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I have two young Zucchini figs (last year rooted)

They had two leafs each, then they dropped the leafs and started to show a lot of breba figs (maybe 10 on each plant, I knocked all the breba figs off,(except 1 :)) now they are starting to put leafs back on! Maybe they will go into the growing mode now!

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My LSU Gold has a Breba crop this year.

Only 1  stayed on long enough to ripen and it was almost as good as main crop.

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Ronde de Bordeaux
Grise Olivette
Native de Argentile
Black Bethlehem

have breba forming now.

Edit: last week of April showing breba on these cultivars
Panachee
Negretta
Santa Cruz Dark


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My Alma, Celeste, and Brunswick started the season with brebas. Only the Alma and Celeste kept them.


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Improved_not O'Rourke Celeste
Payne E Vino White
Payne E Vino Dark
LSU Gold
Blk. Greek
Brooklyn White
Adriatic JH
Aldo's
Salerno
Italian purple..
Zucchini (see earlier post)



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Non-inground trees with brebas 2011

002              B Mad 001

006              B Mad 003

008              B Mad 006

014              GM-3

019              Lisa RN

026              Ficus afghanistanica

030              D'Or RN

041              Santa Cruz White DFIC0111

056              Johannes RN

097              Royal Mediterranean

182              Abandoned Orchard SV

328              Peter's Honey FN9

587              Catanzaro (#3)

648              Excel DW (2)

650              Turquoise

659              184-15 (3)

661              K-7-11 (2)

662              Mega Celeste (2)

682              Golden Celeste (3)

685              Santa Margherita (2) 1624

686              Stanford

1416            Nazarti

FU               Black Madeira

FU               Vista (1)

Still have to survey in ground trees, but know that the following have brebas:

White Adriatic, St, Jerome, Black Weeping, Bifara, 135-15s, Monstrueuse, Violette de Bordeaux EL, Norman's Yellow, White King


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Picked 1 Black Celeste today.  I did not see it until I saw a red bird tinkering around my tree.  I picked the fig.  It was very sweet and needed 2 more days.
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I found an LSU Purple breba that I hadn't removed when I picked off the others and it was almost ripe, but a bird had pecked a hole in it, so I picked it and ate it.  It was almost good, being almost ripe.  Next season, I'll leave the LSU Purple brebas on the tree.

Also, I found a Hunt breba, same scenario as the LSU Purple and no bird had bothered it.  When I first saw it, it was yellow, so I left it on the tree until it had softened and drooped as far as it could.  I picked it and tasted it, but it didn't have any flavor.  I don't know if I should have left it on the tree longer and if I had, would it have tasted any better.  It had only a shadow of flavor.

Dennis, I have two Black Celestes and picked off the brebas because I had split the tree in two and didn't want to tax them by leaving the brebas on it this season.  It's good to know that the brebas taste good.

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Noss, I'll leave the tree in the ground till October.  We have 90 degree weather and a lot of heavy wind and rain over the past 2 weeks.  My Hollier is full of brebra and I'm not sure when to pick them.  Do they crack, split and wrinkle like most?  Right now I have 2 that are turning a light green color and starting to droop.  Do they split?  I hope not, its been raining a lot here.

As for Black Celeste, they taste just like O'Rourke but more round and firm.  My tree is in the ground and only around 24 inches tall but that was the only brebra.  Very very very sweet fig.  I may order another one of these!  I also have a lot of brebras on my Atreano.  Looks like its going to be a good year for figs.  

HOW BOUT THOSE FIGS!!!!

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Yep, how bout those figs!!!

I don't know about Holliers--don't have one of those.  I've been told that, here, if there's enough rain, any fig will split, but I think they mean days and days of rain, or  heavy rains right when the figs are ripening.  It will even split and sour Celestes, but they have thin skins.

I'm anxious to taste the figs from the Black Celestes.  Dalton Durio said I could come taste the black Celestes of their tree when they are ripening, so I will, to compare the taste to mine, which are young trees.

If my Black Celestes do well this season, and they look like they are doing so and growing well, I'll leave the brebas on them next season.

The tree at Durio Nursery is sitting out on black nursery matting and is in a concrete planter and was doing fine even with all the heat and the place where the figs are are right near the highway, so there is extra heat from cars and the road.  They  have nice, overhead sprinklers there to keep the plants watered well.  I'm optimistic about the Black Celestes.

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Checked on breba crop on parent tree of Narragansett this week, and they look healthy, large, and fat.

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Just picked my 3rd breba from my Negronne.

Aldo fig is almost ready to pick.


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Well, I just picked my very first breba fig today, ever!

