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Bourjassotte Noire
Bourjassotte Noire Information
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Possible Synonyms:
Violette de Solliès, Bourjasotte Noir, Bourjasotte Noire
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Main Flavor Group:
Sugar and berry mix -
Origin:
Spain -
Family:
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Collected By:
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Type:
Common -
Cold Hardy:
N/A -
Container Variety:
Yes -
Easy Rooting:
Average -
Main Season:
mid -
Availability:
Difficult -
Breba Crop:
No -
Seed Crunch:
non -
Eye:
small -
Skin Toughness:
soft -
Fruit Size:
Medium -
Rain Resistance:
Average -
Tree Vigor:
Medium -
External Links:
https://www.ourfigs.com/forum/figs-home/209007-bourjassotte-noire
http://figs4funforum.arghchive.com/post/bourjassotte-gris-bourjassotte-noire-7798326
http://figs4funforum.arghchive.com/post/bourjassotte-noire-9308897
Description
Europe's most famous fig. The several color varieties of Bourjassottes were reputedly first found in the village of Burjasot, 19 km northwest of Valencia. But the black, white, grey and striped figs of Burjasot are not mere color variants, but very distinct from each other. This, la figue noire de Bourjassotte, or 'Bourjassotte noire,' has been grown in every country around the western Mediterranean certainly since the XVI century, known as Brogiotto nero in Italy, Bernissou in Provence, Burjassotte Preto in Portugal.
Fruits are distinct and not mistaken for any other fig. Turbinate, characteristic deep purple skin, ribbed, skin checking and cracking when ripe into a pattern known in north Africa as "robes of the beggar," typical of the finest and sweetest figs. Flesh deep purplish-red, sweet and relieved by a distinct tartness.
A one-crop fig, ripening over six weeks for us in September - October. Tree not hardy but vigorous, rooting poorly from cuttings and in Europe more often propagated by grafting instead.
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