This is my first fig, almost ripe from my Red Lebanese fig tree.Very productive,no FMV,taste...?don't know yet.The tree is in a 18 gal pot,2 years old,thanks for looking.Marius

I am getting a whole a bunch of cuttings from Lebanon in a few days with my uncle! and my grandparents have fields and fields of different types of lebanese figs. I'm sure i will receive this one! My only concern is.. does it need very warm weather? or is it like regular figs? I have a kadota that ripened in my area, would this be able to ripen as well? I'm concerning because Lebanon has really hot climate, and trying to adapt it might be hard!

mnedelcu...

Please update this thread.

Where did you get this tree?

How was the taste of the ripe fig?

Is this variety hardy?  In what zone is your tree growing?

Thanks,

Frank

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Red Lebanese brebas

Hi Frank.This fig originates from a small village near Bekaa Valley,Lebanon.I grow it in Ohio,25 miles south of Cleveland.Taste good, very sweet and is cold hardy.

Nice looking figs Marius. Thanks for the pics.

Marius,

Bass....

Gina provided a link to more photos that I think are from your site.  The brebas are huge in that little child's hand.  Are the main-crop figs also very large, and do they ripen properly if you allow the brebas to ripen?  I guess what I'm asking is this:  Does our climate allow enough time/heat for breba and main-crop figs to ripen?

Thanks for a look at this interesting variety...... Ummmmm?

Frank

hey marius

Frank,

There seem to be many figs with confusing, or rather, ambiguous names. Since figs have been easily propagated for so many centuries, and people have traveled and collected for so long too, there must be many of these sorts of varietal names that are a combination of the location collected and color. And as people continue to travel and collect 'a particularly good fig', more as time passes. Lebanese red, Sicilian red,  Sicilian black, Italian black, brown Turkey, Greek black, and so forth. How many of each of these exist? It's enough to make one's head spin.

Bass...
Thanks for the additional information.  I really appreciate all the feedback.

Gina...
When I first started with this fig-madness back in 2007, one of the most aggravating, and frustrating things I had to get used to was that the same variety of fig can have many different names.  Very few varieties are named, and there seems to be very loose standards that describe a variety with any accuracy.  You might want a Brown Turkey....there's dozens of figs that fit that fig-type, all with different names.  It depends on who's doing the naming.  It's a real mess!

I feel your pain.

Frank

mnedelcu...

So sorry that I didn't acknowledge your posting #5...and thank-you for the additional information about this variety.  Wishing you continued happy growing and eating of this fig.

Frank

Marius...

Last year you posted photos of the figs as they started to ripen...can you update this thread with any new information, observations, or some current photos?

Do you like this variety of "red" fig?

Thanks,

Frank

Frank,this year i came out from my sheed with this varietie too fast,late march,with full of green shots.I was gone with my truck for one week,we had 3 nights with 20 some degrees and....dead.Now,that's about 6 figs on plant,compare with 60-70 last year.I will post pictures with a ripe fig.

Marius...

That news is a real heart breaker!  Sorry, that the fig tree was blasted.  Hopefully, it will come back stronger, and better.

Thanks for the updated information.

Frank