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I had this tree for two season never got a fig gave it to my father and this year it had a bonanza crop. Fig was delicious think I want it back now lol






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It looks good, thanks for sharing.

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Would like to Go to Canada to taste these, Where is my Passport...LOL
They remind me of the Queen's Jewels, as I stared into her eyes.
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Hey Rodney, you are not English LOL     My Conadria was blah no flavor, I think I over watered them, They were in a big pot. I think I will plant them in the ground
and hope to get the same results as Nelson.......Thank for the Photos and You have given me something to look forward to next year.
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Nelson, I think there are 2 strains of Conadria. My tree is exactly similar to Durio nursery's description.
The breba crop is large too. I like the taste. The main crop from my tree are exhibiting signs of ripening. 
This darn rain is unusual for Sept. I think this is the wettest Sept in 5 years. It is affecting my main crop.
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Hi Nelson.  What clues did you use to know when this variety is really ripe?  Did it get a hangman's neck sort of droop on this one?  I've got one that got big and soft, but it isn't drooping over at all yet.  I'm pretty patient (many of the dark ones I leave on til they're wrinkly and sort of starting to dry on the exterior... way past the drooping stage), but just wondering what I should watch for on a Conadria...  any advice for that?  

Mike   central NY state, zone 5a
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Hi Nelson.
i am trying to gather duplicates in my collection to give to my parents and to avoid wanting plants back.

I guess there are no boundaries to this hobby. i also have to share with some generous member some cuttings..

all in all i hope this winter to share some cuttings or else ill go mad- i dont like to be in debt to someone :)
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Nice and rich fig Nelson.
One day I shall see how they will do here.
Congrats

Francisco
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Hi Paul, yes theres atleast 2 conadrias or more who knows. This was a gift from Adriano a couple seasons back very productive and great tasting figs specially when the temps start to drop go figure. PS after I posted this thread I went through my notes again and noticed I had purchased another Conadria from figsforlife out in BC so I went outside to check and sure enough its there no figs though but I will compare the two next season and see if they are the same.

Michael leave that sucker on there for another couple days the stem will eventually loosen up and you will notice the fig drop even more this one also started to get some skin cracks when I lifted the fig it came right off the tree. This trick does not work on Pane E Vino white or White triana if your not carefull with those two you might rip off bark and all lol.

Francisco, this was the first one I sampled and if they are generally this good then its a very very good white fig.

Elin , my parents recently moved and now my dad lives one block away I can walk there and enjoy his figs while hes at work lol I have allot of my plants at their house and they eat them as they ripen I have no problems with that. Worst part is my dad rubs it in all the time when he eats figs from my trees I haven't sampled yet and says how good they are and that he started an airlayer.
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your making me jealous...they look great..
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Hi Nelson,
I sampled my first Conadria fig today.  I took your advice and waited until it was ready to drop at a mere touch.  It actually fell off the tree on its own this morning (it was windy here).  It looks a lot like yours.  I saw it had fallen off just as I was leaving to go out of town for a medical trip.  (But it was on the tree in the early morning still).  Tasted very good, though maybe a little bit watered down -- it's been quite rainy here for the past week or so.  When I get back to town I'll post the pics (I took a few pics but didn't have time to post them).  Another one looks to be ready within a 3 or 4 days.  Interesting fig!

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In 2007 I bought 2 Conadria figs.
They were listed as separate forms of the variety Conadria (DFIC 050 and 005). One has a more amber pulp then the other and sometimes ripens about a week later. Both have been very productive and both do get a bit watery tasting if over watered (something I am completely guilty of at almost all times it seems).

This year the fruit on one was noticeably larger then the other and much bigger then previous years. Both have been great producers and I love this variety for Jam. 

Nelson's variety is bigger then the one I have with red pulp.

I have both of mine in 15 gallon pots.

I pick them by giving them a light poke. If ripe they fall right off.

I have started thinking of my figs differently now that I get enough to make preserves. Next year I'll even sell to the local folks who have expressed an interest so varieties like Conadria that always have a productive crop are more important then they used to be when taste was all I considered. This variety also seems more valuable since I've collected 95% of all the varieties I wanted and am producing far more figs then I can eat fresh off the trees. I don't even think of this variety together with my Col de Dame Blancs, Longue D'Aouts or Battaglia Greens (my 3 best tasting green figs this year). Now I think of them as a crop I can use and rely on to supply me with ample numbers of figs reliably. Sure I enjoy them and in years past even thought they had an excellent flavor and probably will again if I ever learn to turn the hose off, but they out-produced my best tasting figs by a huge margin and I find I'm becoming much more interested in fig production then in taste alone.
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Nice information, thanks for sharing.

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Hi Nelson,
Hope you don't mind me adding photos of my first Conadria to your posting thread.  (It just seemed better than starting a totally new thread on the same fig).  This was my first Conadria (got just two this year, the first year that this second-year tree has fruited).  It was very slow to finish ripening... took two or three weeks in the "bulging" final stage, during which time there was a week of heavy rain and also a week of beautiful warm fall weather.  But overall the taste of this one was a bit watery, even resembled "cucumber" taste (if there is such a thing in figs).  I liked it anyway, and will hold onto the tree to see if the taste improves in future years.  Not horrible but not nearly as good as the delicious fig that you described.  Hoping that next year it's as good as the ones that you and your father got!

Mike   central NY state, zone 5a

p.s. thanks (Nelson and Michael G) for the tips about knowing when this variety is ripe.

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Nelson,
Thanks for posting picture and commentary.
Attached are pictures of the first Conadria EL fig to ripen (almost, I accidentally knocked it off the tree)) this season on my 2 year old plant. It has been in the 30s to 40's at night, so I did not really expect them to ripen (there are 2 dozen currently swelling now and 3 dozen were pinched two weeks ago). Although it was not ripe, It was sweet with a mild berry flavor, it could have used several more days of warm weather.
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   I gave a 2yr. old Conadria to my sister-in-law this past spring(April / May) in order to make some room in my backyard...it's her first fig tree, and I had to take her through the basics of care and feeding...it doubled in size this growing season and she was able to eat her first ripe figs in early October...needless to say she is now a diehard fig fan.
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Vince,


     That's great that you turned your sister-in-law into a fig-o-phile. Now stand back. As the saying goes, converts make the worst zealots!
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