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Giuseppe

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Pino,your figs look great.Bravo
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Grazie Giuseppe!

Today I pick my greenhouse ripened CdD Blanc. 
Gave it an early start and have kept in my passive greenhouse for the last month and it looks great.  Looking forward to tasting it will post a photo later.
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As per last posting;

Rewarded today with my 1st ripe Col de Dame Blanc from my 2 year old tree. 


https://goo.gl/photos/6o3me2z3TwTeFVN19

https://goo.gl/photos/yH4qNhsUzyPLumt98

https://goo.gl/photos/948MuKT3njWuGaV36
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It's a bit uglier than I expected on the outside, but the jammy inside looks lovely. Did you enjoy it?
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Devin,
I didn't think it was ugly at all.  Green figs do tend to get dark areas around the ostiole when fully ripened in cool climates. 
The dark red pulp was darker than I expected probably due to the fact that it was a couple of days over ripe.   I waited for the neck to soften and this took a few days.  The fig was edible but only slightly sweet and flat taste.
I have 2 more figs on this tree that are starting to swell I will pick these a little earlier if they ripen.  The days are getting very short now and the temperatures are cooling off.

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Looks great Pino. CDDB has such an excellent colour.

I am so lucky that I was just gifted a CDDB that is producing figs. With some luck I will be tasting some next year. There are some figs left on the tree that will not ripen so I cut one open and I can't believe how good the flesh looks.
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Oh cool, thanks for explaining why they have dark spots like that! I had wondered why some yellow and green figs look a bit blotchy in pictures I have seen.
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Looks great Pino. CDDB has such an excellent colour. I am so lucky that I was just gifted a CDDB that is producing figs. With some luck I will be tasting some next year. There are some figs left on the tree that will not ripen so I cut one open and I can't believe how good the flesh looks.
If the figs have started to swell and if you have a south facing window there is a lot of sun this time of year and they could ripen.
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Oh cool, thanks for explaining why they have dark spots like that! I had wondered why some yellow and green figs look a bit blotchy in pictures I have seen.
I have difficulty determing when green figs (like Desert King, CdDB, Paradiso) are ripe.  They don't droop and soften like the other figs I have.  In the case of CdD Blanc I think by the time it softens it is over ripe like this one. 
Next time I will try when most of fig is soft but the neck is still a bit rigid. 
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I would be interested to see that feedback. I got a desert king this year in trade and just assumed that it would droop like pictures of sucrette that I had seen and that the softness of the next would determine ripeness. It's fascinating how various cultivars have different characteristics I'm terms of when they taste the best, number years, point in cycle etc. It truly cannot be said that they are not unique, save for a few examples I have seen like with mount Etna's. But even then when compared against each other I have seen subtle differences reported.
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Battaglia Green and Naples white figs late to the party:)

Definitely my last figs of 2016.  Nice way to way to end fig season! 

These are 2yr plants in 3 gal pots and each produced 1 fig.  Hope they don't take this long to ripen when they get older.

Battaglia was a large green fig and beautiful dark red interior.  The taste was OK but not great since it has ripened in very cool temps.  (a la JH Adriatic).

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