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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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O'rourke Fig
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