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First Salem Dark main crop 2012.... a total bust

I don't even get to eat it.  I guess Salem Dark doesn't handle rain well.  We've had at least 3 inches in the last 3 weeks, and ... you see the result.  The other fruit this 5' tall, 1" caliper tree had fell off last week prematurely.

I also note that Salem Dark fruit appears to be heavily impacted by FMV (or whatever the hell virus cocktail my trees may have), the fruit has a lot of scarring and brown marks, something that Marseilles Black VS and Sal (Gene's) have a problem with (strange, Sal Corleone has none of these viral/fruit problems, but is supposedly inferior in taste)

Maybe I'll get lucky on the main crop?

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Jason, that looks just like most of my figs this season. Even ones that don't ordinarily split. Of course up to 3 inches of rain per week for last 6 weeks hasn't helped. Only my O'Rourke has defeated the rain 100%.
"gene"

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