Fig Database®: Beer's Black

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Possible Synonyms / AKA:

DFIC 277, Vista (DFIC 259), Beer’s Black (DFIC 277), Violette de Bourdeaux
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Fig Type:
Common - Self fertile and will grow anywhere conditions are suitable
Cold Hardy:
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Easy Rooting:
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Main Season:
any
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Breba Crop:
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Eye:
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Tree Vigor:
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External Links:
https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/accessiondetail?id=1696293
https://www.ourfigs.com/forum/figs-home/331631-beers-black-confusion-continues
https://www.ourfigs.com/forum/figs-home/198988-beers-black
https://www.ourfigs.com/forum/figs-home/520299-beer-s-black-anyone-know-if-it-is-a-black-mission-type-of-a-bordeaux-type

Based upon genetic testing performed in 2010, Beer’s Black (DFIC 277), Violette de Bordeaux (DFIC 63) and Vista (DFIC 259) were determined to be synonyms. See Genetic structure and differentiation in cultivated fig (Ficus carica L.)

Seems to often be a synonym for Black -mission"> Black Mission or Violette de Bordeaux, depending on the nursery, but most often as VdB.

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Beer's Black