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leon_edmond

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Longue D'Aout 1-16.jpg 

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VERY NICE FIGS LEON. 

   Phil
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Thanks Phil!
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They look bountiful and delicious!
Do you have a photo of leaves?
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Beautiful picture, Leon!
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Nice size on them!
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Great looking fig Leon! I have one of those on the way from greenfin.I heard a lot of good things about this fig.
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Beautiful!
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Lovely, I can't wait to taste my own ;)
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Great! Mine is loaded but still probably 3-4 weeks out. Cant wait.
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Pino, here are some leaf photos from my in ground tree. I really pruned back this tree in the fall and it grew with a vengeance! The figs are large to very large and meaty. 

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Beautiful Leon. Great looking Figs and healthy Trees. You are in Albuquerque I think I remember? How cold does it get? Looks like your trees are near a wall? I'm still trying to figure out ways to protect my new in ground Fig trees from our hard 15' winter nites. Happy figging, Jodi
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Nice looking fig leon good luck with that 
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Jodi, our winter temps avg in the twenties but we have had some cold nights, down into the 13-15 degree range. Young fig trees need protection. I wrap burlap sacks around them and then a layer of foil insulation you can buy at one of the home improvment stores (it is reusable). This has always provided adequate protection for my youngsters. Also, as you observed, my trees are planted up against a cinder block wall that forms the fence between our home and the neighbor's house. So there is a little micro climate going on there that insures more protection. When your trees go dormant, it is essential that you tie the branches of the tree very close to the trunk so that you don't need much in the way of materials to insulate the trees.
An elder Italian man who lives in Albuquerque would go to extremes to protect his larger trees by going to the appliance stores and asking for the refridgerator boxes they would throw out. He also recommended watering his in ground trees a little every week during the winter months even though they were dormant.
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Pino, here are some leaf photos from my in ground tree. I really pruned back this tree in the fall and it grew with a vengeance! The figs are large to very large and meaty. 

LdA Leaf 1-16.jpg 

LdA Leaf 2-16.jpg 

Lda Leaf 3-16.jpg 

Longue D'Aout Fig 1-16.jpg
Leon, your tree looks very healthy! Thanks for posting.
I have Niagara Black and the leaves look very similar but I was told the figs are darker on NB. 
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I'm sure, like so many others, variations (sports) of the same fig variety exist. Niagara Black and Nordland are examples. It would not surprise me if my LdA will eventually look and grow different than others over time. 
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Totally agree! 
Thanks again.
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Leon, does your LdA tend to quickly ripen all its fruits over a brief period and then it is done for the season?  Or does it ripen at a slow rate over a long period of time?  The one I got from you will ripen a fair number of figs this year for the first time.  What I noticed is that initially it didn't put on very many main crop figs which I was a little disappointed by.  But every once in a while I would see a new tiny fig and this has went on for a while.  So now it has a full crop on but they are at different levels of maturity.  In contrast Niagra Black put on a large crop all at the same time so I expect those will all ripen over a very narrow time span.  I don't know if this reflects differences in these cultivars (even though some believe they are the same) or whether it is a different in my two plants.
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If anyone is coming to Harvey's get together, I have 3 (extra) lda that I grew from cuttings this year in 5 gallon pots.  I don't like to ship trees because I use larger pots and it's too expensive.  The cuttings came from fd1212.

Message me if you are interested in buying one.
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Steve,
My main crop starts to ripen at this time (typically the beginning of August) and continues to ripen figs into the first week of October and longer. There are always green figs left on the tree at dormancy. So to answer your question. No, they don't all ripen over a brief period. This variety was finicky in its first couple of years but it made a turnaround. Along with Aldo's Palermo Red, it is one of my work horse trees that is consistent and productive. Perhaps its because your LdA is still young.
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