Blanche

Fruit & growing traits

Biological type

Common (persistent)

Crop habit

See Condit 1955

Main crop ripening

Average

Flavor profile

Honey

Fruit size

Unknown / not recorded

Skin color

Yellow-green

Pulp color

Amber-white

Hardiness / climate notes

Common fig (parthenocarpic). Typical home-orchard range about USDA 7–10; winter-protect in colder zones. Confirm with a living source in your climate.

Reported growth habit: Unknown

Origins & names

Geographic origin

Documented in Condit 1955 (often Mediterranean / N. Africa / CA intro)

Possible origin

France

Synonyms / alternate names

Argentine; Blanche d’Argenteuil; Blanche Fleur; Blanche Hâtive; Blanche Ronde; Blanquette; Blanquo; Ford’s Seedling; Grosse Blanche Ronde; Lattarula; Lemon; Madeleine; Marseillaise White; Marseilles; Pocock; Quarteria; Raby Castle; Royale; Vigasotte Bianco; White Marseilles

Same or nearly the same

Unknown / not recorded

Popular close brother

Unknown / not recorded

Known parentage

Unknown / traditional (Condit monograph entry)

Reference year

1600

First year (estimate)

French Argenteuil/Marseille type; described by 17th–18th c. authors

What the year means

Condit cites early French pomologists. Seedling year unknown.

Evidence & reference values

Confidence

Established in Condit 1955 index

Key sources

Condit 1955 alphabetical list p. 372; MountainFigs/ChicagoFigs/OurFigs flavor notes

Condit page

372

Notes

Condit type symbol C; described under this name or cross-referenced in the 1955 monograph. Plus 9 further Condit aliases (see Condit Synonyms sheet). | Price: Raintree Lattarula $31; OGW $25

Commonality

Common

Market availability

Garden center