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  • From: "Bassem Samaan" <bassem@gardener.com>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] fegra figs
  • Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:00:50 -0500

Dr. Parmar,
There's a possibility that the Fegra fig needs pollination by a special wasp
named Blastophaga. Many Ficus species do not set fruit without pollination
such as the ficus carica Smyrna fig and San pedro, as well as the Ficus
Sycamorous and Ficus Afghanistanica possibly.


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dr. Chiranjit Parmar" <parmarch@gmail.com>
> To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Great fig year
> Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:19:33 +0530
>
>
> Dear Lon,
>
> We do not get so low temperature here in fegra fig area. I do not think
> that it even reaches 25 F. So this problem has never been observed.
> Moreover, no research has ever been carried out on this wild fruits here and
> therefore there is no data on cold tolerance. So from your observations I
> now know that it cannot bear excessive cold.
>
> I shall even put your observation in Fruitipedia.
>
> But it does remain a fact that fegra fruits do not loose their quality
> because of excessive rains.
>
> Chiranjit Parmar
> Mandi HP India
> www.fruitipedia.com
>
> On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 8:18 AM, Lon J. Rombough <lonrom@hevanet.com> wrote:
>
> > I grew some Fegra seedlings here in Oregon, and still have them.
> > Unfortunately, they die to the ground even in the mildest winters. Even
> > when the low temperatures are above 20 F. Common figs are never harmed by
> > conditions that kill the fegra. They grow back vigorously each year, but
> > never fruit.
> > -Lon Rombough
> > NEW grape pruning video: http://www.bunchgrapes.com/dvd.html View a short,
> > low resolution clip here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q58zFY0B1M
> > Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at
> > http://www.bunchgrapes.com Winner of the Garden Writers Association "Best
> > Talent in Writing" award for 2003.
> > A video about The Grape Grower :
> > http://cookingupastory.com/index.php/2008/04/18/the-grape-grower/
> > On Aug 19, 2009, at 7:41 PM, Dr. Chiranjit Parmar wrote:
> >
> > Dear Betsy,
> >
> > Do you know that the wild growing Himalayan fig, FEGRA (Ficus palmata)
> > does
> > not get affected by rains at all. This fig, though smaller in size than
> > the
> > cultivated fig, tastes same good like the cultivated figs.
> >
> > You can see more details of this fig at the following Fruitipedia link:
> >
> > http://www.fruitipedia.com/fegra.htm
> >
> > Dr. Chiranjit Parmar
> > Mandi HP India
> > www.fruitipedia.com
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 10:00 PM, <Hilborn.E@epamail.epa.gov> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> We had normal rainfall this spring after two very dry years. But since
> >> the beginning of July, we have received less than 1.5 inches of rain at
> >> my house.
> >>
> >> The figs are magnificent! They are ripening well without the typical
> >> rot that develops in ripe figs after a rainfall. Even the Latarullas
> >> that are typically either unripe and tasteless or rotten are finally
> >> displaying their true dessert potential - soft, yellow and really
> >> honey-sweet.
> >>
> >> Betsy Hilborn
> >> 7a NC
> >>
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Thanks,

Bass Samaan
http://www.TreesofJoy.com



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