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LSU Black, Cartengena Negra & Vista

Good day, here are a few figs I picked a few hours ago.  LSU Black, aka Scott's Black, Cartengena Negra, and Vista.  Top left is LSU Black, top right is CN, and bottom is Vista.  All were sweet and are keepers. 

Guess which one was the sweetest?   And which tree was the smallest?

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Dennis, I want to believe it was Scotts Black only because I have that one :)
 
  Pete

LSU black is smallest & Vista is the sweetest ...I guess

Vista is the ripest fig of the lot so I would guess that it is the sweetest.   

I have no idea about tree size.

Dennis, the correct name is coll de dama Cartegena Negra. How was it?

well, the sweetest was Vista, second was LSU Black.  But CN was close second.  I got several more figs on my tree.  They are much larger than this guy.  I'm gonna have to cover the figs with newspaper.  Coffee filters are too small.  

Thanks Bass.  I'll update my database.  It was excellent and my third fig.  I may plant it in my orchard this Fall.  Its an excellent black fig.  Soudai is fruiting now too.

the smallest tree is Vista.  My LSU Black was a tiny gallon tree in 3gallon pot.  It grew so fast that I had to repot it in June to a self watering 30 gal pot.  Now the tree is 6' fall resting in pure UPM.  That UPM is amazing stuff!!!!

Urban Potting Mix?  Doesn't that turn any fig planted in it into a brown turkey?

UPM stands for Ultimate Potting Mix by Fertilome.  I contajns no bark and is super soft.  Lately, I've been potting all my trees up with it including a few cuttings.  My LSU Blacks, Galbun, Panachee, and others just love it!  

I would like to see pictures of your trees.  The BM pic was a hoot, and I am always curious about distinguishing all of those provencal figs, so I like to see pictures of reasonably mature trees.  Really, it's true for all figs--we need multiple pictures of the tree to help ID and give a general sense of what the varietal is about.

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