Okay, time for me to share, I guess. No wild rainbow figs but great tasting.

Panache, first fig picked August 17th.  I hear different flavors described and I'm just not that sophisticated, I guess, I thought it was like strawberry jam.  I picked quite a few for maybe two months but still wasn't enough.  May plant a lot more of these.







This fig is simply called "Long Neck Yellow" and I believe it was first shared by George Emerich. I got mine from Edgar Valdivia who told me it was the only fig he would grow because it was the best. :)

First fig picked August 29th, second photo from September 12th.  Sorry, no inside photos. Golden yellow.

They look great. Nice pictures, thanks for sharing.

Thanks. The photos aren't as good as the figs, they were taken with my cell phone. ;)  I've got quite a bit invested in photography equipment but end up using my phone most of the time since it's almost always handy.

Oh man, my mouth is watering...no lie.

They look great!  I use my cell phone, too, because the photos get uploaded to the web automatically and they're easy to share.  The Panache is amazing, isn't it?

Yes it is, Bob.

I would have uploaded here before but don't find an easy way to do it.  Most of my fruit and garden photos (most everything, really) get posted first to Facebook since I can upload it directly with my Android phone.  I don't believe we can link to FB photos and have them show up here (outside of FB friends).  I finally went through the photos on my phone and picked these out and uploaded them to my Google+ account and was able to link to those files in this post.  Is there an easier way that you do it, Bob?

Not necessarily  :)   If you have G+ on your phone you can set it to upload all photos automatically.  I shoot the fig photos, writhe with pleasure from the figs and by the time I'm ready to share the photos are already on G+.  Then link to them as you already did above.

One of the great things about this fig is that it ripens and tastes great without a lot of light and heat.  So those of us in less than ideal conditions still get to have the great taste.

When I visited Jon once in December (2007, I believe), I'm pretty sure he said that Panache was very late to ripen for him and that we were just finally picking some figs that were somewhat ripe.  Maybe that was a late year but I don't recall it being cool like 2009 and 2010 (in NorCal, at least).  I thought it required a lot of heat.  Glad to hear that it does well for you.

A friend about an hour north of me told me his Panache split pretty bad but I haven't had that problem at all.  He said soil moisture fluctuation was not an issue.

Long Neck Yellow

Nice to see how mine will look like too. Picture do help.

Jennifer, my wife and I just decided tonight to drive up to visit her dad in St. Maries for Christmas.  Unfortunately, I only have unripe figs remaining on my Panache.  Otherwise, I could drop some off on the way. ;)  Zone 6-7 is a LOT warmer than up where we're going!

I found I had one more ripe Panache yesterday, December 7th. Part of it was spoiled but it was still pretty good for this time of year. :)





Maybe I'll grow another one in a high tunnel to stretch out the season.

The panache looks wonderful! I purchased mine from Raintree Nursery a few months ago. It's only about 18 inches tall so still a baby. But seeing your pictures and hearing you and other members describe this variant makes me a little more anxious. I'm sure it will be worth the wait though.
Thank you for giving me insight for what's to come!! Thoroughly enjoyed! Thanks Harvey!

I have 5 year old tree, they have always been a good cropper

To Bob C
Were you referring to Golden Yellow when you wrote above "One of the great things about this fig is that it ripens and tastes great without a lot of light and heat.  So those of us in less than ideal conditions still get to have the great taste."

No, the Panache.  it had 2 immature figs that ripened in my grow room under fluorescent lights over the course of 3-6 weeks, I'm guessing.  I can't tell you how delicious they were.  Better than any fig jam I've had.  Maybe they're even better in So Cal with all that heat, but it's hard to imagine   :)

I'm curious....in sharing some photos of Panache with my sister, I was looking at photos and ones shown in Jon's variety catalog at http://figs4fun.com/Thumbnail_Panachee.html and I see that most of those figs show the ripe figs still have much of their striping while mine lose the striping when they are really ripe.  Am I just more patient and letting them get more ripe??? I do some some faint striping on some of my ripe Panche, but nothing as obvious in Jon's list.

very nice figs, thanks for sharing.

Harvey thanks for posting the pictures of your plant. Mine split bad last season it gets another chance this upcoming season.

Harvey,
Those are pretty nice photos esp. from a cell phone. Beautiful yellow fig.

That long neck yellow sure is pretty, nice even gold color, very nice indeed 

Long Neck Yellow is supposedly a unnamed selection at the UCR breeding project rescued by George Emerich before it was removed.  I received mine from my friend Ed Valdivia who received his from George.  I've visited George a couple of times but don't even remember him growing figs (was mostly impressed by large cherimoya and white sapote).  Anyways, it seems to have a couple of slightly different names.  The fruit at Ed Valdivia's place were longer or more slender but maybe mine gets pollinated some by wasps.

As far as my update to this post, I'm looking for any ideas on what influences skin color, particularly Panache since my ripe fruit don't have much striping left when they are ripe.

Harvey,

Thanks for sharing your photos and observations.

Harvey, those are amazing figs ( and pictures!!) I wonder if the "long yellow" is the same as "long neck yellow".. those yellow figs are gorgeous... I bet you they taste really good also.

Harvey I noticed your tree doesnot have the stripes on the trunk... the cutting I received to root was really cute all stripped..not sure if just the tip cutting is striped...Could be you have a variant of the panachee.  nice tree!

The first Panache picture was showing strip on two ripe-like figs.  If by just looking at that picture, I would assume those two are ready to harvest.  I am wondering if no striping was due to really ripe stage.  

Panache is really exceptional, especially here in S. California.  My Panache is in the warmest place in my yard - on a south facing slope, up against my neighbor's big crib wall, so it is very protected (not that I need that), and it gets additional reflected heat from the crib wall.  I was the first fresh fig I had eaten since coming back to S. California in 2009.  I had never had such a special fig before, and it started my love affair with figs.  Panache is a very, very vigorous grower, my tree was about 20' and growing, so I had to take it way, way down last season, so I didn't get any figs last year :-(  Looking forward to figs this year.  And, it is prolific fig producer as well.  It bears for me in late August/September.  It is growing in full sun all day long.  Jon, when do you get figs off your Panache (Jon has a ginormous Panache like mine, they appear to REALLY love San Diego county.)