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My Montserrat Pons varieties selection

All the pictures© in this post are from the Monserrat Pons's book "Las higueras de las Islas Baleares", and they have been published with the author's knowledge and permission.
Any use of these pictures without the express permission of Montserrat Pons is forbidden.

After reading MP book, I have selected some varieties which can be good for my climate (mild winters and summers, cloudy and rainy along the year but with decent summers for fig ripening).

The main characteristics I am looking for in figs are earliness, good rain resistance and, of course, good taste. In a second level, productivity, size, etc...
Not all the varieties I have selected meet all the above characteristics. Some have been selected for its peculiarity or, why not! just a whim!
Sometimes I chose one because MP recommended me for its quality or peculiarity.
I have summarized the characteristics that I mainly pay attention (data from MP book).
I already have some varieties since past year, and I have rooted the rest ones this year, so it is probably I can eat some figs this summer.
The first ripening column is for brevas and the second for main crop, and the dates are for first  ripened figs. Take into account that these dates are for an optimum climate. In my climate, for example, can be 3 to 4 weeks delay.
I will see next years how they perform in my climate...

I have to clarify that brevas don't ripen well in my climate, because of this, most are unifere.



Pictures© of these varieties:

Albacor Comuna


Blava Campanera


Bordissot Blanca-Negra


Bordissot Rossa


Bordissot Verda


Calderona


Capoll Curt Negra


Coll de Dama Blanca


Coll de Dama Blanca-Negra


Coll de Dama Rimada


Cucurella


De la Reina MP


De la Senyora


Manresa


Negra Primerenca


Planera


Roja

oh my god they look good. i can't wait till this summer.. don't have any of those, but have UCD Col de Dame Blanche. maybe it will satisfy me for sometime.. oh wait.. i have CdDN too.. but your figs look awesome.

I have De la Senyora. It's an excellent fig! Very hardy for my area. No die back or tips burned. I also have one Calderona cutting. Hope to get more of these this year.

wow

Those are some incredible pictures. Thanks for posting.

some day some day I will be sitting in the sun enjoying some  of the figs above. until then the pictures  sure are nice to get motivated.  thx for the pics

Just beautiful. I am salivating - it's the cracks.

The Planera is especially interesting looking.

these look awesome, thanks for sharing this

yupe, the skin cracks are just wonderful. but i like those with soild center. don't like the void in the middle. but i'm sure they all taste great :)

Wow! Thanks for the pictures. Everyone wants to know how to get cuttings from Monserrat Pons. Also, the Coll de Dama Ramada looks a lot like Panache. Do you have an opinion/knowledge as to whether some of MP's figs are known by other names?

Wow unbelievable Collection, one of each please, where is the line so I stand in it.
Mark

Axier , 
I always appreciate your posts.
Lots of great info and these pictures are just what I need to get through the big Winter storm that is on the way.
All the pictures look great , but especially the Coll de Dama Blanca-Negra and the De la Reina.
Thanks for the pics .

Kerry

Thanks verybody!

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Originally Posted by snaglpus
I have De la Senyora. It's an excellent fig! Very hardy for my area. No die back or tips burned. I also have one Calderona cutting. Hope to get more of these this year.


De la Senyora, beside an excellent fig, it is also an early ripening and very rain resistant fig, a very promising fig for my place.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DWD2
Wow! Thanks for the pictures. Everyone wants to know how to get cuttings from Monserrat Pons. Also, the Coll de Dama Ramada looks a lot like Panache. Do you have an opinion/knowledge as to whether some of MP's figs are known by other names?


Some figs of Mp book are only from Balearic islands, others, like Coll de Dama are in other locations. Monserrat has several different panache (rimada) varieties.
This one could be the same as the Panache which most of us know.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gina
Just beautiful. I am salivating - it's the cracks.
The Planera is especially interesting looking.


I think so, Planera is specially nice looking, like Bordissot blanca negra, De la Reina, Calderona and all the Coll de Dama.
Moreover, Planera is an excellent tasting fig according to Monserrat, and one of the most, if not the most, early varieties (main crop speaking) and very productive.
Although is not very rain resistant, it is the weak point for me.

Thank you so much for posting these. Great stuff.

Some wonderful dark types i see you have Axier thanks for showing them.

Great photos! The figs look incredibly good.

Hey Jon,

Edit: Your collection of displayed fruits look fabulous. Out of curiosity, do you have photos (if you are comfortable to share) what they look like in your garden. I am really interested how they perform, and behave for common gardeners (like myself or for any neighborhood). I know weather conditions have a key role to growing these varieties, and that every location is different.

Thank you for sharing.
Jennifer

WOW !!  I just came in from the freezing rain and just finished wiping down my wet dog. It's cold to the bone chilly. Grabbed a cup of decaf black tea and boom --on f4f --  and your incredible post. Geeez, those are beautiful figs. 
thanks Axier

Very delicious looking. Thanks for the pic's.

Axier, can you tell us which 3 variants stood out the best. Do you by any chance have some North American varieties to compare with the Spanish variants -- like Hollier, Sequioa, LSU Purple, O'Rourke, Scott Blk, Smith, Blk Celeste etc.

Emmmm Emm, sure wish I can get my hands on some of those figs.

Thanks for posting Jon

Can't wait to hear how they taste.   However, upon closer examination of the original post, you'll read he is stating that these are photos from the book and he has not tasted these yet.    Dry the froth from thy mouths.

Thanks again everybody.

As Dan says and I said, these pictures are all from MP book, not mine.
I have not tasted these figs yet.

I hope I will taste some of them this summer.
I rooted the past year:

Blava Campanera
Bordissot Blanca-Negra
Bordissot Rossa
Bordissot Verda
Calderona
Coll de Dama Blanca
Cucurella
De la Reina
Manresa
Negra Primerenca
Roja

So, I hope some of them will fruit (not sure, I have a Kathleen's Black 4 years old and no figs so far! :-(()

If I have time and good luck, I will post how they are in my climate.

On the other hand, many of you will wonder "If I can't have these figs, why will I interest in them?"

Well, I am sure that many of them will be circulating around here in no long time.
As far as I know, UC Davis is interested in some varieties of MP, and I can't say any more ;-)

Quote:
Originally Posted by DWD2
Wow! Thanks for the pictures. Everyone wants to know how to get cuttings from Monserrat Pons. Also, the Coll de Dama Ramada looks a lot like Panache. Do you have an opinion/knowledge as to whether some of MP's figs are known by other names?


All the pictures© in this post are from the Monserrat Pons's book "Las higueras de las Islas Baleares", and they have been published with the author's knowledge and permission.
Any use of these pictures without the express permission of Montserrat Pons is forbidden.

These are the MP panache varieties, in addition to CDD Rimada:

Bordissot Blanca Rimada


Bordissot Negra Rimada


Martinenca Rimada


Paratjal Rimada

Is it just coincidental that all the variegated figs have a dark interior?

I don't know, but Martinenca Rimada is not very red.

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