Blanche Parfrenolles Information
Blanche Parfrenolles
https://www.figdatabase.com/variety-details/2483/blanche-parfrenolles
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Possible Synonyms / AKA:
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Introduced By:
Lubera -
Origin:
Germany -
Main Flavor Group:
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Family Group:
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Fig Type:
Persistent Caprifig - A caprifig that holds it figs and doesn't drop them without any fig wasp -
Cold Hardy:
N/A -
Container Variety:
Yes -
Easy Rooting:
Average -
Main Season:
any -
Availability:
Average -
Breba Crop:
N/A -
Seed Crunch:
N/A -
Eye:
closed -
Skin Toughness:
N/A -
Fruit Size:
Small to medium -
Rain Resistance:
N/A -
Tree Vigor:
Vigorous -
External Links:
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Description
This is a green skinned Caprifig that has a Parthenocarpic (Persistent) Profichi crop, meaning that it does not need to be inhabited by the Blastophaga Psenes (fig wasp) to mature on the tree. This makes it ideal for hand pollination, as it produces a great amount of pollen from the great many male flowers near the ostiole. It is not yet known if it is parthenocarpic on all 3 crops, and to breed parthenocarpic (Common) figs it would need to be.
This Caprifig tree was originally from a private collection, but bought by a nursary in Switzerland, Lubera, and now sold by them as a female fig.
This tree seems to not have an overlapping Profichi to Mammoni crop, so that would not make it suitable for hosting a fig wasp colony on its own.
Although most Mammoni crops on Parthenocarpic caprifig trees have edible figs, it is not yet known if this tree does.
It has a 3 and 5 lobed leaf, but 5 is more dominant.
Although this is still marketed as a female fig, it is a Caprifig.
This has a persistent Profichi crop, that pollen can be taken from for hand pollination, but until it is known if all 3 crops are persistent, the tree cannot be regarded as a good pollinator to produce common fig seeds.



