This is the first year for my Flanders to produce figs and so this one is unusually late. It has a rich figgy taste.




Compared to Melanzana MS:

leon, I ate my first of three Flanders this year. They ripened about 3 weeks apart. I cannot say it was the best of my figs but it was good. It was not as sweet as I like my figs but it had a distinct figgy flavor. It has a tight eye and wasn't bothered by rain or the intense heat we had this summer. It is growing in a pot this year.  These were on a tree that I got from Richard Watts that he started in 2009. It grew straight up to about 3' tall. In early spring I will prune the top to make it branch out into a tree form.
"gene"

It is a late fig for me. Not too sure I would keep this as I have better tasting figs for my zone. The challenge is I need to make some space to trial others. Its a productive tree.

Gene:
This one came from Watt's as well. It is not a real sweet fig but the flavor is rich. Not as good as others in my collection. My Melanzana MS is a real winner. I like solid figs.

Leon, you said "Compared to Melanzana MS". Does it mean they could be the same, similar (since did not show leaves for the two).

Leon, my Melanzanna MS is very much similar to Slocan. And Slocan is very similar to Longue d'Aout. I am sending a large Slocan tree to a friend who has a Baud Longue d'Aout, Hopefully I can find some answers to the puzzle.

Ottawan:
I compared the Flanders to my Melanzana MS because of their size. Flanders is suppose to be a medium size fig but this one turned out to be large, like the MMS. I really like the taste of both these figs but so far this season, the MMS has the edge.
As the season winds down, alot of my figs are losing their flavor but MMS just seems to get better.

Paully:
I'm not sure what to tell you about MMS being Slocan or Longue d'Aout. I have a LdA tree but it did not ripen any figs this year. If my MMS turns out to be the same as LdA, then it is no wonder it is a great tasting fig. I will compare the leaves and the immature figs tomorrow and take some photos of each variety.

I was able to see photos in Leon's post earlier but I cannot see pictures in any of his recent posts. I tested many posts by others and I can see the pictures but not Leon's. The only thing I did was to complete 'updates' on my computer (so I would not be among the group mentioned in another post who don't do updates and then cry out loud when virus hits them).

Am I the only one not able to see pictures in Leon's posts? Or could be something to do withLeon's link to his photos.

Ottawan:
I can see the photos I posted on this thread.
Not sure why you're having trouble. Leon

The pictures are back (for me). I can see it now again. I cannot explain why I could not see it during all this time. All I could see then were boxes with X inside.
Thanks.

Ottawan,

Sometimes, when I get only the red Xs in the box, I refresh the page and they will turn up.  That works more often than not, for me.  Also, sometimes I get the red Xs in the box and if I wait, the pics show up as though it just took a loooooonnnnngggg time for them to load.  That happens more often if a person has put on a large number of photos in the same post.

noss

My Flanders produced some good OK tasting late season figs for me too. Mine is a very nice looking fig as depicted in Leon's post. Early figs were larger in size than later season figs. Unfortunately, the eye opened enough to let the fruit beetles get inside. My later figs were smaller, still sweet, and without much flavor. I am not very impressed with it at this time. The tree wants to take over my trial row and was not very productive considering the tree size. I will be sending mine to fig heaven this winter to make room for a stronger flavored and hopefully more productive variety.

Dan

Dan
Soon there will be no room in the fig heaven either with so many trials in progress for that special choicest one. Recycle is another idea when done at no lo$$.

Believe me it is very hard to send a beautiful fig tree to fig heaven. Especially after all of the time invested in it.......in taking it from cuttings to a large 9- 10 ft. tree. I love all of my trees and reallly hate to see some go. My goal is to find the best ones for my growing area.....unfortunately some will have to go to make room for other trial cultivars.  Flanders may well be better suited for growing in other areas.

Dan