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Smyrna fig
plant
Also known as: Calimyrna fig
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- In fig: Types and cultivation
…other horticultural types of figs: Smyrna, White San Pedro, and Common. Smyrna-type figs develop only when fertile seeds are present, and these seeds account for the generally excellent quality and nutty flavour of the fruit. Figs of the White San Pedro type combine the characteristics of both the Smyrna and…
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pollination
- In fig wasp
…pollinating certain edible figs, especially Smyrna figs (F. carica), is critical to the fig grower, as most economically valuable figs require fertilization to ripen. Though she cannot lay her eggs within the edible fig (she must lay them at the base of the pistil, and the pistils of cultivated figs…
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