Your favorite fig plants variety

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kenny

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What are your favorite small to medium fig varieties? Why? Are you planting them in container or in ground? I'm researching and wondering what will be best for my little and growing fig garden - Thank you :-) K __________________ Wish list: Black Madeira. Zidi and more... 2nd year in pots: Adriatic JH, VdB, RdB, Angelo's Dark, Antonio'd Black, Nero600M, Flanders, Petite Negra. 1st year in pot:Galicia Negra, White Genoa, Black Mission, and other unknown figs I gather last year. Rooting now: Varieties of Greek figs and more dark unknown figs.

fignutty

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My favorite so far is Strawberry Verte. I like very sweet and concentrated flavor. In my greenhouse I can let SV hang about a week after going limp. By then it's wrinkled up like a prune and just as sweet with way better flavor. I don't like the big watery figs like BT, and here even Celeste. Only difference is Celeste is puny. __________________ Steve in Alpine TX 7b/8a Wish list: Sangue Dolce, Siblawi, Victoria, Emalyn's Purple, Colonel Littman's Black Cross

GeneDaniels

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My first crop of Hardy Chicago last year was amazing! When it was dead ripe it was rich tasting, but not overly sweet. I am really looking forward to this year because it looks like I will get 3-4 dozen figs. I think everyone ought to have at least one HC in their fig garden. __________________ Zone 7b (Central Arkansas) Seven trees in the ground: Hardy Chicago, Celeste(?), LSU gold, Italian Black, Southern Brown Turkey(?), Strawberry Verte, and Unk yellow. Trees in pots: VdB, CdD, and Sicilian?

kenny

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Posted 1405785158	Reply with quote #4

Fignutty, I'd love to see the picture of SV, I agree with letting figgies hangs there until so ripe, anything riped on the tree is way better. Gene, that sounds great! I have 3 Chicago and only have two fruits on one of them and so hoping to get to taste it. __________________ Wish list: Black Madeira. Zidi and more... 2nd year in pots: Adriatic JH, VdB, RdB, Angelo's Dark, Antonio'd Black, Nero600M, Flanders, Petite Negra. 1st year in pot:Galicia Negra, White Genoa, Black Mission, and other unknown figs I gather last year. Rooting now: Varieties of Greek figs and more dark unknown figs.

fignutty

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Posted 1405795574	Reply with quote #5

Current yr breba: Last yrs main crop has redder interior and is somewhat sweeter. Both taste great. In between the last fruit in 2013 and first this yr, exactly 6 months. And in that time tree was dug up and potted. Breba last yr inground was twice as big. __________________ Steve in Alpine TX 7b/8a Wish list: Sangue Dolce, Siblawi, Victoria, Emalyn's Purple, Colonel Littman's Black Cross

ascpete

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Posted 1405796530	Reply with quote #6

Kenny, One of my overall favorite, Violet de Bordeaux Easy to grow, prolific, extremely tasty complex sweet flavor and readily available. .

andreas

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mostly greek figs such as vasilika sika black, vasilika sika white, and the very hard to find peloponnisiaka aspra and peloponnisiaka mavra and achaiko tragano __________________ andreas-patras Patra Peloponnisos Greece zone..9a

garden_whisperer

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Posted 1405802318	Reply with quote #8

Sal's G was my best tasting fig last year. very great fruity taste, good seed crunch. was top killed this past winter but is growing very well today. __________________ Dave Zone 6b Illinois "Be the change you wish to see in the world"

GeneDaniels

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Quote: Originally Posted by ascpete Kenny, One of my overall favorite, Violet de Bordeaux Easy to grow, prolific, extremely tasty complex sweet flavor and readily available. . Pete, I've heard great things about VdB. I have a small one started from a cutting outside in April. I pinched off the first baby figs that appeared, but now it has baby figs at every leave node! It looks like it will be very prolific. Is that your experience? __________________ Zone 7b (Central Arkansas) Seven trees in the ground: Hardy Chicago, Celeste(?), LSU gold, Italian Black, Southern Brown Turkey(?), Strawberry Verte, and Unk yellow. Trees in pots: VdB, CdD, and Sicilian?

ascpete

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Posted 1405853341	Reply with quote #10

GeneDaniels, Yes. Its a prolific grower and always produces figs at every leaf node.

NYC_FruitKing

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That's funny, I happen to be growing both SV and VdB! They're both from EL too, except they don't look as healthy as ascpete's VdB… Any pointers you could give to a newbie fig grower? __________________ Hi, just another avid fig enthusiast/gardener on this forum here interested in tasting (and growing, climate permitting) the best figs out there that're worth trying. I grow plenty of other unique and tasty fruiting plants too ^_^ Have: VdB (EL), Green Ischia (EL), Sal's EL (Bass) Wish List: Black Beauty 10, Lebanese Red (Bass), Persian White, Barada, CddB, Capelas, Hollier, Figo Preto, LaRadek EBT, Monstrueuse, Genovese Nero, Black Celeste, Desert King

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