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The record rainfall this summer has delayed the figs from ripening but Celeste has finally come through and it was worth the wait. I am not a huge Celeste fan but who can fault the earliness and abundance of this variety?

I have come to appreciate a grilled fig sandwich as much as eating them fresh off the tree.

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Cool!  What kind of cheese?
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Hi Frank,

I have eaten exactly four figs that were very close to ripe. I think a bug or bird hastened the ripening a little. Why would a Celeste that had been in the ground for a year and a half have figs that are less mature (green and hard) than a tree that I bare rooted last Winter and planted. The bare rooted had a dozen or so figs that are close to ripe. The bare root tree is a single trunk about five foot tall. The older fig is multiple trunked and at least nine feet tall. They are planted within fourteen feet of one another and if anything the single trunk may get a little less sun.

I can't wait to try your grilled fig sandwich.
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Frank,

The best those figs could have made it in the kitchen is the sink to wash them.
Then I would have inhaled them.
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My Celeste are still the size of marbles but there are lot's of them this year.  Best year yet for them and I can't wait.  Will have to try a sandwich.   Is that figs ham and cheese or is there anything else.  Please describe the sandwich.


thanks for showing and great pictures.

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Where is the prosciutto
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I'm going to guess Manchego or Parmigiano Reggiano cheese.  Looks good.
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Calvin, you must be a true cheese connoisseur. It is Manchego cheese.

The sandwich consists of two slices of Texas toast, ham and cheese toasted for 5 minutes. No prosciutto in the house. I like the combination of sweet and savory.
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Looks great Frank. Because of being delayed by a cold spring mine are ripening a month late right in the middle of all the rain we've been having. It hard for me to find any good figs, the exception is O'Rourke. The rain doesn't hurt it. Nice photos.
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After the current experience, rain resistance has a whole new meaning to me, although I suppose we're talking about supreme rain resistance here, and not just "doesn't rot the instant a summer shower hits" resistance.  Noah's Ark style!
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Especially desired figs: UCD 187-25, UCD 200-48, UCD 157-17, UCD 309-B1, Princesa, Black Madeira, high quality sugar fig that ripens Sept-Oct.

Probable desired fig: Smith, St Jean, JH Adriatic, CddB, Gulbun, Pastilliere, Sucrette

Rooting:  Smith, CDDB--this pretty much means I have my fun tries (tho' important since they are truly desirable), and only interested for this year: Gulbun, BM, 187-25, or something wildly exotic or precious that nobody has any good reason to send me.
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Frank I always like fruit with pig meat.

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