugary.
003
Royal Vineyard
Common type. Large, coppery-brown, pear-shaped, dark amber center, 2 crops.
004
Alma
Common type. Medium, light yellow-amber, tan flesh, small eye, 2 crops.
005
Nero
(Italy) Common type. Large, purple-red (wine color) dark center, 2 crops.
006
Hardy Chicago
Common type. Medium-large, purple-brown, dark red center, 2 crops, prolific main crop.
007
Osborne Prolific
Common type. Medium, green to brown, amber center, sweet, very prolific, hardy, 2 crops.
008
Black Spanish
(Franciscana) Common type. Large mahogany-black, red center, very sweet, 2 crops.
009
Black Jack
Common type. Large, purple-brown, dark red center, juicy, 2 crops, dwarf-tree, tends to spread.
010
Galbun
Common type. Large, reddish-brown, life amber center, delicately sweet, 2 crop, prolific.
011
Beall
Common type. Large, reddish-brown, lite amber center, 1 crop.
012
Marseilles
Common type. Large yellow, clear flesh, very sweet, 2 crops, bears heavy on the 2nd crop.
013
Tena
(Spanish) Common type. Large, yellow, round, clear center, 2 crops, Condit-hybrid.
014
Hunts
Common type. Large, brown, amber center, 2 crops.
015
Jelly
Common type. Medium, white, white center, sweet, 2 crops, Southern regions
016
Italian Purple Beefera
Common type. Large, round, purple, sweet, strawberry center, 2 crops.
017a
Popp's Purple
017b
Italian Purple Red
Common type. Medium, round, dark center, 2 crops.
018
Sicilian Red
Common type. Medium, reddish-brown, dark red center, 2 crops.
019
Conadria
(Genoa) Common type. Large, purple-black, dark red center, (Greek-Aboukonis) 2 crops.
020
Texas Everbearing
Common type. Large, dark coppery brown, dark center, 2 crops.
021
Chios A
(Greek) Common type. Large, white, pear shape, with strawberry center, 2 crops. Syn: Chios White.
022
Chios B
(Greek) Common type. Medium, reddish-brown, dark red center, sweet, 2 crops. Syn: Chios Red.
023
Chios C
(Greek) Common type. Large, purple-black, dark red center (Greek-Aboukonis), 2 crops.
024
Corfu
(Greek) Common type. Large, white pear shape, dark strawberry center, 2 crops. (Greek-Speros)
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Thank you for sharing great information.
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Thanks, Jon. I thought the earlier comments referred to them eventually getting put into the "links" section. Maybe they're not ready for that yet but it might save some trouble for folks to find them in the future. Thanks again for your efforts in putting together such vast information.
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Hasn't been "eventual" yet.
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Jon - thanks for posting the list this way! Much easier for me to save it.
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I can send it as a word doc for people who are interested. E-mail me.
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George,
Thanks for posting this way back in 2008. Interesting note to #100, using hormone spray to get a main crop to develop.
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I hadn't noticed that but it's probably something a lot of folks could try if they were willing to do the work. A friend growing citrus in a Colorado greenhouse sprays his blooms with GA3 to set fruit and it works very well for him. I guess it could do the same for figs but a bit more difficult to spray the flower since it's enclosed.
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I held on to a 12-page brochure that was given to me when I went to Belleclare Nursery in the Spring of 2004 or 2005. Some really interesting stuff if you're into a bit of Nostalgia...
Page 1- 'Welcome To The World of Figs'
Page 2- a reprint of an article published on Thursday June 4th 1992 in the New York Times titled 'Growing-In Praise of the Figs Many Splendors' written by Anne Raver. An interesting article that clarifies the origin/naming of Pop's Purple Red by Chris DiPaola himself.
Page 3- 'Caring For Your Fig Tree'
Page 4, 5 and 6- 'Fig Varieties' including Ethnic Varieties
Page 7- 'How to Transplant a Potted Fig Tree'
Page 8- 'How to Wrap Fig Tree for Winter'
Page 9- 'Pot Culture Care of Fig Trees'
Page 10- 'Do's and Dont's'
Page 11- 'Spring Care'
And Page 12....Ernestine DiPaola's Fig Apricot Rum Cake Recipe
I have attached Page 1 and Page 2 and a picture of my Pop's Purple Red that was purchased at the Nursery that Spring
...Wanna see more?
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[QUOTE=trif1010]I held on to a 12-page brochure that was given to me when I went to Belleclare Nursery in the Spring of 2004 or 2005. Some really interesting stuff if you're into a bit of Nostalgia...
Page 1- 'Welcome To The World of Figs'
Page 2- a reprint of an article published on Thursday June 4th 1992 in the New York Times titled 'Growing-In Praise of the Figs Many Splendors' written by Anne Raver. An interesting article that clarifies the origin/naming of Pop's Purple Red by Chris DiPaola himself.
Page 3- 'Caring For Your Fig Tree'
Page 4, 5 and 6- 'Fig Varieties' including Ethnic Varieties
Page 7- 'How to Transplant a Potted Fig Tree'
Page 8- 'How to Wrap Fig Tree for Winter'
Page 9- 'Pot Culture Care of Fig Trees'
Page 10- 'Do's and Dont's'
Page 11- 'Spring Care'
And Page 12....Ernestine DiPaola's Fig Apricot Rum Cake Recipe
I have attached Page 1 and Page 2 and a picture of my Pop's Purple Red that was purchased at the Nursery that Spring
Seeing the old, original Belleclare listings and instructions brings me back to when I bought my first fig trees. That was back in 2007. I knew absolutely nothing about growing figs, and I went to visit Belleclare's before they closed for good. Chris gave me the grand tour, and explained how to keep my fig trees alive.
Nice men, nice nursery, very missed...and their legacy still lives on.
Frank
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Frank, my first figs came from Belleclare (and some from Paradise). I learned all about growing figs in containers from those guys. They had it down to a science. Seeing all of those trees growing in pots on the pavement in the rear of that place was a sight to see. I made several trips in the early 2000's just to see them do their thing. Amazing to just listen and learn from them.
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Yes, Scot....I was struck dumb by the shear number of containerized trees that these gents were growing. I had absolutely no clue that a fig tree could be grown in a pot! That is, until I went to Belleclare. Chris got my head straight, and I never looked back.
It is lamentable that these kind of specialized nurseries are a dying breed. People do get tired and old, and the cost of doing business, rents, regulations, insurance, shipping, etc... has gotten to be obscene. Every time you turn around, you're taxed, fined, or regulated.
I am glad I got to see this nursery before it closed for good.
Frank
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@George , can I use this list in my thread Varieties and Synonyms?
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Sure! ... Why not? (Anyway, it is not my list ... I just helped to preserve that BC# list.)
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that's a very nice List and very important info, nice of you to preserve such a treasure.
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Thank you for posting, Gorgi. Really good stuff. Brings me back to my first fig tree. :)
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Bump.
Does anyone know what the Belleclare Celeste looks like? Any photos of it?