new member, been lurking for a bit and searching threads for answers and emailing an occasional member.  Looking for a source to see how big to expect the different varieties to get at maturity.  I live in Zone 6b.

In particular interested in expected size (so can see how far to space them and how many I can plant:

Gino's,
Sal's EL, 
Danny's Delight
Marseilles Black VS
Ronde de Bordeaux

Like I said, looking mainly for a reference on tree size but if anyone has a strong preference of which 3 they would pick out of these 5 I would love that as well.,

Thanks
Greg

Greg, welcome!  You left one little thing out.  Are your figs in pots, if so which size?  Or in ground?  This will make a huge difference on the answers you get from those in your zone which is not mine!

Suzi

yes, sorry, thought about that after I posted,  
Will eventually put in ground, along south wall of house, full, sun,  on a slope for drainage.

in looking at other sites, perhaps pruning / trimming is the way to control size to a managable level???

Greg,  So in ground.  You are the boss!  You say how big they grow!  Pruning correctly will keep your trees reasonably sized and let them produce optimal fruit.  Pruning is very important.  Important that you do it correctly.

Those in zone 6 should answer you, but YOU should go to the control panel, upper right, and in your signature put your zone, so it appears on all your posts.  That helps us help you!

Suzi (not in your zone or anywhere near it!)

My trees are not that old so I am not much help. I bet bass would have some info but I think he's zone 7. I do most of my trees inground but this is mt third year growing figs.

Hello Greg,
Welcome to the forum community.
Spacing at least 12 feet on center, Prune to maintain shape. I plan on pruning to Japanese fig espalier for easy winter protection.

Note attached post for pruning examples and instructions.
http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/show_single_post?pid=1275278119&postcount=7

See attached post for pictures of "bush form" trees (in NYC) that are about 12 feet across X 12 feet Tall
http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/show_single_post?pid=1275262333&postcount=1

Good Luck.

I would drop Danny's Delight from the list. I started mine in 2009 and it hasn't ripened a fig yet. I'm giving it one more chance this year, mostly because the tree has a nice shape. You can't go wrong with Hardy Chicago and Violette de Bordeaux, and they're both pretty easy to obtain.

You really have to decide how you want to prune them and whether you want to be able to walk between them.   And whether you will winter protect them.  If you don't winter protect them they will die to the ground every few years and you'll have bushes.  My Hardy Chicago's been in the ground 20 years unprotected, had no care the last 4 and it's a 6 foot tall group of stems about 2' in diameter.  It never rained last summer so I'm lucky it's still alive.  If you treat it like that you only need about 6-8' between plants.  If you're going to make them into small trees and let each branch have 8 leaves then prune back to 2 nodes every fall then you might want 8-10 feet between trees.  The Japanese method info will give you the preferred spacing for that method.  If you're going to let them grow 8-20' tall 12 foot spacing sounds good.

Thanks for the welcome and all the good advice!

3 of your selections are Mt Etna figs and are very similar. Maybe replace one with a VDB type fig.
You can prune to the size you want. I plant mine 10 ft apart.

Really with proper maintenance you can make them as big and of any shape you want, within reason.

Welcome to the forum, Greg.

-Greg