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Description
O'Rourke was selected from a group of seedlings from a cross of Celeste X C1. C1 is a designation given a Caprifig obtained from the University of California at Riverside in 1950. The cross was made in 1956 and an individual plant selection made by E.N. O'Rourke in 1960 and tested as L57-11-103. This cultivar is named to honor Dr. Ed O'Rourke's (Professor) service to the fruit industry.
From LSU Ag:
‘O'Rourke’ fig (Ficus carica L.) was developed by the Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station (LAES) to provide a productive tree of good-quality fruit, which ripens during the traditional fig harvesting period. ‘O'Rourke’ is a common-type fig and the third cultivar released from the LAES fig breeding program that was initiated in the 1950s to develop cultivars for the gulf south region (O'Rourke et al., 2004). ‘O'Rourke’ was evaluated in plantings at The Burden Center, Baton Rouge, LA (long. 30°24′3″ N, lat. 91°6'2″ W) and at the Citrus Research Station at Port Sulfur, LA (long. 29°29′7″ N, lat. 89°42′7″ W). This selection (57-11-103) was chosen for release because of superior fruiting characteristics.
Parentage
‘O'Rourke’ was selected from a group of seedlings from a cross of ‘Celeste’ × ‘C1’. ‘C1’ is a designation given a Caprifig obtained from the University of California at Riverside in ≈1950. The cross was made in 1956 and an individual plant selection made by E.N. O'Rourke in 1960 and tested as L57-11-103. This cultivar is named to honor Dr. Ed O'Rourke's (Professor) service to the fruit industry.
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This is a productive, vigorous sweet fig bred at the LSU program under the direction of Dr. O'Rourke and released by LSU years later as one of the official releases, and named in Dr. O'Rourke's honor. It was created to be an improved version of Celeste, the stated vision of the breeding program, and from which it is descended.There has been some confusion about this variety, and at least two major nurseries which sell figs appear to be selling a different version than the official release. The true O'Rourke's mature leaves should have 5 lobes, some leaves even have 2 small extra lobes. Good photos of the leaves are in some of the provided links.Similar Varieties
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