The leaves look like belong to a Mt. Etna type fig.

Never thought about black mission before will give it a try. Lattarola did very well for me and gave the first fruits of the year. All my trees were top killed in winter. Second place goes to the unknown connies dark. It produced about 2 dozen med to large fruits that were just awesome. Hardy Chicago badly made it back at all. This will be,my first winter with Violleta bayerfeige and nordland unprotected in ground.

CH one year old cutting! Sorry ,not the best pic but look at the leaf in the background ! Almost identical and I think CH is a mount Etna cultivar as per the list on a previous posting by hllyhll! Do you guys see any resemblance on the figs?

Another useful cold hardy fig is Precose Ronde de Bordeaux. I understand that this variety is NOT the same as Ronde de Bordeaux, that is mentioned in several of the lists above. I can not tell as I do not own the Ronde de Bordeaux.
This is a great topic, thanks for starting it!

Also very winterhard Variity:
Viola
Schweizer Brünli
Lussheim
Blaue Dolomitenfeige
Early Black
North Afghan Wild Figs(Tadschikistan)
Kunduz
Gigant
Bornholm Diamant
Sue Zhuo
Zwingenberg
Pauls Frostkönigin
Mitschurins
Mitschurinski 10
Wild Figs Johannis
Vallecalda
Montana Negra
Petrovaca

Paul, do you have a picture of the leaves of Mitschurins that you could post?  I have a small fig labeled Michurin's Fig.  I'm very curious if it might be the same.  Also, do you know anything about this fig's history?  Thank you.

Paul, has your seedling Kunduz fully ripened figs yet? If so, how does it taste? I think that is really great you grew it from seed.

This forum is a great resource!

Some thoughts:
*A plant living (high) in the mountains of Italy or Iran may well have freezing winter temps and chilly summer nights. But (I presume) a long, relatively hot and dry summer with plenty of sunlight. While e.g. -15 degrees celcius might be tolerated there, this value may or may not be what limits how far up north the plant will succeed along the coast, where low temps are moderated by the proximity to water mass, but so is summer heat and sunlight is limited.
*Plant survival and (worthwhile) fruiting quality and quantity may not be perfectly correlated. Some species may be prone to being killed in winter but otherwise put up good fruit in numbers, while others might grow healthy but never be able to set good fruit. The former may be suited for heavy winter protection or lugging pots inside, while the latter may need a green house.

I do wonder how I can improve micro climate, and what can be gained from this. Well-drained soil is needed by most plants in my (humid) climate. This means more rapid heat up in spring, but more frequent watering. Planting against a reflective south wall/fence of some heat retention seems like a good idea. Using black woven ground cover. Using large stones for heat retention and weed protection. The next step probably is a green house of some sort, or plastic for wind shade.

Mt Etna type figs seems more prevalent in the US than in europe?

This page describes a thorough study to find figs suited for Denmark:
http://www.westergaards.dk/node/182

This page describes one mans attempts at growing figs in Sweden:
http://www.fruitiers-rares.info/articles57a62/article59-Fig-growing-in-Sweden-Ficus-carica.html

K

Hi, Paul, its great to read how well your figs are doing! I do not recognize any of the fig nanes you posted :-). But then again, i am new at fig collecting...not at eating or loving figs, though! I look forward to more of your postings so that I can learn about the varieties in your area.