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Figs in Paris, France

The capital of France is a great city for the fig lover : in almost every street, you can find a fig tree! Although Paris is in Northern France where the climate is rather cold, the figs that grow here are not necessarily very cold-hardy since the urban heat island effect prevents from heavy frost.

The varieties planted in the center of Paris are mainly well-known French ones : Pastilière, Blanche d'Argenteuil, Dauphine, etc. In the suburbs where many immigrants settled in the past century, you can find more uncommon and unnamed varieties brought by them from Algeria, Portugal, Italy...

Here is a photo report of the figs in Paris, for the eye's pleasure :

http://nahon.p.free.fr/varia/ficus/paris.htm

Thank you 'planteur' for sharing those Paris fig pictures
We should hear far more about the subject - may be language is the problem- ... google helps!

For instance.. we know Pastilière is a somehow temperamental fig but, why it seems to grow well in Paris neighborhoods and give headaches to growers in NorthAmerica at about similar latitudes (?)

cheers
Francisco
Portugal

Bom dia Francisco
Se diz que ha aqui na cidade um "ilôt de chaleur urbaine" (ilha de calor urbana)
Enquanto nos suburbios a temperatura pode cair muito abaixo de 0 °C, a polluição no centro de Paris causa que nao faz tão frio
Cumprimentos da França!
Peter

(PS : na proxima semana vou estar no Alemtejo a visitar amigos que têm là um grande pomar de figos !)

Olá Peter   .. Bom dia.
Muito Obrigado pela explicação.
Faça uma boa estadia no Alentejo e aproveite para provar esses figos
Pergunto-me que variedades serão ??
Salutations

Francisco

Obrigadinho!
Na verdade são muitos figos estangeiros que eu plantei no jardim deste amigo, ou que enviei-lhe da França por correio nos ultimos anos. Ele fez também um site com fotos
http://olharfeliz.typepad.com/jardin/2017/08/photos-de-figue-du-verger-pn.html

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Originally Posted by planteur123
Obrigadinho!
Na verdade são muitos figos estangeiros que eu plantei no jardim deste amigo, ou que enviei-lhe da França por correio nos ultimos anos. Ele fez também um site com fotos
http://olharfeliz.typepad.com/jardin/2017/08/photos-de-figue-du-verger-pn.html


Uma colecção bem interessante!
Parabens ao coleccionador .

Francisco

very nice pictures.  did you see a purple fig ~ 8 cm in diameter?  my mother remembers them in school in France but i cannot find it.  a friend saw them for sale in Naples another in Cairo.  the Romans moved a lot of trees around the empire.   thx 


Where was your mother in school ? I can take a look at it if it is in Paris to see if the tree is still there

Thanks for sharing these pictures.
Have you come across the Eaubonne fig? 
https://figuesdumonde.wordpress.com/2017/01/09/eaubonne

Planteur, thanks for sharing these photos! Very nice indeed.

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