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Noire de Caromb

Here is my small plant called Noire de Caromb.

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Thanks for posting. I don't know what that name means, but all those French fig names sound great and tasty!   
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Thanks for the pics Martin. Always enjoy seeing the pictures. Good luck with the plant
Pete
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I haven't a clue about the Caromb, unless that's where it is from.

 Yes, the logical meaning would be " Black of Caromb" , a black fig from Caromb, France,but this link says that it originates from Afghanistan.

http://www.plantes-et-jardins.com/catalogue/catalogue4.asp?id_variations=9308
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From Wikipedia:

 

Caromb is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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This is the Caromb's city attraction  perhaps :..
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.confreriefigue-caromb.com%2FLa-figue-longue-noire-de-Caromb.html
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Thanks Zaitun i love to look at fig pictures.
Here also another link with lots of pictures that can be clicked on to enlarge.
Nice looking figs.
http://www.google.com/search?q=noire+de+caromb&hl=en&prmd=imvnsfd&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=M_C3T5yVIcjwggfnmuXQCg&ved=0CGUQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=560
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But then ...I want them all.  :)

 

Thanks for the wonderful pictures.

 

 
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Looks like a small enough eye to me...
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Ooh.   Gorgeous black figs to match the great name.   Sounds so delicious and intriguingly mysterious.  


Noire de Caromb ice cream would be great right now.   If you have any cuttings to trade in the winter, let me know.   
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I thought I read that this might be the same variety as " Kathleen's Black ".  Am I in mistaken?

Frank

PS...Interesting provenance linkage.  I like the full name, rather than the short version.  More descriptive.
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Nice plant you have Martin. 


Vivian, my NdC (from Baud) has a fairly small/medium eye compared to the other large fruiting fig variants that I am growing. It's a late ripening fig. Unfortunately it will split during heavy rains of Sep-Oct. A couple of my fig friends in Europe mentioned how split-resistance is Abicou. Latter this season I'll be founding out if it's true or not. 

Navid.
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not sure if KB is same and NdC, but i'll have pictures of ripe KB this fall, enough for me to taste and enjoy. i'll post it so people with NdC can compare them.

pete
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After a couple failed attempts. Sue was nice enough to give back one of the cuttings I traded with her last year.

I got this back from her last Fall. It was potted.

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Hi Vivian,


I know what you are saying, but don't change your decision on acquiring this cultivator based on my observation. To be honest, I have not grown a fig variant that does not split after a heavy rain. 

Usually if I am in town I'll employ a trick in preventing the figs from splitting. And that is- covering the top of the soil (plants in pots) with Polyurethane sheets (similar to Bill from Bill's figs or others who grow in SWCs). Rain will bounce off the poly. sheet and will keep the soil relatively dry. Last season I did not cover the NdC and couple of others on purpose to see if they would split or not. 

Covering the top of the pots, also hasten the ripening period for the late ripening variants as well.


Navid.
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