Unknown

Unknown, or sometimes just “U”. Often appended to a fig variety name as a prefix or suffix to identify a previously known variety (now lost or forgotten) as an unknown. Such varieties are often already grown widely under a known variety name, but a specific specimen has simply lost the widely known name. In botany, the a term that may be in part is “ramet”: an independent member of a clone. Though an unknown could also be a “seedling”, it cannot be certain. In contrast, see Seedling.