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First Noire de caromb breba

Enjoyed my earliest noire de caromb breba,container and greenhouse, grown today. Not as early as ronde de bordeaux or as prolific as white marseilles both of which I have already tasted this season but still a nice fig. What a difference a sunny Spring makes. Here in southern UK it has advanced all my greenhouse figs by about two weeks.
A picture paints a thousand words so here goes.

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Very nice, Elruge!  How was the flavor?

Very nice and very timely for me,I have it in my 'shopping basket' with a French nursery right now,how does it taste that is the big question?

Hi Jennifer and Haroon,
Flavour wise I give it an 8 out of 10, nice but not outstanding. It was sweet and juicy but I couldn't pick up anything more than that. It has proved slow growing for me in a pot, but a reliable if not prolific cropper. Haroon I hope you are planning to grow this variety under glass, I wouldn't grow it in the open garden in the UK
Jennifer it would do very well in southern California and with the wasp I would think the flavour would be something else.

John

Thanks for the review,8/10 ain't bad at all.I was planning pot in a sheltered sunny location,and if no fruit then bring it into a poly tunnel

A sunny sheltered spot may give you a breba crop, but I just don't think there would be enough sustained warmth to ripen a main crop outside. I have found it needs a hot summer and an early main cropper to succeed outside in the UK.

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