Paradiso


 Conadria


Violette De Bordeaux


LSU Gold


LSU Gold Cuttings


Violette De Bordeaux Cuttings

I was going to ask if those pics are from this year but after seeing you are in Mesa AZ that answered it.
Great pics here and on your website. Thanks for sharing.

THISISME,
VdB as taste is subjective to me is berry tasting with of course some sweetness.
Out of the group pictures you shown it may be your favorite depending on your personal palate .
Its a sure keeper in my yard always as i cut down on the # of plants .
The eye is fairly closed here in our area.

newnandawg all the pictures where taken today.

Dieseler thats how I would describe the taste of VDB too. Tastes very good but there are better. So far though its my favorite tree. Easy to grow, grows fast, good tasting fruit, produces lots of fruit and the fruit is resistant to spoilage do to the mostly closed eye. Only thing I could ask for would be bigger fruit. Fist sized would be about perfect.

One can always dream.

WOW

How many grams are your VdB fruit, do you know?  Looks like this year I will be getting mostly 60g+ brebas again...Hopefully it will be hot when it's ripe in a month or so.  Hopefully.  It will be a severe challenge getting to some of these fruits, though, one tree is too tall by far.

shah8 I have no idea how much they weigh. The VDB in the picture is not producing many breba. I fertilized to much at the wrong time so it aborted most of the breba crop. It has lots of new growth though. On the bright side I can see hundreds and hundreds of main crop figs starting. In a couple of months I should have figs coming out my ears. I'm going to try keeping the birds away with a technique used at a local orchard. They put shiny tinsel garlands on the trees with ripening fruit. I have no idea if its going to work but tinsel garlands are pretty cheap this time of year. I figure its worth a try.

Nice photos Thisisme.  The trees look great as always.

Looking good.

It's 82 degrees right now at 8:24pm.   Figs are loving this weather, but not me!   Fellow desert dweller fig finatic.

Great trees. 

THISISME
I had a brain freeze when i descripe VdB as i looked at the baby ones in pot in your last picture then read the line under it

What's it taste like? Is it open or closed eyed?

lol i thought you were unfamilar with its taste and curious DUH on me !

Then read your next posting how you also would describe taste.
I then looked more at your pictures and seen the large VdB you have.

lol Martin, when I read your post I reread the other posts to see if anyone had asked about the taste. But you were directing your post to me. Just one more of the joys of posting. We all do it from time to time. And hey! I'm happy because it wasn't my turn.lol

Thanks for posting... Good looking trees.
How old are they?

ascpete the Paradiso, Conadria and LSU Gold were just rooted two years ago. This is their third season but they were in pots for a year. The large VDB is now in it's fourth season. Though it was kept small in a pot it's first two seasons. It's first season in the ground I cut it back pretty severely. Last winter I only took a couple feet off the top. I expect it to double in size between now and when it goes dormant January 2014. It usually only goes dormant two weeks a year. Last year it produced edible fruit through November.

I also have a small Janice Seedless Kodata from DWN and a Panache from Rolling River. Both planted within the last two months. A local forum member is rooting a Black Madeira for me and I just purchased some Raspberry Latte cuttings from fatnsassytexan.

Just hoping I don't kill them.lol

Thanks.
They Look Great (for their age : )
Judging by the pictures, I believe you will be very successful.
Good Luck.