Description
As Mouissonne [needs confirmation] (syns. Mouissonne Noire, Bouissonne, Moissoa, Figue Violette, Ficus carica movissona Risso). Described by Garidel (1715), La Brousse (1774), Bernard (1787), Rozier (1805), Lamarck (1817), Duhamel (1755, 1809), Bory de Saint Vincent (1824), Risso (1826), Noisette (1829), Couverchel (1839), Audibert Freres (1854), Duchartre (1857), Hogg (1866), Du Breuil (1876), Soc. Pomol. de France (1887, 1947), Sauvaigo (1889; 1894), Eisen (1888, 1901), Colby (1894), Starnes and Monroe (1907), Rolet (1916), Mazieres (1920), Leclerc (1925), Bois (1928), Simonet et al. (1945, 1947), Evreinoff (1947), and Delbard (1947). See Rolland (1914) for synonymy. Illustrated in color by Duhamel; in Black and white by Eisen, Starnes and Monroe, and by Simonet.
Mouissonne is a French variety, grown in the Department of the Var, especially at Hyeres, Nice, and Grasse. The only description by an author in England is that of Hogg, and the account by Eisen appears to have been compiled. Colby gives a brief description and an analysis of ''Missonne,'' from fruits grown at Fresno, California. According to Eisen, Bouissonne was once introduced from France by Felix Gillet, of Nevada City; no trees are now known to occur in California collections.
The following description is from that of Simonet et al. (1945). Leaves are of medium size, deeply 3- to 5-lobed.
Brebas few, medium, pyriform; neck short; average weight 50 grams; ribs not prominent; stalk short; eye small, with violet scales; color violet, merging into green toward the stalk; skin checking lengthwise at maturity; pulp red, of sweet flavor and fine texture; seeds numerous, small; quality good.
Second crop abundant; figs medium, pyriform to turbinate; neck short, or none; average weight 40 grams; ribs not much in evidence; stalk short; eye in a slight depression, small, with violet scales; skin delicate, checking crisscross at maturity; color dark violet; bloom prominent, pruinose; pulp dark red; seeds small. Quality good for fresh-fruit shipments.
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