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Goldtropfen figs (Goutte d'Or)

Golddropfen , also called Dorée , Goutte d'Or or Goutte de Miel , is a traditional French variety of figs of the Ficus carica species , which is known for its excellent taste and its great winter hardiness and its resistance to drought. It is a double-bearing house fig that tends to produce small trees due to its weak growth.

As early as 1667, the gardener and botanist Jean Merlet described the variety as being very common in southern France. Today the variety is also widespread in Germany.

tree

Golddropfen has a very weak growth and in Central Europe hardly reaches a height of 2 m even after ten years. When fully grown, however, the tree reaches a height of about 3 m and a width of 3 to 4 m. The leaf is usually five- to seven-lobed and deeply incised.

fruit

The flowering figs of the Goldtropfen variety ripen quite late, often not until August. They are yellow to golden brown, large and weigh up to 100 grams. The autumn figs ripen in Central Europe from September to October, are also yellow to golden brown, rounder and weigh about 70 grams. The flesh is honey-colored. The fruit tastes very sweet.

See also

literature

  • Christoph Seiler: Figs from your own garden , Verlag Eugen Ulmer , Stuttgart 2016.
  • Pierre Baud: Le Figuier: Pas à pas , Aix-en-Provence 2008.
  • Pierre Baud: Figues , Vaison la Romaine 2005.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jean Merlet: L'Abrégé des bons fruits, avec la manière de les connoistre, & de cultiver les Arbres , Paris 1667.
  2. ↑ Christoph Seiler: figs from one's own garden , Stuttgart 2016, pages 70-71.
  3. ↑ Christoph Seiler: figs from one's own garden , Stuttgart 2016, pages 70-71.
  4. ↑ Christoph Seiler: Figs from your own garden , Stuttgart 2016, pp. 70–71.