Joualle Ambre
Refreshingly sweet honey melon flavor…
Type: Common
Family: Dottato
Flavor Group: Honey melon
Season: Mid
Breba Crop: Yes
Origin: Algeria; France, Thierry Demarquest (France’s Figues du Monde)
Possible synonyms: None known
How To Pronounce
(zho͞o-wăl ôm-brŭh)
I know of this variety from Thierry Demarquest’s Figues du Monde. Thierry on his website states this is a fig of unknown origin. Brian with ProFig has stated that it comes from Algeria by a collector named Mr. Beatrand. That is all I know at this time for its origin.
It is a yellow fig that I am placing in the Dottato family as it has a very similar taste profile and characteristics to others in that family. This family of figs does not always ripen well for me in my hot and dry climate. They seem to do better in part shade for me otherwise they can sunburn and spoil before they ripen properly. Joualle Ambre does better than others in this aspect, which could be due to its location in my yard. It is one of my favorites for this flavor profile. It’s very similar in taste to Rigato del Salento (PB) though minus the stripes in looks.
The taste is melon, a nondescript perhaps ripe honeydew-type melon, and very sweet. It can get breba, and the main crop ripens fairly early for me around mid-August. This flavor category of figs is a tough one because it is usually beaten out by the berry figs in terms of favorites. But this is a nice one to have as a refreshing change to break up all of the berry figs. It is one of the tops for me in this category.
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