My wife is very very veryyyyy pic key. Most of the figs that I pick she will not try, the ones she try she does not like. Today when I cut this one

Good for you,Bugs,mine made wonderfull fruits trough August but the last 10 days,it had a hard time due to many rains and water in the air,in fact all my figs did that.

Bugs thats nice to hear your wife enjoys them , your pictures look wonderful and thanks for
sharing family story.  ; )

We have had Ronde de Bordeaux now for about 5 years. But, I have never had a chance to taste the fruit.

About four years ago before ours started to bear, we started getting so many advance request for Ronde de Bordeaux, that for the past four years or so I have been all but cutting our one in ground tree down to the ground, to make enough one gallon potted plants for our customers.

Plus, we have had a lot of customers who bought a Ronde de Bordeaux three years ago, are coming back looking for one or two more.

So, I would say that is a good testament to the flavor of this fig. Fig collectors don't buy the same fig a second time unless it has really out standing taste.

If I can learn how Martin gets such fantastic looking fruit from his potted Ronde de Bordeaux, I'm going to try and hold unto at least one potted plant for my self this year. Because it looks like our in ground stock plant will never get a chance to bear.

Bob - Zone 5b/6a Connecticut

 

Out of all the figs I collected this past season I think RdB is the one I'm looking forward to the most. Bob I know you try to take care of your customers but I would have had to at least let it grow enough to try the figs, lol. The RdB I got from you and the one I got from bass for the most part look the same as in general leaf shape but the one I got from you has thicker more velvety leaves and are much more preferated around the edges. They are all healthy and I can't wait to try them.

Martin will never tell what secret herbs and spices he uses to get his trees to grow so well.

Ryan, We got our start of Ronde de Bordeaux from Bass. So they should be Identical.

The rest of us our always complaining about the rain spoiling our figs. But, from Martins pictures, it looks like he has found a way around the rain spoiling his figs when they are ripening.

We started out acquiring figs to test for cold hardiness. But, now we are also testing and looking for figs that can ripen like Martin's figs, even when it rains.

Herman, seems to think Nero 600M, just might be that fig.

Bob @ T. Pine - Connecticut Zone5b/6a

The differences aren't enough for me to worry, I'm sure its just the way the are grown, the one I got from you have a little more detail to the leaves, that's all.

Thanks Martin

Herman & Bob are your trees in the ground and are you covering them in the winter? If so with what?

I can hardly wait for mine to start producing.  I just cut an air layer off of it yesterday.

Bugs, we are testing our figs in ground. We bend the figs to the ground.  We cover with about 4 inches of dry soil or dry compost. Then we cover that with the aluminum type of insulation, to keep the top and the roots dry during the winter.

We do have new arrivals in pots that over winter in our basement. But, that is until they are large enough to become hardy enough to be planted outside.

Bob @ T. Pine zone 5b/6a Connecticut

Thanks Bob for the come back. About how big are your trees how? I did that to a couple plant that were in pots a while back. It work good, that year. All ways looking new ways to cover plants.

Our trees are 5 to 10 feet tall.

Bob @ T. Pine zone 5b/6a Connecticut

Ryan,

While checking our inventory of Ronde de Bordeauxs, I noticed three 7 gallon pots among the 10 or so one gallon pots of Ronde de Bordeaux, and other selections, that had not been picked up by an out of state customer.

There were several figs on one of the 7 gallon Ronde de Bordeaux. So, I got a chance to taste my first Ronded de Bordeaux, in five years It was okay. But, in my opinion not as good as our version of Abruzzi. Which ripen about a week earlier, this year.

Plus, the Abruzzi was only about three years old. Were the Ronde de Bordeaux was over 5 years old. But, of course it all depends on what one expects in a fig. Most of the time I like a fig that is very figgy, and very sweet. The Abruzzi had both of those qualities this year.

Bob @ T. Pine Connecticut zone5b/6a

 

After 2 years of patiently waiting I had the pleasure of tasting a fully ripe ronde de Bordeaux today.I've been reading what everyone has been saying about this fig and now I know exactly what all of you have been talking about. The tree is all the way in the back of my jungle(greenhouse) and I had no idea that they were ripening. I was shocked to see 3 gorgeous figs barely hanging on.I picked one,took a pic of it and was going to wait for my girlfriend to get home so we could taste it together......I'm in trouble,I couldn't wait. It was as good as everyone said it would be.The sweetest thing I've ever tasted.I have the two left on the tree that I'll share with my girlfriend when she gets home but she better hurry up because I can't be held responsible If they disappear.Its a good thing there's still about 20 or so figs that haven't ripened yet so she'll get to taste them....Maybe! Pics will have go wait till I vet my laptop back and don't have to do this with my cell phone.