Hi guys,


My name is Christian i am 35 years old and i am from northern germany.
I was very into figs and citruses when i was a teenager but over the years my priorities went in another direction.

In  early spring i was given some fig cuttings from a friend of mine and i wanted to make sure they root and grow and mature to nice healthy fig trees.
So i searched a little bit in the www how to propagate figs and i was very inspired by a pleasant fig grower from New England. He has great Videos on YouTube.

So i really "caught fire" again :-)

Right now i own several varieties like L'd A, Hardy Chicago,Goutte'D or, Brown Turkey, Bornholmfig, just to name a few...

I am very facinated like the US grown varieties Like Black Madeira or Ischia Black... although those varieties are originaly from europe you don't get it over here...neither some one knows it.





Now I also got one question on this varietie,  because  am not very long into figs...this supposed to be a "Bayernfeige Violetta" or "Bavarianfig Violetta" but the fruit doesn't really look like the figs i find when i google them...



  


Sorry if my english aint the best ;-)

Christian

Welcome to the forum.  Sorry I caan't help with the Identification, I am sure others will help.

Hello Christian and welcome to the forum.

I think you have the real deal. Just need to get a bit darker. Can you post pictures of the leaves?

Ok good,

I will post pictures of my leaves to compare but I am sure yours is a true BV.

In this pic you can see a little bit of the leave pattern...maybe this helps?!?


 

It's dark outside but I have these for now.

Wow thanks rafed for runnig outside!


hard to say...it could be but it could be not.. :-D

Welcome to the forum Christian!  You have a beautiful tree in those pictures.  As I'm sure some of the more experienced members will tell you, color can vary a bit depending on growing conditions, sunlight, ect. 

Christain,

I am certain it is true BV. Looks just like mine but yours should be a bit darker. Maybe it's your climate?

But others with much more knowledge can confirm so please don't hold me for that.

Thank you guys once again!


Obviously i was having two threads with exactly the same name although i only did write one!

So sorry for that, i just deleted one of them. I am not new into Forums so i guess it was a server mistake maybe.


So sorry for that trouble! i feel like a complete Noob now...:-)

Welcome Christian !

This is from last year,

Here's my thread from last year you can use.

http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/bayenfeige-violetta-5927184

 




This is one of my 5 month old cuttings from the "probably Bayernfeige Violetta"

Black Madeira will never ripe in Germany,tho,I should never say never,because you could place some mirrors,around the tree to reflect exra sunshine ,like Arhimede ,did when he set ,the Persian navy on fire,so,yes it can be done but naturally without manipulation it is not possible to ripe Madeira ,fig type,in your climate.
I think that is why you do not find it in Germany.

Welcome to the forum, my grandparents were from Leipzig. I've always had a fascination with germany.

Thank you Travis! So I might call you my fellow german ;-) I am pleased to hear such nice words as I am fascinated by american people and this beautiful country.

Welcome to the forum.  Hope you get lots of great figs.

Thanks rcantor and Liza,

I am not the owner of the mothertree but I received several cuttings from it. The spot of that mothertree is not very sunny but in the opposite it had no frostdamage at all this spring. .. so I hope to get some nice figs next year from that cuttings. Until now I grow all my figtrees in pots and they spent the summer on my terrace (south facing) where the stones can retain the heat from the sun. So I guess I am offering them a good micro-climate.