Ficus carica 'O’Rourke'

Cultivar

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Characteristics

A perennial monoecious deciduous tree.
Life form perennial
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination entomogamy
Spread endozoochory
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Cultivation

Good quality, very productive, medium size, common-type fruit, tan with golden flesh, red near the center when fully ripe. Origin: Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, by E.N. O’Rourke. Celeste × C1; crossed 1956; selected 1960; tested as L57-11-103; released 2010. Tree: vigorous; growth habit upright; moderately resistant to freeze damage; leaves palmate with 5-7 lobes; some resistance to fig leaf rust and leaf spot. Fruit: persistent; common type with long stalk, 14.2 mm; size moderate, diameter 30 mm, 20 g; eye slightly open; tan with golden flesh that ripens to red near center; 18.1 °Brix.
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Germination duration (days) 15 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Optimum temperature (C°) 16 - 26
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Ficus carica 'O’Rourke'