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Native de Argentile

Picture showing my native de argentile fig plant.
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I have at least 3-4 of these from UCD cuttings the last two years.  Has yours fruited yet?  If I remember correctly, you got this in 2009. right?

It is an excellent fig, on the small side. Late in the season, but so worth it.

I really wish we had more pictures to drool over in the variety gallery!! ;)

The only HdA/NdA picture is Ray Givan's from 2001. 

Oh, Martin!
I just love this one..
I did get from Bass one about a month ago..
I wish my to be this size...
And I love the statue too:-)

Jason i believe if memory serves me correctly and im sticking to it ! ; )
This came to me in winter of 2008 or January 2009 dormant in a styrofoam cup and i put on top of freezer in garage. 2008-2009 winter was cold here it got down to 23 degree's below zero and 18 below same week without any windchill factor outdoors.
In garage it was between 6 - 8 above zero and i brought this plant in for fear of killing it.
Hear is picture from February of 2009 when i awoke it and showed in a past post about FMV .

Also pictures 11 months ago in this thread
http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=4823279&highlight=native+argentile

This spring it grew some breba that i removed.
Last season fruit came on to late .
This season it started to adjust its timeing better and i will get to taste the fruit for first time.

I also have one that is about 4 years old,and did not do any fruits in the past so I let it die outside in ground,last winter,and surprise!
In the Spring,the wood ,(10 inches long),was all alive and also put on 3 fruits ,between the first to have embryos,this Spring,so now they are as much ahead,as Atreano,Malta Black,Tacoma Violet,Gino, Marseilles vs black,etc,all very early figs.
I think the cultivar is early,but Fig mosaic virus makes it erratic,in fruiting,also lack of adaptation on east coast might keep it in stress and so ,it does not perform reliably here.
Yet I have a hint it will be getting ripe between the first ones,this year,(main crop ,i mean)!

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