I'm excited to try this one. I noticed the first fig swelling on Sept 4th. Just 2 days later its drooping.. getting soft and turning colour. A second one is starting to swell now too as you can see in the pics. I hope to see the drip of honey John described when he introduced this one.

Tyler

these look so nice. after seeing other posts about NB i up-poted it with nice soil so to hopefully have some fruit next year.

thanks

The drop of honey is deceptive, it drips well before ripe so you should exercise patience when harvesting it.

Please give us an update when harvested. I have one that is doing okay the other two bit the dust. Thanks.

It does resemble Longue d'Aout. 

Yes, I see the resemblance to a certain extent, but I am no expert. Regardless, it's a good-looking fig and anything that grows in Z6a is exciting to see.

Very nice, congrats!!

Hi tylerj,
Nice fig. Funny my lda is ripening with the same schedule as your Niagara black.
Your figs look to be the same as the ones of my lda. The leaves are a match as well.
I never saw a drip of honey on "Longue d'aout" - but the global darkening of the skin and especially around the eye will let me decide when to take mine.

Jdsfrance.... do you have pics of your LdA ripening?? It would be great to compare them.

Tyler

Hi Tylerj,
In some days when they will be fully ripe ... Patience is a virtue ! Especially when growing figs .
I'll open a post about my lda .

Luckey you.Tyler, I have no fruit that will mature this year. Not sure what happened but every plant sat dumb and frozen in June and July. The nb is in the third year, so grew up and put on significant structural branches, but no fruit. It was from a small sucker shoot from Jon, so I think younger in maturity than some cuttings. But still, what a horrible year for me.

It was starting to split open with the rain we continue to have so I took it off today. The bottom half had intense flavour and I'm sure had I been able to leave it a few more days that would have just gotten even better. A very good fig for sure! Here are some more pics taken over the last few days.

Tyler

Very nice looking fig!!

Interesting that people are saying like LdA and some say LdA looks Melanzana.

If it is cold hardy then IMO it is a super keeper!

very nice especially for a zone 6a so late in the season

Hi Tylerj,
How old is your tree ? How is her growth ?
Have you been able to propagate her through root-shoots ? Cuttings ie does the tree allow for ?
To what other figs are you comparing those ? - The reason for this last question, is that I find lda to be a fig in her own class.
I wouldn't try to compare lda to another fig like my ufti/mont etna ( too much honeyer and flesh not so dense ), Sultane ( fig too small to compare), Brownturkey ( flesh not dense enough), Dalmatie ( flesh not dense enough) ...
I really like how lda's flesh is dense .

JDS I have 2 trees from cuttings (sourced from John Parav through another member) started 2 years ago this fall. This one was pruned heavily for cuttings last year and is only 2' tall in a 3 gallon pot. I planted another in ground in my greenhouse this summer that is about 3' tall and hope it produces some brebas next year. So they are just small trees. I've had a few figs from about 10 other varieties in my young collection but none compare to this one in appearance. I don't have lda though.
Tyler

Hey Tyler ,

Don't waste your time with the breba , they are not good and it slows down main crop .
Too bad the weather is so crappy this summer , I have so many varieties of trees loaded with fruit that won't ripen .
Nice to see the NB ripening with proper colour on the outside , others growing it have not posted the colours I see . But definitely not what it should be inside ,needs to drip honey for a few days , more heat and less rain .

John

When properly ripe it should be deep dark red inside from my experience (only 1 year of ripe figs from it) but I let it drip honey for about a week before picking which was just right when the weather was colder.

Thx for the tips guys... I think I will move the pot in the greenhouse if rain is in the forecast to let the others on it ripen further. My problem is not having an abundance of figs ripening at once in my young collection it makes exercising patience all that much harder lol.

I have the following Longue d'Aout, Melanzana Merdoscola, Slocan and the newest addition is Niagara Blk.
So far I found LDA, Melanzana Merdoscola and Slocan are the same fig but differ in names. Niagara Blk pic
does resemble the above. My NB is young and has 2 figs on it. Next season would make it easier for me to
id it. Anyway LdA main crop is very tasty.

Hi Paul... I was impressed with the flavour of the NB too. But even more impressed that it ripened figs given our crappy cold and wet summer we've had here.

Tyler

Yes, my LdA is ripening too. Anyway, lots of main crop ripening. I certainly hope my NB is not LdA as I have
2 large in-ground tree. If it is, I would give NB to a good home here. BTW I have given away one of the 2 LdA
in ground tree  -- to be carted away by Feb2015.

Here are some side by side comparison pics with my Niagara Black and jdsfrance's LdA from his post: http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/longue-daout-figs-7074636?pid=1284250046#post1284250046  (jdsfrance I hope its ok I used the pics to compare??)

Here is my Niagara Black..

 
Another Niagara Black
 


Here is jdsfrance's LdA

 

Another jdsfrance LdA

 

and one last Niagara Black showing similar ripening colours and spots

 

If there is a difference... I don't see it lol. It is such a unique looking fig with the ribbing and spots. The leaves match also.

This is how it starts and drips for days
 

This is what it looks like when finally ripe


This is what it looks like inside


The only thing that seems to differentiate Longue d'out and Niagara black seems to be that NB drips honey for days .
I have been told that LD does not . Anyone growing LD see dripping ?
NB may be a strain of LD that has this feature , like regular Adriatic vs JH Adriatic . Don't know just an thought .
Either way , its still my favourite .

John

Wow, so nice, thanks for the info John.