Bethel Grove Gardens · Variety reference
Beer's Black
Biological type: Common (persistent)
Pollination: Unknown
Cutting reference$13.00
One-gallon reference$40.00
Reference estimates, not sale offers or mature-tree appraisals. Price evidence date not recorded.
No verified photograph yet
Fruit & growing traits
- Biological type
- Common (persistent)
- Crop habit
- Bifera
- Main crop ripening
- Average
- Flavor profile
- Berry
- Fruit size
- Small–medium
- Skin color
- Black
- Pulp color
- Deep red
- Hardiness / climate notes
- Great container fig; zone 7 in-ground still debated
Reported growth habit: Unknown
Origins & names
- Geographic origin
- US/English trade name
- Possible origin
- Mediterranean / Europe
- Synonyms / alternate names
- See Violette de Bordeaux
- Same or nearly the same
- SSR synonym of VdB per cited studies.
- Popular close brother
- Violette de Bordeaux
- Known parentage
- Unknown / not recorded
- Reference year
- 1600
- First year (estimate)
- SW French landrace; early pomological descriptions
- What the year means
- Traditional Bordeaux/Negronne. Seedling year unknown.
Evidence & reference values
- Confidence
- Probable VdB synonym
- Key sources
- FigBoss genetics post; ChicagoFigs
- Condit page
- Unknown / not recorded
- Notes
- Unknown / not recorded
- Commonality
- Average
- Market availability
- Garden center
Imported catalog record; not individually reviewed. Separate names do not necessarily establish distinct genotypes.