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Got my UCD order in.

Beall
Violette de Bordeaux
Black Madiera
Black Mission
Brown Turkey
Celeste
Cole de Dame
Kadota
Excel
Improved Celeste
Osborne Prolific
Dauphine
Brunswick
Castle Kennedy

What should I expect to recieve?
Opinions on my selections?

My goal is to grow these out and select the keepers of the lot. I have set aside 30' of fence line for their permanent in ground location. As for their time in pots and for any others I have a 20'x50' area of the yard. 20'x40' of that area will someday be a barn otherwise I would keep even more (I may still plant the last 20'x10' in figs as well).

Recommendations on other selections?

What tastes do you like in your figs?

do you like seeds or no seeds?

Large or small?

Thin or thick skin?

You need to think about spacing of planting in ground. 10-15' radius sounds like minimum reasonable but I'd ask other opinions too.

Well climate for one should be a big consideration.  In humid areas certain figs (large eye types) may not be good.  For example I wonder how brunswick will do for you.  Are you in Georgia?  I stay away from it beause of my humidity

I prefer dark to light, smooth over crunchy, size does not matter if taste is there (but the tree does need to produce enough total large or small), skin enough to hold it together (tougher on figs for preserves less for fresh eating or jam). First and foremost flavor sweet and rich with little resin aftertaste.
I'm a couple years out from putting them in the ground but in the 30' foot run I can put three trees in 10' apart and let them grow large or select smaller varieties and go for 5' apart for a fig hedge. The mission may not fit in that planting scheme.

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