Monstrueuse

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Monstrueuse
aka Grosse Monstreuse de Lipari


Descriptions:

An excellent fig with an unfortunate name. Leaf: cordate, 3 to 5 lobes, upper sinuses shallow, crenate margins. Two crops. Brebas are oblique-pyriform with large, distinct neck, medium to large, green tinged with violet and dark strawberry pulp. Good quality. Main crop figs are slightly smaller, turbinate without neck or with a short one, grass green with light pink pulp. Sweet and rich flavor. Quality and size varies according to local climate. Brebas, for example, are good at Riverside while the main crop is bigger and better on the California coast. I have been looking for this one for five or six years and finally got a couple of plants from some cuttings Don Polensky of San Jose, California sent me in early January 1998. Synonym: Grosse Monstreuse de Lipari.

Main crop figs are rich in flavor, dark red pulp with green skin. Breba crop sampled in 2014 was not very good. I neglected eating this fig for several years due to thinking green figs just aren't right but then realized how good this fig was and it's reliably a great fig although sometimes it's soured on me, but usually way past peak ripeness.

Condit praises it highly. Large, grass-green fig of good quality. Fairly tender. Medium-large, green tinged with violet figs have dark strawberry colored pulp. Very good quality, rich and sweet. Vigorous and productive tree produces both a breba and second crop. A French variety dating from the mid 1800's it is known to do well in the eastern US.

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Additional Pictures:

http://figs4fun.com/Thumbnail_Monstrueuse.html

References:
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[HarveyC]

Zone / Region: 9b Near Sacramento, CA

Cultural practice: Grown ground with drip irrigation

Leaf descriptions:

Fig descriptions: Main crop figs are rich in flavor, dark red pulp with green skin. Breba crop sampled in 2014 was not very good. I neglected eating this fig for several years due to thinking green figs just aren't right but then realized how good this fig was and it's reliably a great fig although sometimes it's soured on me, but usually way past peak ripeness.

Growth habits: Average vigor. Tree is about 15 years old, fertilized very little.

[Gardencrochet]

Zone / Region: 9b Near Sacramento, CA

Cultural practice: Grown ground with drip irrigation

Leaf descriptions:

Fig descriptions: Main crop figs are rich in flavor, dark red pulp with green skin. Breba crop sampled in 2014 was not very good. I neglected eating this fig for several years due to thinking green figs just aren't right but then realized how good this fig was and it's reliably a great fig although sometimes it's soured on me, but usually way past peak ripeness.

Growth habits: Average vigor. Tree is about 15 years old, fertilized very little.

Grosse Monsturese de Lipari - 2015

[peppercuts]

Sorry to revive an old thread. I saw that HarveyC pictures are dated around mid July. So this can be considered an early mid season fig?
When does it start ripening for you?

[Boholfig]

Oh hello! Thanks for the mention. Im still reading , learning fig cultivation. believe me this forum is so helfful to me as a beginner. I got nothing to share right now. Maybe in 2 to 3 years when my plants produces then I will be able to engage in this forum. God bless!

[Figgerlickinggood]

I watched a new video this morning from IV Organics. He did a taste testing with some friends and the Monstrueuse was one of the figs tasted. This fig was just beautiful. Full of pulpy jam that oozed out as he was cutting it open. Do you need the wasp for this variety? https://youtu.be/RbSw-_pZsoc