Bethel Grove Gardens · Variety reference
Bellone
Biological type: Common (persistent)
Pollination: Unknown
Cutting reference$15.00
One-gallon reference$60.00
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
- Unifera
- Main crop ripening
- Late
- Flavor profile
- Berry
- Fruit size
- Medium
- Skin color
- Violet with green undertones
- Pulp color
- Red
- Hardiness / climate notes
- Mediterranean
Reported growth habit: Unknown
Origins & names
- Geographic origin
- Nice / Côte d'Azur
- Possible origin
- France
- Synonyms / alternate names
- Bellona; Figue de Nice; Noire de Nice
- Same or nearly the same
- Often confused with Sultane (called Bellone bifère).
- Popular close brother
- Unknown / not recorded
- Known parentage
- Traditional
- Reference year
- 1700
- First year (estimate)
- Nice-area landrace ('queen of figs')
- What the year means
- Traditional Côte d'Azur. Seedling year unknown.
Evidence & reference values
- Confidence
- Established regional
- Key sources
- Figaholics orchard list
- Condit page
- Unknown / not recorded
- Notes
- Italian conservation catalog entry. Flavor/size not extracted from individual PDFs in this pass.; excellent (Condit)
- Commonality
- Average
- Market availability
- FigBid regular
Imported catalog record; not individually reviewed. Separate names do not necessarily establish distinct genotypes.