Malta Purple Red

PM920
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Hi just a pic of my Malta purple red that I got from Gorgi in 2007 as a starter tree. despite all the rain we have had it still taste great.
Thanks Gorgi
Paul

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gorgi
1317060216

Hi PM,

Glad that you are happy with your MPR (GM#1).

Rain highly distorts figs appearance and taste.

Recently, I went to re-visit the mother tree, only

to find that it was 'kaput'; due to some site 'improvement'.

Here are pics of two recently harvested figs that

also got 'rain' distorted, but still (watery) edible;

GM#2 (Malta Mission) and MBvs.

Others were in a much worse condition, with the Brunswick (types) literally exploding.

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PM920
1317087208

gorgi I can not view the pics
thank you
Paul

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gorgi
1317109957

Pics should be there now.

[Edit needs to be in 'Advanced' mode when there are uploaded files in the post.]

This is another fig harvested the same day.

[E: This one kept it normal appearance.]

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PM920
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Thank you gorgi.

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HarveyC
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Bringing this thread back to life. :)

I purchased my Malta Purple Red tree from Vinnie in WV in July 2013. It grew slowly in 2013 and in 2014 but really took off this year and produced a lot of very nice fruits for me over a long season. I don't know if they were caprified or not. In the past, wasps did not fly very far to my fig trees but I've seen some evidence that they have developed stronger flying habits since some of my smyrna types were productive even though I didn't bother to place many caprifigs around them.

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