Books & Articles

Arranged by Publication Date

Giorgio Gallesio, La Pomona Italiana, 1817 - 1839 †
Henry Phillips, Pomarium Britannicum, 1821
William Kenrick, The New American Orchardist, 1848
Friedrich Dehnhardt (1787-1870), Beschreibungen verschiedener essbarer Feigen, nebst Beobachtungen über die Cultur derselben extracted from Neues Repertorium für Pharmacie, Vol. VIII, 1859. Dehnhardt served as director of the botanical gardens in Napoli, and here he lists with short descriptions 58 Italian fig varieties.
R. S. S., “A Word about Figs,” The Horticulturist, Nov. 1861 & Jan. 1862
Alphonse du Breuil, Culture des Arbres et Arbrisseaux à Fruits de Table, 1876
Robert Hogg, The Fruit Manual, 1884
Eisen, Gustav, The Fig: Its History, Culture and Curing with a Descriptive Catalogue of Known Varieties of Figs, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1901†
George Roeding, The Smyrna Fig: At Home and Abroad, 1903 †
Ruggero Ravasini, “XIV. Die Verschiedenen Spielarten der Feige und der Feigenhandel in Italien,” Die Feigenbäume Italiens, 1911
J.C. Forkner, Fig - Gardens Recipes: How to Serve Figs in the Home, Fresno, CA: Crown Printing and Engraving Co., 1919 †
W. Sam Clark, The Kadota Fig: A Treatise on Its Origin, Planting and Care, Los Angeles, CA: The Fig and Olive Journal, 1920 †
E. de Mazières, "Le Figuier – Variétés," Le Figuier, L'Abricotier, Le Prunier et L'Industrie des Fruit Séchés. Paris: Librairie J.B. Baillière et Fils, 1920. pp. 26 - 31.
Ira Condit, The Fig, 1947 †
Ira Condit, “Fig Varieties: A Monograph”, Hilgardia, Feb. 1955 †
A. H. Krezdon, Growing Figs in the South for Home Use, USDA Home and Garden Bulletin Number 87, 1979 †
Richard E. Watts, Figs in Coastal Southern California, Fruit Gardener, December 1991 †
S, M. Lionakis, Present Status and Future Prospects of the Cultivation in Greece of the Plants: Fig, Loquat, Japanese Persimmon, Pomegranate and Barbary Fig. Cahiers OPTIONS 75 Mediterraneennes, Underutilized Fruit Crops in the Mediterranean Region. Volume 13, 21-30. 1995 †
David Himelrick, Fig Production Guide, 1999 †
J.A. Vinson, "The Functional Food Properties of Figs," Cereal Foods World 44:2 (February 1999): 82-87 †
Dr. Ahmed Oukabli, Le Figuier: un patrimoine génétique diversifié à exploiter, Bulletin Mensuel de Liaison et d'Information du PNTTA (Morocco), July 2003 †
Charles Cohen, “Fruitful Tradition,” Baltimore City Paper, Nov. 5, 2003 †
Camille Sears, “The Perfect Fig,” Edible Ojai, Summer 2004 †
B. Khadari, et al., Molecular Characterization of Moroccan Fig Germplasm Using Intersimple Sequence Repeat and Simple Sequence Repeat Markers to Establish a Reference Collection, HortScience 40(1):29-32, 2004 †
ΕΠΙΣΗΜΑΝΣΗ, ΣΥΛΛΟΓΗ, ΑΞΙΟΛΟΓΗΣΗ ΚΑΙ ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΗ ΓΕΝΟΤΥΠΩΝ ΣΥΚΙΑΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΚΡΗΤΗ (Trans.="Pointing Out, Collection, Evaluation and Description of Genotypes of Fig Trees in Crete"), 2006. †
M. A. Faria, “Chip Budding the Fig,” 2007 (feel free to ask the author questions at florah16 at hotmail dot com) †
Josep Rosselló i Botey, Caracterització de cultivars de figuera a Mallorca (71.3 MB ), Conselleria d’Agricultura i Pesca, 2007. †
Blomqvist, Bo, Fig Growing in Sweden, Confrerie des Planteurs de Fruitiers Rares, 2007? †
Axier, Changer par greffage la variété d’un figuier adulte, Greffer.net, 2007 †
Louisiana State University, ‘O’Rourke’, ‘Champagne’ and ‘Tiger’: Three new fig varieties from the LSU AgCenter, September 12, 2007 †
Verjus, Bruno, Connaissez-vous les figues de Monsieur Baud ?, Oct. 21, 2007 †
HawaiiFruit's Channel on YouTube, The Fabulous Fig, March 22, 2009, Video discusses small grower havesting for local market. †
Picky, Giovanni: The Man Behind the Figs, September 28, 2009. †
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