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Originally Posted by Kat2
Hehe! I'm always curious about plant names but never had the chance to ask the originator. Why Manukka? Any particular meaning?
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There are about 1000 unmarketed grape varietals in the UC Davis collection. This particular one is a cross between a standard European strain (Manukka) and a North American cultivar (Ontario). The resultant table grape is golden in color. The bunches are loose like Manukka, making it a favorable grape to grow in our southern CA conditions.
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Originally Posted by JP
Well I guess it's going to take a while to reach us... Lol! Off subject, what do you think of viollette de bordeaux figs? I know you have or had them and I recently purchased one. I was wondering if it's as good as they say...
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There are many, many flavors of figs. I grow figs in 3 different flavor categories, if I had more room I'd expand. In the category of "dark fig" flavor, I believe the Violette de Bordeaux is the holy grail.
Just to expand a bit on this subject of fig flavors, there are those which are sometimes called "strawberry" figs for their flavor (Panache is an example for the SW U.S.) -- and sometimes for their flesh color by innocent people, but really the taste could be anything; there are "honey" figs of which Kadota is an example but in my opinion for my climate I prefer Janice-Kadota; I have tasted figs with peach overtones, with banana overtones, and butterscotch (yes!) overtones. So when someone asks about "my favorite fig", I first want to know about "which flavor category".