Lsu Agcenter Fig Breeding Program

Lsu Agcenter Fig Breeding Program Youtube The agcenter started the initial fig breeding program to develop varieties for the gulf south region under the longtime leadership of horticulturist ed o’rourke. “elite selections from this program were evaluated and maintained over the years by interested university cooperators and at agcenter experiment stations in hammond and port. The lsu agcenter has a history in fig breeding that dates back to the 1950s. lsu agcenter horticulturist jason stagg discusses the program and five fig varie.

Lsu Agcenter Lsu Agcenter Fig Breeding Program Alma was released in texas in the 1970s. it’s one of the latest ripening figs, with its sweet fruit ripening several weeks after that of celeste. alma is cold sensitive and so is better suited to southern than northern louisiana. the fruit produces resin that seals the eye. lsu had a fig breeding program that began in the 1950s. The lsu agcenter has a history in fig breeding that dates back to the 1950s. lsu agcenter horticulturist jason stagg discusses the program and five fig varieties that have been released tiger, champagne, lsu purple, lsu gold and o'rourke. ‘lsu gold’ and ‘lsu purple’ have been poplar releases from the breeding program. the purple one is a beautiful dark purple though the gold one is really more yellow, of course. both are large figs so it’s easy to fill a bucket and make lots of preserves. ‘lsu gold’ is very visible to birds, even more so than other cultivars. Take a tour of the five figs developed through the lsu agcenter fig breeding program with anna the archer from swamp people. anna discusses each fig variety.

Lsu Agcenter Continues Fig Research ‘lsu gold’ and ‘lsu purple’ have been poplar releases from the breeding program. the purple one is a beautiful dark purple though the gold one is really more yellow, of course. both are large figs so it’s easy to fill a bucket and make lots of preserves. ‘lsu gold’ is very visible to birds, even more so than other cultivars. Take a tour of the five figs developed through the lsu agcenter fig breeding program with anna the archer from swamp people. anna discusses each fig variety. The lsu agcenter has a history in fig breeding that dates back to the 1950s. lsu agcenter horticulturist jason stagg discusses the program and five fig varieties that have been released tiger, champagne, lsu purple, lsu gold and o'rourke. Three new fig varieties from the lsu agcenter. fig ( ficus carica l.) breeding selections l57 11 103, l55 13 22 and l57 13 121; ‘o’rourke’, ‘champagne’ and ‘tiger’ respectively, are releases from the louisiana. state university agricultural center fig breeding program which was initiated in the. 1950s to develop cultivars for the.