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Uncle Antonio A is a common fig fig tree cultivation Ficus carica bifera that is with two crops per season, spring-summer brews, and autumn figs, of epidermis figs with black background and on absent color. It is mainly grown in the Spanish southeast (Murcia region and Alicante province),

History
It seems that the origin of the fig tree is the Mediterranean and its fruits have been greatly appreciated by the different cultures that have settled on the shores of this sea over the years. But other sources indicate that the fig comes from the countries of the Middle East, ranging from the Mediterranean area to western Asia. However, ancient civilizations of the Eastern Mediterranean used the fig long before it reached Europe.

It was probably started in southern Arabia from where it spread to other countries. Possibly the Phoenicians spread the cultivation of the fig tree in Cyprus, Sicily, Malta, Corsica, Balearic Islands, Iberian peninsula, France. The Greeks brought the fruit to Palestine and Asia Minor.

The variety 'Tio Antonio A' is native to the southeast of Spain, and is grown in the province of Alicante. This variety has been selected by the "Elche Agrarian Experimental Station" among many other varieties of black figs of the Valencia Community for its intensive commercial cultivation, as it is vigorous and well adapted in intensive crops, apart from its good taste qualities and productivity.

Characteristics
The fig tree 'Uncle Antonio A' is a variety of the common higo type bifera (with two crops per season, spring brews - summer and autumn figs).

The brews have a ratio of calibres with respect to the% of the fruits:

The 'Uncle Antonio A' brews are apperated, non-symmetrical, large, with an average weight of 89,00 gr, with a ratio of width x length: 450 x 630 mm, and a pedunculum length of 6 mm. They have an elastic epidermis, with medium firmness, good scratching aptitude, with black background color with numerous very small white lentils and on color small brown green spots. With a ° Brix (5-sample average) of a sweet taste of 16.3, with mesocarpian of a uniform thickness but a little thicker in the area of the neck with pink color, and the color of the light red pulp, with internal cavity of a medium type, with few aquenes of a medium type. It has some thick longitudinal crack. Of a good quality in its organoleptic assessment, they are of a maturation beginning from May 29. They are resistant to handling and transport.

The figs have a ratio of calibres with respect to the% of the fruits:

The figs' Uncle Antonio A 'are apperated, non-symmetrical, medium-sized fruits with an average weight of 41,39 gr, with a ratio of width x length: 412 x 482 mm, and a pedunculum length of 3 mm. They have an epiderm