Kearney Information
Kearney
https://www.figdatabase.com/variety-details/929/kearney
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Possible Synonyms / AKA:
No. 2,830, No. 2830 -
Introduced By:
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Origin:
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Main Flavor Group:
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Family Group:
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Fig Type:
Caprifig - An individual species of fig with both male and female flowers -
Cold Hardy:
N/A -
Container Variety:
N/A -
Easy Rooting:
N/A -
Main Season:
any -
Availability:
N/A -
Breba Crop:
N/A -
Seed Crunch:
N/A -
Eye:
N/A -
Skin Toughness:
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Fruit Size:
Large -
Rain Resistance:
N/A -
Tree Vigor:
N/A -
Description
A seedling distributed by G. P. Rixford under his No. 2,830 in 1916, and fruited at Kearney Park, Fresno. Described by Condit (1928a) and illustrated by him (1928c) ; also described by Brooks and Olmo (1946); seldom found in commercial fig districts.Tree vigorous, spreading, with green terminal buds; leaves above medium 3- to 5-lobed; sinuses of medium depth; base truncate to subcordate; outer margins coarsely serrate.Mamme crop good; figs large, turbinate, with very short, thick neck and stalk, or neck absent; ribs prominent; color green, often tinged with violet white flecks very conspicuous; scales of eye often tinged violet; interior purple.
Profichi crop inclined to be small; figs large, turbinate to spherical; neck and stalk short, thick; color light green; interior purple; meat white tinged with violet; inclined to become soft and pulpy. Midseason.Mammoni figs numerous, unusually large, maturing over a long season; pulpy and attractive to dried-fruit beetles.
Condit Monograph
Kearney: A seedling distributed by G. P. Rixford under his No. 2,830 in 1916, and fruited at Kearney Park, Fresno. Described by Condit (1928a) and illustrated by him (1928c) ; also described by Brooks and Olmo (1946); seldom found in commercial fig districts.
Tree vigorous, spreading, with green terminal buds; leaves above medium 3- to 5- lobed; sinuses of medium depth; base truncate to subcordate; outer margins coarsely serrate.
Mamme crop good; figs large, turbinate, with very short, thick neck and stalk, or neck absent; ribs prominent; color green, often tinged with violet white flecks very conspicuous; scales of eye often tinged violet; interior purple.
Profichi crop inclined to be small; figs large, turbinate to spherical; neck and stalk short, thick; color light green; interior purple; meat white tinged with violet; inclined to become soft and pulpy. Midseason.
Mammoni figs numerous, unusually large, maturing over a long season; pulpy and attractive to dried-fruit beetles.