It's one of three fig trees I received from my late Uncle, none have their official name so I named each after him, a white, a dark and an unknown til this past week. Let me explain......:)

He gave me these trees approximately 4-5 yrs ago, the unknown had NEVER made any fruit til last season and it never ripened. So I got disgusted with it and decided it was going, well, last fall after I started hacking it up I decided to leave 3 shoots and use all the others as cuttings 'just for experimentation's sake'. I have no clue what snipping 3 shoots off did to this thing but I noticed a lil over a month ago the thing was the very first to show some figlets out of all my other trees. Besides the 4 larger figs, it also has a bunch of much smaller figs that I have to presume are the main crop. This morning to my surprise one of them felt very soft to the touch but it wasn't quite drooping as much as I like to see them but feared a bird or some other animal might spoil my party so I picked her and brought her in. I'm going to give her a day on the kitchen window sill before I dissect for photo and devour her as my first breba trophy. :)

This is probably one of the larger variety's I own so I'm hoping it's a tasty one!

The moral of the story is don't be so quick to quit on one of your trees before doing something dramatic. I'm going to have to assume the root structure wasn't large enough for the amount of shoots I had (about 6 since I was planning on keeping it bush like). The thing flourished since the hacking AND at least two of my cuttings have flourished as well.








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Picked 2 Votato figs on Saturday.  One was 35g and the other 38g.  No photo, very sweet with a fruitly taste.  Figs were starting to split due to the daily rain.  Eye is open on these figs but excellent flavor.


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Some one explain to me what a breba is? Tried to figure it out from context but couldn't. Tried to look it up on Wikipeda. No luck there either. 

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Mike,
Breba are figs growing on last year's wood also known as the first crop. Main crop or second crop figs are figs growing on new wood produced this year.

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Thanks very much.
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Here is a link you can see both, I hope this helps.


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Hi, does anyone have any know how the breba figs of Brown Turkey and Brunswick taste?  I'me growing my tree in pots indoors, and they are loaded with figs.
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Here is the Brunswick with some breba figs ripening


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My Brown Turkey breba figs. My breba figs are better than no figs. ;) Larger than the 1st main crop and not very sweet since there is an abundance of rain in the spring and lower temperatures 70's to 80's F when they ripen.


March 27


March 28


June 13 Ripe breba and smaller 1st main crop that began ripening on July 28.


July 31 1st main crop ripening


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Several of the cuttings I've received this year appear to have brebas on them.  If I'm sure it is a breba and not a bud, I pull it off right away.  However, when they are small I can't distinguish between bud and breba, so I'm not sure what to do.  Some questions regarding same:

1.  If I use new uline baggie method and leave a breba on that gets covered in dirt, will it keep trying to grow and sapping energy from the cutting?
2.  Do brebas on a given tree always form on the same side?  In other words, if you're staring straight at the leaf scar with the bud/breba above, is the breba reliably on the right or left of the bud for all nodes on any given tree? 
3.  If there are two tiny buds/brebas next to each other on a cutting, is there any reliable way to tell which is which? 

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There is no 'set' side they grow on. Some nodes on the same cutting can develop differently.

New figlets are round, with somewhat of a spot in the middle. Some are dark and some are light. The bud will look long and conical.

It sometimes takes 1 to 3 weeks to see the the difference. Be aware that in rare instances 2 figs can develop on one node, hampering your decision making.

Burying shouldn't harm the cutting, but when you are sure what it is, then treat accordingly.

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i have one breba on the VdB that's big enough right now and another one that started about 3 days ago. most of the breba 'fell' off before they started doing anything. i'll probably keep them to see how they taste.

 

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kathleen's black is showing breba since about a week or two ago.

 

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Picked the following brebras:

Sicilian Black
Monticello
Weeping. - excellent tasting, very rich
Negronne

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Dennis,

 

Can you post pictures of your Weeping tree and fruits, please? Thanks!


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Ruben, I will pick some later. 

Bebra report:

July 1
LSU Champage - Long neck yellow fig--was red inside and rich!
Galbun
Fall Gold -- mild, sweet,  small plant...needs more time

July 6
Florea - - Excellent sweet figgy taste!  Birds got one!
Marseilles White

Improved Celeste ripening.  This was a tree that I THOUGHT was O'Rourke, but it is not.  O'Rourke and IC are so confusing!!!

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Dennis,
 Very interesting take on the taste of Florea. Others on the forum have described the taste as laking. Definitely a cultivar to consider especially since it is so cold hardy.

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Pete, I have a tiny little Florea.  It produced 4 small figs and I thought the taste was amazing for a young tiny little tree.  So, I traded for another one and it came this week.  I like the taste.  I'm starting to cull my figs and get rid of those that taste like nothing.  So, far, Florea is a keep to me. 


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July 16th
Marseilles Monticello  -- sweet but a little dry--will get better
Improved Celeste  -- Very Sweet rich tasting figs!
Trojano -- Blah blah bland!
Black Mission -- the best tasting so far
Italian Black

July 17
Texas Everbearing - huge sweet figs, not Brown Turkey
Excel -- awesome!

