10-24-2017:

So I mistakenly made a wrong turn down a street a block over from where I live. Lo and behold, I see peering over a fence this beautiful fig tree so well groomed. As any good figger would do, I pulled over and knocked on the door. With no one home, I peered over the other side of the fence and snapped a few pics. Over the course of the next few days, I kept swinging by to knock on their door. Today was success.

The owner migrated 17 years ago from Lisbon Portugal. Only 17 years ago, yet he still brought 3 fig trees with him, a Black -canalheto"> Black , White, and a "Red". After about 15 minutes of talking, he insisted I took some home with me. I grabbed my sheers that I've been driving around with for the last few days to take a couple of cuttings. He tells me in his broken English (frequently speaking Portuguese with his wife), that I need a shovel so he can break it apart by the roots. Not having a bucket or anything to put it in, I asked if I can take cuttings and try to propagate them. That being said, he gave me a couple of branches of the Black and White, and said come back in the spring for the Red.

I can't wait to grow these. They tasted amazing. The wife was telling me they get bushells and bushells each year they just give away to the neighbors. The guy love port wine too. I told him next season, I'm bringing the port and we can just sit under his tree getting drunk on figs and port.

Oh -- the guy also makes his own wine too. And he uses figs in it with his grapes! I CANNOT WAIT!

Mother Tree

Condit's monograph: https://www.figdatabase.com/uploads/Ira J Condit Monograph.pdf

- Mike (The1FigMan)

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Figs4Fun:

A dark green with red pulp fig from Portugal. Very good flavor. Two to three crops. Main crop is very heavy. Two crops. Small breba crop with yellowish green fruit with red pulp. Main crop is heavy. Fruit is dark green with red pulp. Very good. (Portugese)