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There seems to be very little information on this fig, so I wanted to provide my experience with this fig so far.
I purchased 3 N' Prato cuttings from Harvey in January 2020. According to Harvey's website, 3 N' Prato is an entirely different fig than Tres Num Prato / Tres Ao Prato, which he has classified as a separate fig (http://www.figaholics.com/cuttings.htm).
The only record I can find of 3 N' Prato is Harvey's video on the variety here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEUCXtLxZtw
According to what he says in his video, he alludes that this is a different fig than Tres Num Prato / Tres Ao Prato.
In Spring/Summer 2020, my 3 N' Prato fig yielded a lot of figs, but every fig dropped. I concluded this may be a smyrna variety, but I always like giving a young tree a second chance, so I held onto it.
This year (Spring/Summer 2021), the tree once again set many figs. Fearing it may be a smyrna, I manually hand-pollinated it via injection with caprifig pollen to see if it would hold the pollinated figs. Well, all of the hand-pollinated figs dropped, as well as the un-pollinated figs. Except one. It held onto ONE un-pollinated fig. Unfortunately, we have accumulated 6.41 inches of rain between August 1-August 7, and all this rain has completely destroyed almost all of my figs that are swelling, including the one 3 N' Prato. Therefore, I will be unable to try it. However, you can find pictures of it here:
Therefore, my current belief is that 3 N' Prato is a common fig that simply takes 2-3 years to hold onto any of its figs. That would put it in a similar category as figs like Celeste and Pastiliere that are persistent, but drop their younger crops for whatever reason. In short, I am going to keep this variety for another season and see how it does. Harvey's video showed a wonderfully syrupy fig, and the name implies this is a large fig. As you can see, it is absolutely gigantic. If it would have ripened in good weather, this could have been a 100g fig. If this fig tree decides to calm down next season and produce, it could have potential as a larger fig.
I purchased 3 N' Prato cuttings from Harvey in January 2020. According to Harvey's website, 3 N' Prato is an entirely different fig than Tres Num Prato / Tres Ao Prato, which he has classified as a separate fig (http://www.figaholics.com/cuttings.htm).
The only record I can find of 3 N' Prato is Harvey's video on the variety here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEUCXtLxZtw
According to what he says in his video, he alludes that this is a different fig than Tres Num Prato / Tres Ao Prato.
In Spring/Summer 2020, my 3 N' Prato fig yielded a lot of figs, but every fig dropped. I concluded this may be a smyrna variety, but I always like giving a young tree a second chance, so I held onto it.
This year (Spring/Summer 2021), the tree once again set many figs. Fearing it may be a smyrna, I manually hand-pollinated it via injection with caprifig pollen to see if it would hold the pollinated figs. Well, all of the hand-pollinated figs dropped, as well as the un-pollinated figs. Except one. It held onto ONE un-pollinated fig. Unfortunately, we have accumulated 6.41 inches of rain between August 1-August 7, and all this rain has completely destroyed almost all of my figs that are swelling, including the one 3 N' Prato. Therefore, I will be unable to try it. However, you can find pictures of it here:
Therefore, my current belief is that 3 N' Prato is a common fig that simply takes 2-3 years to hold onto any of its figs. That would put it in a similar category as figs like Celeste and Pastiliere that are persistent, but drop their younger crops for whatever reason. In short, I am going to keep this variety for another season and see how it does. Harvey's video showed a wonderfully syrupy fig, and the name implies this is a large fig. As you can see, it is absolutely gigantic. If it would have ripened in good weather, this could have been a 100g fig. If this fig tree decides to calm down next season and produce, it could have potential as a larger fig.
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