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I'm looking for figs with a very thin skin

I would like to find some types of figs with very thin skins that will grow good in southeast Georgia/costal georgia.... very hot,, humid,, very long growing season.... is there such a monster?? it would be nice to have some figs you can just wash and chomp....

Here are some of the ones I can think of:
Ronde de Bordeaux
Blue Celeste
Dark Portuguese
Keddie
Papa John
Pastilliere

Bass, I would also throw Atreano and Golden Atreano in that group too.

You should be able to get an idea of skin from the pix at Figs 4 Fun There are some with virtually no skin. A warning, though, the skin often adds to the flavor of a fig.

Some people peel the skin, I love the skin. I don't even wash it. 
In some years when summers are cool the figs tend to develop thicker skin, have you guys noticed that?

Hope those twigs of Blue Celeste work out!  ;)


Right Jason, that worked out good, thanks,,,now to find so of the other ones on the list.. guess I should have asked this question a week ago..

yes Bass, I have noticed that about the skin.  Later in the season it can get tough and thick.  I find it can happen in hot summers too, although later in the year.  My paradiso was delicate and thin skinned when it first started ripening and later in the season, almost rubbery.
Jon is right about the skin.  My Bifara from Grimo is flavorless without the skin/meat/flesh as an example.
Paradiso, VdB, Verte all thin skinned for me off the top of my head.  There are more, I just cant think of right now...



If you are in Georgia ,very thin skin,is not alwayes,good for rainy Georgia,because ,the skin will be eaten alive by grey fungus when raining while getting ripe.
I have seen the fungus penetrate on the side of the fig,and damage even the closed eye varieties,such as Hardy Chicago,and Celeste,Thow very seldom it happens.
You need figs with strong tough skin,like ,Scot's black,White Texas everbearing,Atreano,LSu Gold,Col de Dame, and most, LSU cultivars.
Of course tough skin with good flavorfull taste,and the cultivars i mentioned do have good tasting palatable tougher skin,compared to others.
Dr O 'Rourke,at LSU ,worked for many years to develope ,find grow and taste Fig cultivars that will resist the humid rainy conditions of the south,Specifically because the thinn skin cultivars of Turkey and Italy had a hard time in the south,of USA,

 

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