Encanto Farms Nursery > Categories > First ripe breba (Tauro)

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Fico

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Today i've picked my first breba of 2015, i could not wait to taste it, and then... surprise! 2 fat and happy maggots, damn!
This tree was planted this year; the particularity of this variety is that produces fruits over the whole length of the trunk.
The brebas of this variety are among the largest (200 grams), but this plant has suffered thirst, and the fruits were very small.


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ChrisK

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Sorry to hear about your first fig . Any more info on the tree? Origin ,name etc? Thanks for sharing and hope the rest of the figs are maggot free!

Fico

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The origin of this fig is the Apulia region, in south Italy.
The name "Tauro" or "Domenico Tauro" recalls its discoverer Domenico Tauro; this variety is typical of the city of Terlizzi, and it's much cultivated here for the breba crop.
It's also called fiorone / fico / nero / rosso "di Terlizzi".

http://neigiardinidipomona-bari.blogautore.repubblica.it/2013/07/biodiversita-del-fiorone/
In this link you can see and compare with other varieties. Tauro is in the first of the 4 photos in the lower part of the page.


ChrisK

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Awesome. Thanks for the info and the very nice link!

pino

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Thanks for the link!  
It is very nice to see breba compared like this side by side.