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My first RdB

A fully ripe RdB from a potted plant.
My first one . I do not know why but I expected more with all the hoopla surrounding this variety.
It was smaller than an average sized fig, not as rich as a VdB, the taste was not complex.
It is a very nice fig but it needs to work harder to be closer to an Unk Pastilliere , for instance .
About 8/10 for me.

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Hi greenfig,
Do you have pics of the leaves ?
Ronde de Bordeaux being a big tree, it may not be the ideal condition to keep it in a pot.
Rouge de Bordeaux aka Pastiliere !!!!!! (put all bad words, you can think of, here) !!!!!! I may get one fig if I get lucky, 8 already yellowed and dropped.
Even my Ice crystal still has some 10 figs hanging on !
But, I guess I can  upgrade to next dan in Patience with those two ...
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Originally Posted by greenfig
A fully ripe RdB from a potted plant. My first one . I do not know why but I expected more with all the hoopla surrounding this variety. It was smaller than an average sized fig, not as rich as a VdB, the taste was not complex. It is a very nice fig but it needs to work harder to be closer to an Unk Pastilliere , for instance . About 8/10 for me.

I agree with you. My potted RdB (3 years old from bare root last winter) has been producing several figs for a week or two now and I keep excusing it as perhaps not mature enough to produce the best figs. As you stated, it's exceptionally sweet and jammy, but has none of the fuller richness and berry sharpness of a Violette de Bordeaux. Since they're both producing now at the same time, it's hard not to compare them and prefer VdB. Perhaps RdB needs to be in the ground to develop the best flavor?
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Just an observation about RDB.
Like most figs even 1/2 a day difference in harvest time can change the flavor experience you have in a major way.
The pictured RDB , in my humble and other side of the continent opinion, probably needed another 2 days of ripening to get close to the full flavor possible.
My RDB trees are ripening lots of fruit now and I look mainly for more of a dehydration look on the neck before I pick , otherwise I know the flavor will carry some "green" quality to it.
As always for me the hard part is waiting the extra time.
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I agree with Kerry.  Let them get super ripe.  It will be a 10/10 fig!  Last year they were okay, but a couple I had this year were just superb.
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I have 2 RDB in ground and 3 in Pots... Like some of the others say, let it get really ripe and you will understand what all the hoopla is about. May take another another year also. I love it!! Good Luck !
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Thank you, everybody! 
I will wait until it starts drying on a branch to taste the next one, I hope you are right. 
Do your RdB super ripe figs have any acidity?
It seems with more time, the fruits would get only sweeter but not richer in taste (but I might be very wrong here).
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