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Forbes Hardy
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Caprifig - An individual species of fig with both male and female flowers
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A seedling also distributed by G. P. Rixford; grown and fruited by C. T. Forbes, Fresno, California; described by Condit (1928a) and illustrated by him (1928c).Tree with spreading habit of growth; terminal buds green.Mamme crop fair; figs medium, spherical to pyriform, with short, flattened neck; ribs fairly prominent; color green; interior purple. Profichi crop fair only; figs medium, turbinate, with distinct neck generally compressed or flattened; ribs prominent and somewhat elevated white flecks large, scattered; color green to yellowish green; interior purple. A Caprifig of no particular value, and no longer propagated.

Forbes