Roeding No. 4 Information
Roeding No. 4
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Description
A variety of uncertain origin and identity; probably introduced by the Fancher Creek Nursery, Fresno, but exact records lost; see descriptions by Condit.
Collected in: California, United States. Maintained by the Natl. Germplasm Repository – Davis. NPGS received: 26-Mar-1986. Locality: Collected in Orosi from the farm of Mr. Bob Butler. Collectors: Kennedy, C.T., California Rare Fruit Growers.
Condit Monograph
Tree vigorous, upright, with slender branches much like those of Roeding No.2; bark smooth, not scaly; leaves below medium to small, 3- to 5-lobed; sinuses moderately deep and open; base truncate to somewhat decurrent.
Mamme crop generally good; figs medium, up to 1-1/4 inches in diameter, spherical, without neck, or pyriform, with neck somewhat flattened; stalk short; ribs fairly prominent; eye small, with chaffy scales; white flecks prominent, scattered; color green, with rather prominent bloom; interior purple.
Profichi crop good; figs medium or larger, turbinate; eye protrudes from the slightly depressed apex; neck short or sometimes wanting, occasionally more prominent and somewhat flattened; color green, with numerous and prominent white flecks; interior deep purple. Season late.
Another caprifig commonly designated as No.4 differs from the above in having profichi with prominent ribs producing a corrugated surface, and with prominent neck distinctly flattened. Roeding No.4 has no particular value as a caprifig except for the late season of ripening of the profichi.
