First fig of the year - unknown breba

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eboone

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Yesterday, 7/20 I harvested my first fig of this year, a breba crop fig(only one on this plant). This was given to me as an unlabeled cutting in fall of 2013, a friend said it was from his collection and had lost its tag. I grew it out last year (and gave an extra plant of the same to another rookie fig grower), and this year it is a nice plant in a 4g SIP. It was started on the fig shuffle around 4/6 and almost immediately put out a single breba. It has another 8 or so main crop figs and I have started rubbing out new ones developing. This fig was outstanding, comparable in taste to the best main crop figs I tried last year at another grower's orchard including Adriatic(JH) and Preto. This far exceeded anything I was expecting from a breba and from this unknown. I have a PM sent to the friend to see if he can identify it from the pics. The flavor was sweet, vaguely berry-like, closer to strawberry than any other berry I have tasted, with a slight crunch from the seeds. The fig was green with a little bronze tones at the eye end. It looks darker in the photos than in real life. Anyway, here are the pics: Thanks for looking! __________________ Ed Zone 6A - Southwest PA --------------------------- Short wish list: CDDG, LSU Red, Dark Greek (Navid), Col Littman's Black Cross. And any cold hardy early fig.

rcantor

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Posted 1437499536	Reply with quote #2

Looks great! __________________ Zone 6, MO Wish list: Galicia Negra, De La Reina - Pons, Genovese Nero - Rafed's, Sbayi, Souadi, Acciano, Any Rimada, Sodus Sicilian, any Bass, Pons or Axier fig, any great tasting fig.

donpaid

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Posted 1437511466	Reply with quote #3

That looks absolutely delicious. Could it be DK? Those have been known to remove peoples' socks.

deerhunter16b

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Posted 1437511703	Reply with quote #4

Nice interior color __________________ john Zone 7a

eboone

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Posted 1437512265 · Edited	Reply with quote #5

Quote: Originally Posted by donpaid That looks absolutely delicious. Could it be DK? Those have been known to remove peoples' socks. Dees DK get that darker coloration at the base end? I have a DK that is the same age, did not get any brebas this year, has a couple of main crop I'm waiting to see abort, but leaves are not the same. I also have a mature Adriatic(Grasa) which members have stated appears to be a DK. All of the brebas fell off of it early when I exposed it to temps around 37-38 during the fig shuffle period. Leaves don't look the same as this unknown, though it is an older tree. Adriatic(Grasa) leaves do look similar to my younger DK. I think that we can wait to judge if the main crop figs fall off, since I have no fig wasps here. __________________ Ed Zone 6A - Southwest PA --------------------------- Short wish list: CDDG, LSU Red, Dark Greek (Navid), Col Littman's Black Cross. And any cold hardy early fig.

binbin9

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Posted 1437678831	Reply with quote #6

DK's get more yellow with ripeness and the interior stays a light red pinkish hue. They do not get the darker bottom hue. My DKs look like this. __________________ Renton, WA My Seattle Garden Blog \| Fig Addiction WISH LIST: Genovese Nero Rafeds \| UCR 187-25 \| Black Tuscan \| Black Triana \| Jack Lilly \| Barbillone \| St Rita \| Tauro \| Jin Ao Fen \| Lampeira Preto \| Any fig over 100grams =)

jdsfrance

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Posted 1437681354	Reply with quote #7

Hi binbin9, Nice harvest. How big is your tree? Do you have a pic with the figs still on the tree? How many figs do you get on one branch ? __________________ ------------------------ Climate from -25°C to + 35°C Only cold hardy figtrees can make it here

binbin9

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Posted 1437927093	Reply with quote #8

This is a tree from my parent's property. It's 20ft tall and just loaded in July every year. __________________ Renton, WA My Seattle Garden Blog \| Fig Addiction WISH LIST: Genovese Nero Rafeds \| UCR 187-25 \| Black Tuscan \| Black Triana \| Jack Lilly \| Barbillone \| St Rita \| Tauro \| Jin Ao Fen \| Lampeira Preto \| Any fig over 100grams =)

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