Bethel Grove Gardens · Variety reference
Smith
Biological type: Common (persistent)
Pollination: Unknown
Cutting reference$15.00
One-gallon reference$65.00
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
- Main
- Main crop ripening
- Average
- Flavor profile
- Berry
- Fruit size
- Medium
- Skin color
- Dark
- Pulp color
- Red
- Hardiness / climate notes
- Standout rain/humidity performer
Reported growth habit: Unknown
Origins & names
- Geographic origin
- Trail: Croatia → France → Becnel family, Louisiana
- Possible origin
- USA (Texas)
- Synonyms / alternate names
- Texas BA-1; Cessac
- Same or nearly the same
- PersistentFig WGS: Cessac = Smith (1 SNP in 3.39M clean sites).
- Popular close brother
- Unknown / not recorded
- Known parentage
- Unknown traditional; Cessac is same genotype
- Reference year
- 1980
- First year (estimate)
- Older humid-South collector fig; Becnel popularized later
- What the year means
- Trail Croatia→France→Becnel, LA. Exact seedling year unknown. Genome later matched to Cessac.
Evidence & reference values
- Confidence
- WGS synonym Cessac=Smith
- Key sources
- PersistentFig; ChicagoFigs; FigBoss; Becnel history
- Condit page
- Unknown / not recorded
- Notes
- Older horticultural name is Smith. | Price: Fig Boss 3-cut Smith $45 ($15 ea); FigBid 1-gal BIN $65; auction trees ~$26
- Commonality
- Average
- Market availability
- FigBid regular
Preserved earlier research
These earlier notes have not been reconciled with every catalog field. Edit the full description to replace this section with a current account.
Grower accounts propose France or Croatia, but the reviewed history does not establish either route. Both remain possibilities rather than a confirmed birthplace.
- Ourfigs — What’s the pre-Becnel history of the Smith fig?
- FigBid — joseph1942’s Becnel oral-history account
Preserved earlier research. The updated workbook fields above may differ; consult the cited sources when reports conflict.
This is an initial source review. Unresolved traits remain visible below.