If you have a known, verified LSU purple, would you mind posting a couple leaf pictures for me?  I've seen the few pics that are on the F4F varieties page, but I'd be interested in finding out if people see wider variations with their leaf shapes.  [LSU purple leaves are surprisingly hard to find on the web.  There are some, but not as many as I'd like.]
  I have a supposed LSU purple, but only a few of the leaves look like the ones on F4F varieties.  Most of them have a shape that reminds me more of Hardy Chicago...i.e. the main lobe is more toothy and not quite as broadly flared as I'd expect it to be.  So I'm wondering if my tree is mislabeled or if other folks see this variation..
Thanks in advance,
Jim

I'm sorry Jim, I have 2 verified LSU Purples but they are so young they aren't sure which leaves they want to grow yet.

I went snap a few pics for you, this one is from Saxon Becnel nursery from New Orleans



If this is LSU purple this is what it looks like with FMV, I ordered it from EL a few months ago and it showed heavy signs, it may be a little while before I find out if its a true LSU purple or not

Jim, here are some pics of my three year old LSU Purple from EL.

Jeez Mike, your does the same thing mine does. Every day it tries to act all pathetic and wilty and shrively in the sun and the second the sun is off it perks right back up. This is definitely a whiney variety!

Tami, you are exactly right. Droop, droop droop and droop some more and then it stands up. I am not
sold on this one yet.

Hey, maybe the droopy droop tendency is a better indicator that its an LSU Purple than the leaf shape!  The one I got was doing that, too.  Actually, I briefly pulled it from its pot to see how root bound it was and it got all sorts of upset and droopy almost immediately afterwards.  I swear I had it out for a total of 4 seconds and it had a temper tantrum!  It has also been curling its leaves like so many of these pics.  (I've seen other figs curl too, though...)
Well, it is still hard to tell.  At least some of the leaves in the pics posted so far don't look exactly like that 5 wide lobe shape.  Some are slimmer and more fingerlike, like mine.  (Unfortunately, if that's what LSU Purple with FMV has, then mine has it!)
Jim

I'm new to figs...



Well, you asked for it. Hahaha! You think I should cut this one back some? Sorry, I couldn't resist. :D

It's okay Sophie, we all started with something that looks very similar to yours :) Just wait, the whiney teenage stage is just around the corner.

JustPeachy, that was a hoot.  I see air layers in your future.
Jim

Jim,
My LSU Purple died from winter kill this year, so I don't have leaf pictures, but I did harvest a few figs last year. The leaves looked more like post #4.
I'm posting to comment on the "LSU purple" from EL. The tree that I received this year was purchased as a filler, in my effort to optimize the minimum shipping charges, it doesn't look like an LSU Purple. The figs that it has produce are dark colored from the start, as soon as they were formed, and the young leaves look more like the Petite Negri offered by EL. I commented about this in an earlier topic.
Good Luck.