Yes BASS, eagerly waiting to have a head start 2011 fig season. I have Ronde de Bordeaux for 2 seasons and it has gone in-ground this year but no Lebanese Red yet. I have been eyeing some variants describe by members in the forum and hopefully it would be a blessed 2011 season. Nice pictures. Thanks.

Hello Bass. Hope you and family had a great Christmas. 

I collected a few varieties that grew wild that I discovered in California. I tasted about 50 but only collected the best of these varieties and this was one of them. I collected about 2 cuttings of each of these varieties. This was just collected last summer, so I am still evaluating them. They won't be offered for a while until I know more info on them. 

Black Marseilles

Hello Bass my friend!  Those figs look awesome and I can only imagine how they taste.  This year was the best year for me.  All those cuttings and small fig tree I bought 2 years ago produced some great figs this year.  Anyway, I had some green figs that totally shocked me.  Green Greek, Golden Atreano, Stella, and Brooklyn White surprised me.  Stella produced 2 semi-sweet figs last year.  This year, we had more hot weather so I kept the tree in partial sun and the figs were bigger and much sweeter.  I finally got a few figs from my Brooklyn White tree.  The first 2 spoiled and were no good.  But the last 2 were superb!

Sal's Fig, Ronde de Bourdeaux, Gino's, Petite Negra, and Pananas Purple.....were splendid!  I just know next year these figs will be better.  Plus all of these will be planted in the ground come spring.  Cheers,

>>> Bayernfiege Violetta

Georgi, our climate is very hot (90 F plus) and dry during the summer. You may be right about our climate and Violetta.

Hey Gorgi, I have a large Bayernfiege Violetta.  Mine did not produce any superb tasting fig but it did produce.  It could have been the soil I used.  In a few weeks, I'm going to strip it down to bare root, repot and see if I get better results next year.  I think it will.  I'll keep you posted.  cheers,  

Hi Bass!

Happy new year in advance, thank you for the wonderful pictures!

Gorgi & Dennis, I too have Bayernfeige Violetta. The tree is two years old and produced for the first time, summer of 2010.

 I AM TRYING TO UP-LOAD A PICTURE OF MY TWO FIG TREE'S.

Very nice trees, luak. What zone are you in, and do you give your trees winter protection? How do you compare the taste/ production of the two varieties? Inquiring minds want to know.

These tree's are new growth after i cut-down all my figtree's, because they got too tall and i do not want to use a stepladder to pick. All 12 of them, that is why they look so bushy. All my friends that pick them in summer and fall are all old like me.

I only have 4 varieties(chicago hardy,dessert king,magnolia and a white fig that i do not know its origin. I happen to taste these, whitish inside, and very sweet actually sweeter than the dessert king. These tree,s are with me since the 80,s, now they live outside year around. I leafblow mostly oak and other hardwood leaves around them, mainly for mulch in the summermonths when we get a dryspell.
I have not had a bad year with these guys. I do not fertilize them either, may be went i have some leftover.

lets face it I loved all the figs I have, but I am a little down on capelas and brunswick.  I may have to keep working on the correct container mixture for them.  Something tells me they want a coarse, very airy, free running mix.  Like 25% turf, 25% bark and 50% granite.   But I don't want to water and water and water.  They taste similar to me also.

Of the "named" varieties that stood out
Verte
Paradiso "nero/bronze/dusan"
Lattarulla
Ficcazanna
Colsanti Black


Its funny, 2 of the unknown varieties I have (Aymans/Moms Purple (large Italian) and some reddish Italian fig from a region that starts with a "B"-I'm going to ask the source again) are two the best freakin figs you will taste. Fairly prolific, reliable ( the large Italian is a bit shy in really cool summers), "special" in taste and looks.  I hope to figure out what they are in the next few years.  Some on this forum felt the red fig was Sicilian, but who knows.

BTW- wow Bass, that is some feat.  Consider yourself a very lucky man.  How many people in the WORLD can say they ate 10 different varieties of figs last year let alone 200+?

Regarding Violletta, Per my discussion with Pierre Baud he believes it's the same as Brown turkey. Mine didn't bear well yet to compare it.

Hi,

I am from Malaysia and just starting fig as hobby. I will be in Paris in April and would be nice to visit few fig nurseries or to meet with figgers.

Regards

Dr. Zainul Azizan

Hello Dr. Zainul.
Welcome to the forum. You should start your own introduction topic so that everyone can welcome you properly. You will make a bunch of new friends here and get lots on good info on your new addiction, I mean hobby.

Welcome Dr. Zainul, we now have a few members from Malaysia. You brought up an interesting post, and now I am wondering what has become of this fig that Bass found in California?
Is it a common fig? I'm guessing it might not be, as I don't recall hearing anything else about it. Hopefully it was passed back to fig enthusiasts in CA if it needs pollination.

Mike in Hanover, VA