I haven't been posting much.  I've just been picking and eating ripe figs.  Here is a fig that has a very sweet strong flavor.  It's called Lyndhurst White.  It came from my friend KK in New Jersey.  It spreads out wide versus growing upright.  My 2 trees are in SIPs.  I've been withholding water from them this year because in previous years they watery and I had a hard time trying to figure out when to pick them.  

This year, it has not rained much and I have only watered my trees when the tree began to droop a little, so about once a week.  I bagged every fig on the tree and yesterday, these 2 were marshmallow soft so I took a chance and picked them.  It was a good thing I did because we got rain today and more is coming!!!!  Its an excellent cultivar!  I know my friend Leon discarded his tree because his tree was watery.  I gave my trees another year and that extra year did wonders for me!      

Would you rate it better than Hollier? Can you describe the taste to your palate? how does it handle FMV?

Does it split? Would like to trade cuttings /plants? ;)

Thanks Dennis.
I grew Lyndhurst White and discovered that it was the same cultivar as Latarolla, side-by-side. The figs and the leaves matched!
Several observations were made. It was very obvious that both varieties were very resistant to FMV. Both varieties grew fast, were highly productive, and the figs were quite large!
Sadly, neither one performed well for me in Albuquerque and I say that with regret because of the qualities which I just mentioned.
Here, I just could not acquire much flavor from these figs, even when dead ripe. Perhaps it had something to do with our climatic conditions and elevation of 5000 ft.

Leon, thank you for answering my fmv question...

I wonder at what age (leaf, year, etc.) You decided it was not making the cut?

I have a tree that took SIX years before I would say it was tasty, and it is my favorite tree right now. I have a fico santo that the flavor has had slight improvement in the middle of the season, even with rain (this is a fig for So. Cal, not FL, sold to me as "italian honey").

JDS France made a simmilar comment about Brooklynmatty's desert king, he said "wait six years"

I know, there are many really good figs you do not have to wait so long for, no one can blame a fig enthuiast for growing those types. :) when you think of it, the quick and tasty figs are what created the fig community...

They look tasty!
How big are they?

Great pics and write up Dennis! I totally agree with you, I LOVE my LW! It's so healthy, productive and quite delicious! Like you said though, it is essential that you hold back on watering during ripening or all that goodness will get washed away. Another thing worth noting is how cold hardy it is too! It is one of the few trees I have growing in ground here in the arctic tundra of eastern PA ;) Granted our last winter here was pretty mild, but it survived with minimal protection here (extra mulch only) and only died back about an inch or 2. It is a bit behind my potted LW, but both are loaded with figs this year! Another good quality is that is produces nice early brebas as well (mid-July time frame for me). My inground tree even held onto a few brebas which impressed me even more! It definitely has a permanent place here in my yard, just praying we get more heat here and less rain now! ;)

Fruit from young trees tend to be pink on the inside, as it gets older it gets a little redder.  In my yard LW is all sweet no figgy taste. Still my Mom's favorite. You can guess what kind of tooth she has :)  I found LW towards the end of a season about 16 years ago next to a 7-11. It was huge. Figs as big as my fist. I have not been successful growing them that big. I didn't meet the little old Italian guy till the following year and I only met him twice. The first time, he told me to come back at the end of the season. There was a communication problem, he spoke poor English and I don't speak any Italian. When I went back to get my cuttings his son in law was there. He told me it grows better in the old country. We had a short talk and as they walked away his son  in law said the secret to this fig is pruning. That was the last I saw of them, that winter the house was sold and the mother tree disappeared. In my yard LW can be too vigorous  for its own good. Shooting out branches and limbs everywhere.  The one winter I saw him cover it, he stretched a large blue tarp over the top out to the sides, down to the ground. I'm assuming he was trying to capture as much ground heat as possible. But I don't know. I did see the tree after he pruned it in the spring. Don't laugh at my artwork but it looked something like this.

   

It was trained to the side, the diameter of the trunk was about 7-8 inches and about 7-8 feet from ground to top. Late in the season when I visited it took up a lot of room in his yard.  If was to estimate I would say 10 feet in all directions.

Way more room than I could sacrifice for 1 tree or  I would have tried it years ago.

 

They usually have long necks

 



some years incredibly long


 

 

I LOVE your artwork kk! Lol its right up my alley too ;) This I may actually be able to duplicate! I agree that it is an extremely aggressive grower, which I can see could very quickly get out of hand, allowing the tree to focus too much energy on growing vegetatively instead of into making fruit. I noticed this tendency was only an issue though with my inground tree, which makes sense given the roots were free to roam where they pleased.

Thank you again for the history on this variety KK. Love to hear the story behind these trees.. Makes them more special to me :)

Hi Dr Leon! Glad to see you posting. In the past years my LW had to be picked just right. But every year the figs get better! I agree. It is the same as Lattrolla. I have one Lattrolla that was 8 feet tall in a SWP but a big gust of wind snapped it. Now, it's a very wide bush! You should give it another try! The same thing happened to me with both Smith and Peter's Honey. The first few years the figs were small and tasted like nothing. Today they are some of the best tasting figs!

Hello Jamie! Welcome back! It's good to hear from you! I have 4 LW trees and I love them all! One goes in the ground this Fall! I have the perfect spot for it!