July 18
Tacoma Violete


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VdB - paradise nursery/east coast figs -7/7/12


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7/22/12

Italian Black......CN
Black Mission CN .......crazy sweet!
Brown Turkey.......PFTP
Italian Honey
Celeste JR
Excel
Hardy Chicago  larger this year than last yr

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7/22/12

Lattarulla (Italian Honey) : nice sweet flavor

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Today....7/24/12

Hunt
Hardy Chicago
Improved Celeste
Toni's Brown Italian
Celeste JR
Black Mission
Lattarulla
Texas Everbearing
Brown Turkey
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Hi Dennis:So, Florea, makes good tasting fruits in your climate!I am so Happy for you.
It is very possible,because That how fig cultivars are,they are best only in some climates and not in other.
In My climate it was only average and watery.
I have all the confidence that ,your report is correct,because That is how  variable fig cultivars are.
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Dennis, I'm happy to hear of your evaluation of Florea. I have also heard reports out of Rhode Island, that it is performing well there also. We have a young plant of Florea, that we receive just this summer, form one the forum members. It was simply a small rooted cutting when we received it. But, it has been a very strong grower here. We stopped using fungicides/insecticides this spring. Bad idea. We had our worst out break of FMV, that we have ever had this year.  

So far, Florea has been one of about three figs that appear to be very resistant, to the FMV out break. The other two are Marseilles Black VS, and Danny's Delight. I'm wondering if that is a big factor in why these three are so cold hardy.

Herman, any idea of why Florea taste so good for Dennis, in South Carolina, and also in Rhode Island, but not in your part of New Jersey?

If Rhode Island was close to South Carolina, I would guess at it being the heat. But the weather in Rhode island is closer to the weather in Connecticut, then South Carolina.

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I have tasted that fruit in RI. Outstanding taste like a sweet faint cinnamon after taste.

I would rate it high for my taste palate. If one can grow it and attain this taste profile, it is a must have in my book.

I have it currently in ground but am waiting since it is small at this time.

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The reason,Florea is Better is because Rhode Island is closer to ocean,and dryer,when the figs ripe.
Also less precipitation.means more sunny days.
In Rhode Island There are apple and pear orchards,and also vineyards,and grow much better then in New Jersey Interior.
I bet Florea will be very good here too,3 miles close to ocean or less.
It makes a huge difference.
The fact that there are commercial Apple orchards in Rhode Island,tells it all.
No such things here in NJ,because Apples are the most difficult to grow, in the wrong climate,from all other fruits.
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I am hoping Florea would do well here. Abundance main crop figs.
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I  am a little confused here some people call it breba and others call it breva. Isn't this the figs ripened in spring on last year growth. I don't have that luxury I am in a cold climate. Winter temp can reach -10
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I am a little at loss here. Some people call it breba and others call breva. so which one is correct. My understanding it is the figs which ripen in spring on last year growth. I don't have that luxury because I live in a winter freezing  climate.
The heaven must be a warm place and figs grow year there round otherwise Eve would not find the fig leave she used hide her kitty when she and Adam were kicked out from heaven.

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Hello, Abraham.

We are in a cold climate also. A zone 5b/6a. As far as I'm aware, I have only seen the word breba. Not Breva. But, then I have only been into figs for maybe 6 to 8 years

Our Breba crop of Bayernfeige Violetta, is just starting to ripen, here in Connecticut, on August the 17th. So, it's well beyond Spring here. We are in the process of trying to learn how to grow a breba crop of Bayernfeige Violetta, in ground here.

Although Violetta produces hundreds of main crop figs here, we have only been able to harvest about 12 of the breba crop for the last two years. But, that might be because we have not learned yet, when to stop removing late main crop fig embryo.

One of the form members, Herman2, might be your best bet for obtaining information on breba crops, for a zone 6.

Bob- zone 5 Connecticut



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Countryboy breba and breva are both correct.
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DaveC,

Brunswick (based on what I am presuming an unknown I have is or at least very related) gave me good tasting brebas this year. But most were frost damaged so I only had one truly healthy and properly ripened fruit. That one was as good as main crop with similar flavor profile. It put out so many breba this year due to mild winter I presume then bam late freeze which I protected during with my customary burlap rice bags knocked em most out.
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I picked my first fig of 2013 today, a Black Mission NL 64 grams





Next up is another Black Mission NL and then probably a Jurupa:



After that probably is a Flanders:


Note: these plants have FMV but I don't care. :)

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Today I discovered a Vista breba that was ripe, fairly small on a plant that is still fairly small, weighing 32 grams.



Taste was very good!


And here's a Monstreuse breba that is not far off.

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Looking good... How was the flavor?
I wonder if pollinated brevas have a better flavor.

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