Magnissalis Information
Magnissalis
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Description
See account of Roeding (1914) and description by Condit (1920a) introduced from Aidin, Turkey, by G. C. Roeding in 1901, and named alter S. G. Magnissalis; now rare or nonexistent in California.Tree vigorous, densely branched, with large leaves; terminal buds green. Mamme crop generally good; figs medium, spherical, mostly without neck; eye large, protruding from apex; scales green, or violet-tinted; ribs fairly prominent; color green, flushed with light violet; white flecks few, scattered; interior purple. Profichi above medium to large, pyriform, with prominent neck; ribs narrow, very slightly elevated; eye fairly large, not depressed; color green, with delicate bloom; white flecks irregular in size, fairly conspicuous; interior purple. A green fig, but placed in this section because of the violet mamme figs.
Condit Monograph
Magnissalis. See account of Roeding (1914) and description by Condit (1920a) introduced from Aidin, Turkey, by G. C. Roeding in 1901, and named alter S. G. Magnissalis; now rare or nonexistent in California.
Tree vigorous, densely branched, with large leaves; terminal buds green. Mamme crop generally good; figs medium, spherical, mostly without neck; eye large, protruding from apex; scales green, or violet-tinted; ribs fairly prominent; color green, flushed with light violet; white flecks few, scattered; interior purple.
Profichi above medium to large, pyriform, with prominent neck; ribs narrow, very slightly elevated; eye fairly large, not depressed; color green, with delicate bloom; white flecks irregular in size, fairly conspicuous; interior purple. A green fig, but placed in this section because of the violet mamme figs.
