Harvey: If possible, I really like to see more pictures of your orchard. Looks very interesting.

Thank You

they look absolutely amazing! congratulations.

hey Bass, how would you subscribe to taste?

@James, Aldo or the sicilian red are usually nice large figs, but I don't grow them. They seem similar to the Brooklyn Dark I grow. It's totally different variety than Lebanese Red.

@Figs4life They're really tasty... Have a Lebanese fig flavor lol 

Thank You Bass for the Posting............. Hope to visit one day.......... Harvey talks like he is your next door neighbor....LOL
Thanks Harvey......learned something about Breba and Main Crop......I thought Breba meant first crop and Main the Last Crop..????

Armando, yes, first crop (breba) is on last year's branches, second (main) is on current year's growth.

Someone on eBay asked me if Lebanese Red can be grown in the ground in Nashville, zone 7a.  Is anybody besides me (in zone 9b) growing this tree in the ground here in the USA?

I still want it for southern Illinois

I do have it in ground but I am the same zone you are:) 

I will be planting two in ground in the next couple of weeks in 8a. I have the two varieties one from Bass and one from Marius.

To clarify, the one from Marius is 'Lebanese Red'.  I have recently started growing it as well.  Bill's Figs also reportedly sells something he calls Lebanese Red which is something also different.

EDIT April 26, 2014: This is in error.  The fig from Bass is Lebanese Red and the fig from Marius is Red Lebanese.

Mike - that sounds great - I'll look forward to hearing about your results.  Do you have any early reports on the differences/similarities between these two varieties?

would love 1 or 2 cuttings of lebanese red, can you spare?  will be grateful, I will pay for postage I am in California

I plan on putting one in the ground soon, I do have a backup in case it doesn't make it through next winter

Travis, what zone are you in?

PVG, you have been registered here for nearly 2.5 years and have only posted recently and all of your requests are for free cuttings.  That comes across as being rude, IMO.  I paid over $200 for mine over a year ago.

Gah.....I hate fig names.......I don't have Lebanese red.....I have red Lebanese, could that get anymore confusing, sheesh.   Damn now I want Lebanese Red, thanks a lot Harvey.  

LOL, glad I could be of help!  Bass was of equal help in originally posting about it which convinced me that I needed it! :)  The fact that he was able to harvest that many ripe fruit at once (7.5 fruits in photo shown in first post) from a potted tree is impressive, IMO.

Harvey I'm in zone 6. I'm trying to get a lot of my container figs in the ground so I don't have as much work to do

Steve, I was able to get two figs last year from one of them so I don't have anything to go on yet.

Harvey, that is correct that Marius does call his Lebanese Red and vice versa for Bass. Marius's variety comes from the Bekka region and the
one from Bass is from Beirut I believe.

Harvey sorry if I came across like that.  Just new to this fig hobby, hooked.  I do not know the parameters and am starting to see if I can root some cuttings I got in trades this year.

Okay, but you may want to make yourself familiar with the decorum guidelines at http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=6119026

If you're just starting out it really is a good idea to fine tune your propagation and growing skills with some varieties that are more common and easily replaced.

well said and good rules, if I could figure out how to introduce myself, I believe I will start at the main page