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lreiley

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Those of you in Zone 8, what is your best tasting and most prolific white fig. 

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Still wondering.  I'm now out of school, and will have plenty of time to shop!
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I'm in 8a, but don't yet have any real experience with white figs. Maybe in a couple of years! One of the local university extension gurus said conadria is good here, so I'm giving it a try (just a recently-rooted cutting, still in the bag) along with several others, all at about the same stage of growth.
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Picked these today. They are an unknown, but sweet and very prolific. I would say that there is at least a bushel on each tree that are ripe now. And the main crop is going to be at least 4 or 5 times that. If anybody has an idea of what these are I would like to know. 

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TucsonKen,
I can never remember if I'm in 8A or B.  Edible Landscaping, our premier fig nursery in VA, recommends Conandria for around here.  It will probably be my next purchase when I make a pilgrimage to their nursery.

Winterville--are you in NC?  My sister-in-law lives in Winterville.
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lreiley,
I am in GA. its about 5 mile from the University of Georgia in Athens.  They dont die back here at all. The size of them right now is about 20' x 25' each.

Thanks Mike.
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Winterville,
Any chance those are a couple of Jack's Quarter Pounders? Those are huge.
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Winter, I think they look like either peters honey or Italian Honey fig.  Ire, either of those are good for your zone.  My personal favorite is latarola, which is similar to those 2 in certain ways.  However, I am in zone 7.
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Are you able to post a photo of one of these figs cut in half so that we can see the color of the inside?
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Here are some pics of the inside. Maybe Jon can narrow this down for us.
Mike.

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