Here you can see my grafted branch of Longue d'Aout figs (sometimes ill-named "Lougue d'Aout", "Longue" in French means "Long").
All branch is covered with figs. The ones of the bottom, on the point of ripening, are of huge size (the coin in the picture is 1 euro, aprox 1 inch diameter).

Nice looking fig, can you describe taste of these figs .
Martin

It is the first year I crop Longue d'Aout figs. So far, it has only ripened one fig. It isn't quantity enough to get any conclusion about taste. That fig was sweet and dense.

When I taste the next figs I will let you know.

Im just curious, where did you get your Longue d'Aout ?  That a very interesting looking fig! Did you buy it as a tree or root a cutting?

I bought it in a French nursery. I live 100 km from the French frontier, so I go from time to time to buy plants what I don't find in Spain. Longue d'Aout is a known variety in France but not in Spain. Finally, I grafted it on an adult fig tree. It is the branch in the picture.

According to Pierre Baud it is a good tasting variety for main crop figs, however the brevas aren't so good in comparison to other varieties. It bears very well the wet weather and rain but it loses sweetness. It is common to all varieties but it seems to be more remarked in Longue d´Aout.

Although it is soon to get conclusions, it is actually my most productive variety. The branch is 2 mt in size and is full of figs from bottom to top.

Wow! lucky you :)  I have been searching around for this one since I saw this post and your pictures and seem to find no way of getting this tree.  I love the interesting or different figs.  Im in the U.S. and can't locate one.  Anyone have any leads? I just gotta find it, lol.  And Steve if your seeing this one, lol, about figs not being my life, true, but sometimes I wonder hahahaha.

Kim - They may not be your life but they turn into a strong obsession for sure!

hahaha, when I first started on this fig search it was just simply wanting a negronne and could not find one in Texas at a nursery, one thing leads to another and Im hooked.  Feels good to be in the company of other "fig addicted" friends, lol... I still dont have a negronne, one more for the list!! ;))

My list is getting pretty long also but thankfully I am nursing a bunch of cuttings that are keeping me from shopping for figs. I'm amazed out how much time I spend thinking about my figs - they sure get under your skin.

Steve - U are not alone. I have this loonie fig traits too. I have mine mostly in pots as I run out of land to put them in ground. My want list is at least 20 varieties.

Axier,

Can you post a picture of the inside of a ripe fig?

Thanks.

Darcy

By Spring I think I will have 17.... Figaholics Anon. I need help, lol.

Hi Axier,

This "Long of August" fig, is it a Smyrna type (does it need wasp pollination?)
Sure is impressive.

Scott

Darcy, I haven't the fig tree where I live, it is to 30 Km from my home. I hope to go tomorrow or so, if there is any ripened fig, I will take a inside picture.

Scott, Longue d'Aout is not an smyrna type, it is a common type fig. It needn't a wasp pollinator.

"Smyrna" is a little used and confusing synomin of  "Longue d'Aout", however it hasn't any relation with the Turkish variety so called.

Here you are the inside picture:





and some a bit overripened delicious LdA:

That is a beautiful fig! Were oohhing and ahhhing over here, lol.

My list keeps growing. I had to flip the page over to add this guy to it ;)

Maybe somebody has it over here?

http://www.eastcoastfigs.com/orchlist.html

I have never seen this site? Thanks Scott!

I've come across that site a few times. Does anyone know if they are still actively growing figs? The site looks like it hasn't been updated in a while. Were they a commercial grower?

Hi Steve -- that's my site.  It's not commercial -- though I have propagated or sent cuttings occasionally for a small fee instead of a trade.  My biggest reason for having it was to help me keep track of my variety list, along with links to other sites and documents.  Of course along the way other people have found it and made contact, so it's been a nice way to meet other fig enthusiasts.

In regards to the Longue d'Aout -- I got it from another poster on the GW fig forum about 3 or 4 years ago.  It had just started fruiting when I decided to remove it and start over in a new site -- so I still haven't tasted it.  All reports that I've read say that it well known for winter hardiness, but that it's not an outstanding quality in regards to taste.  Hopefully Axier will give us his impressions on the flavor.

Gene,
Thanks for the update and I got your email.

Hi Gene, I have to clarify that it is my first crop of Longue d'Aout, so I am not an expert with it, and taste is a personal thing. Taking into account the previous, so far, the Longue 'Aout I have eaten have been very sweet (not a "honey" fig but very sweet) and good taste, above average.

According to P. Baud, Longue 'Aout is a good tasting fig but it suffers specially a quality decreasing when it is planted in soils with deficient drainage or waterlogged. it seems to be a variety specially prone to this. Ironically, the fruit bears well the rain.

In conclusion, Longue 'Aout is for me an advisable variety, good tasting and productive. It is not an outstanding variety, in my opinion "outstanding" are only a few varieties.

I am referring to main crop fig, I haven't tasted the breva crop yet. I have heard that the Longue 'Aout breva is not so good.

I have to add one thing, my Longue 'Aout is grafted on an adult tree of a local variety. Maybe in this case the problems with wet soils disappear, who knows! Contrary to apples and grapes, the influence of rootstocks on figs has not been investigated so far.

Hi Axier, Thanks for the information about the taste.  I'm glad to hear that it's a decent flavor.  It's good that I kept it.

For me, Longue D´Aout is in the same liga with Dalmatie and Dauphine concerning quality and size.
Not the best, but very good, a big fruit, an early breba, and hardy.

Mike