Matt_from_Pittsburgh
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Posted 1247800031
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If you had to pick one, which would it be?
Matt_from_Pittsburgh
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Posted 1247800633
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Yellow. I'm ordering a couple of other plants from Edible Landscapings, and I figured I'd add one more fig tree. I've narrowed it down to those two.
Matt_from_Pittsburgh
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Posted 1247801080
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Right now I'm leaning toward the Marseilles. Simply because of the Thomas Jefferson connection. Otherwise it seems like they're fairly evenly matched. From what I gather, they're both popular, cold-hardy, OK-tasting, and early-ripening.
FrozenJoe
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Matt,http://figs4fun.com/Varieties.html
FrozenJoe
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Posted 1247826285
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Oh, BTW, supposedly Edible Landscaping has two different trees labelled "Hardy Chicago" in their collection. One is reported to be superior to the other. They used to sell the better one as "Sal's". Now they take cuttings from both trees and sell the baby fig trees as Hardy Chicago. If you decide to go with a Hardy Chicago from EL then youy should probably talk to someone there on the phone and make sure they send one that is from the tree they used to sell as Sal's.
Bass
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Posted 1247841680
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Also edible landscaping has two different marseille at least, St. Anthony and a Latarrula.
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cmdrzog
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Posted 1247842230
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Matt
If you are looking for the tree grown by Jefferson do some research on the pulp color and seed size then make sure your supplier is offering one that matches. This is one historic fig w/ a documented description . Marseilles conforming to type are available, unfortunately trees bearing the name Marseilles that do not are also.
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Bob
Bass
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Posted 1247846346
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To add to the Marseille confusion, I traded with Al from italian fig trees in NJ, I gave him a Brooklyn White, I later found out that he took cuttings and sold it under the name Marseille.
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scott_ga
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Posted 1247869916
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I have a Marseilles from EL and a Hardy Chicago, both in pots. In my climate, the Marseilles has been a shy bearer. Hardy Chicago has been very nice.
