Bethel Grove Gardens · Variety reference
Houraishi
Biological type: Common (persistent)
Pollination: Unknown
Cutting reference$12.00
One-gallon reference$40.00
Reference estimates, not sale offers or mature-tree appraisals. Price evidence date not recorded.
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Fruit & growing traits
- Biological type
- Common (persistent)
- Crop habit
- Unifera / light breba
- Main crop ripening
- Average
- Flavor profile
- Honey
- Fruit size
- Medium–large
- Skin color
- Brown-purple
- Pulp color
- Amber to light red
- Hardiness / climate notes
- Vigorous; traditionally open-center trained
Reported growth habit: Unknown
Origins & names
- Geographic origin
- Japan — old commercial, open-center training
- Possible origin
- Japan
- Synonyms / alternate names
- Horaishi; Horaigaki; 蓬莱柿
- Same or nearly the same
- Condit 'Horaigaki'; historic Japanese commercial
- Popular close brother
- Unknown / not recorded
- Known parentage
- Unknown Japanese selection
- Reference year
- 1700
- First year (estimate)
- Edo–Meiji Japanese commercial; Condit Horaigaki
- What the year means
- First named or first widely circulated
Evidence & reference values
- Confidence
- Medium — nursery / forum / regional commercial sources
- Key sources
- Condit 1955 Horaigaki; Hort. J. 89 Masui vs Houraishi; Fukuoka notes
- Condit page
- Unknown / not recorded
- Notes
- Classic Japanese fresh fig before Masui Dauphine took most acreage.
- Commonality
- Common
- Market availability
- Garden center
Imported catalog record; not individually reviewed. Separate names do not necessarily establish distinct genotypes.