Encanto Farms Nursery > Categories > is LSU Scott's Black same as Black Jack?

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Aaron4USA

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I received cuttings of Black Jack and on the cutting it was written Scott's Black but the person who sent me said they are Black Jack cuttings.
Quackmaster

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Aaron, I am just about positive they are not the same.
greenfig

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What was the person's name? :)
dkirtexas

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LSU Scotts Black is not the same as Black Jack, no question about that.  LSU Scotts Black may not even be a LSU Scotts Black as there are two different ones, an earlier one and a later one.  I am not clear on why, but the later one may re-emerge with a different name as there were negotiations between LSU and a large unknown company on the rights to the tree.  This was discussed by Dr. Johnson at the LAST(?) LSU Fig Field Day.

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Aaron4USA

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oh great! now I have to see which of the three I have, LOL
GeneDaniels

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don't worry Aaron, its actually pretty simple. You either have a LSU Scott's Black, a Scott's Black LSU, or a Scott's LSU Black... or perhaps it is a Black Jack or a Jack Black????? Oh well... its a fig damn it!  

Or is it a little black pear??
DallasFigs

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Life would be boring without a little mystery.....
rcantor

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That's like expecting a Yugo and getting a Porsche
Aaron4USA

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Bob are you saying LSU Scott's Black is a Superior to Black Jack, I am not familiar with either...
Sas

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[QUOTE=GeneDaniels]don't worry Aaron, its actually pretty simple. You either have a LSU Scott's Black, a Scott's Black LSU, or a Scott's LSU Black... or perhaps it is a Black Jack or a Jack Black????? Oh well... its a fig damn it!  

Or is it a little black pear??[/QUOTE]


This is too funny! Now I have to check which Black Mission I have.
rcantor

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Est ebay price for Black Jack:  5.99

Est ebay price for Scotts Black:  39.99
schaplin

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Hope it taste good no matter what it is.
GeneDaniels

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[QUOTE=schaplin]Hope it taste good no matter what it is.[/QUOTE]

At the end of the day, taste and productivity are what matters to me. Give me a tree that makes lots of good tasting figs, and I don't care too much what variety it is.

And BtW, I have only tasted one fig I did not like, and that was growing in too much shade. In other words, all ripe figs are good, only some are better than other ;-)