I can't wait to see your pictures and hopefully figs with descriptions of delicious this summer.

They certainly have eye appeal, but I suspect you are not growing them to look at.

Jon,

Once again thank you for posting. Hope we can have these figs here in the states one day.
I would love to have these figs in my collection.

Nice photos/info, thanks for sharing!  I talked to Montserrat just last week.

Chivas, hope you are right!
Dale, Montserrat has tons of figs as much or even nicer looking than these figs, but many are very late and/or don't resist humid climates like mine.
Rafed, be optimist, sooner rather than later, you will see many of these varieties in USA.
Thanks Paul, the merit is of Monserrat, fine person!

Makes me have a little zone envy, but we are all struck with that.  I do not envy those of you in snowy climates, though.

Thanks for your post Axier!  It will be great to see your updates this summer!

Suzi

Axier curious to see what your Roja fruit looks like in your climate compared to mine next season.

Axier,
     Thank you very much for this posting.  The pictures are outstanding and I also appreciated the comparison chart containing some basic useful information.   I also enjoyed seeing the photos of the more unusual striped figs.

Thanks!

Ingevald

Truly amazing those figs are! Gotta love all of the cracks.

Ditto

Purple panache!  How magic is that?

I like the looks of the Calderona, thanks for posting the pics and data.

Yes, Calderona is one of the nicest looking in my opinion. Montserrat says that it is an excellent fig, one of his favorites.

Martin, if I have Roja figs, I will tell you this summer.

All the pictures© in this post are from the Monserrat Pons's book "Las higueras de las Islas Baleares", and they have been published with the author's knowledge and permission.
Any use of these pictures without the express permission of Montserrat Pons is forbidden.

Certainly, a nice fig:
Calderona


You can see a few seconds of Calderona in the video of the following post:
http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/show_single_post?pid=1276533416&postcount=57

I agree that Calderona looks great but Planera is one that really caught my eye. The insides look like a dark strawberry jam :) !

Thank you for posting these pictures Axier. Please feel free to share more ;-) .

what I like most about watching videos of Montserrat Pons orchard is the spacing of his trees.  It looks like his trees are 40' apart (that would be 25 trees per acre).  To me it's the same kind of opulence as shopping in the very high end boutiques or the Apple store.  I also think his orchard is as clean as the boutiques.

James, that's pretty close. His trees are set on a layout called "marca real" at 13 meters apart [which I think is about 42 feet 8 inches.


Photos taken 24 April 2010

Exoticpants1, this is an informational thread, if you are interested in certain cultivars, you should pm or start your own thread. In any event, you can buy cuttings of those cultivars on the website of Mr. Montserrat Pons.

I love to see this thread whenever it pops up!

Mr. Pons is probably filleting his catch right now. Rafael might know what I'm talking about lol

While this thread is back up, I just noticed bass has a few copies of pons' book available for those interested.

Yes I have a few books available, They can be picked up or ordered via my website. 

Wow, these are stunning. Patience I guess until these are here in the states.