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paully22

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Reliable, hardy, productive, excellent

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Is it a early ripen fig. I have Melanzana calabrese cuttings rooting dont know a whole lot about them. Also what is AF ?
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Congratulations!
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Thanks Paul this fig looks very nice!  Are you growing this in ground?

Hi Richie I think AF stands for Adriano Ferreira from whom Paul got this fig. 

When I spoke to Adriano about his Melanzana fig I understood it is the fig from S. Italy i.e. Melanzana Calabrese. 

These clear photos to me don't look like LdA photos I have seen so this finally solves a little mystery for me.:)
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Thats what i saw too. Doesn't look like LdA at all.
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WINRERS ARE VERY MILD LOW 20'S BUT WARMS RIGHT UP DURING THE DAY. SUMMER IS EXTREMELY HOT & HUMID 100 degrees 100% humidity fig tree grow like crazy but some split from rain & humidity
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My tree came from Prof.M.Bostock -- he had traded with Adriano. My tree is in-ground with no winter
protection for over 8 years. It gives me a yummie main crop every year. Pictures were last year.
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When do you harvest your main crop? no brebas?
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Looks great Paul!
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Beautiful fig and it looks delicious too !! Glad to confirm also the shape is nothing like my Pellegrino, I have a Melanzana calabrese coming and I was afraid they might have been the same
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Pictures taken on 29th August 2015. Last year winter & spring was warmer and hence summer came early. Usually
my Melanzana AF starts ripening by 3rd week Sept. It produces a smaller breba crop. My mother tree is shaded by a plum
tree and yet the fig gets a pretty dark skin. Fig size is small to medium.

Came to me as Melanzana. Not sure whether it is Melanzana Calabrese. If I remember correctly, the pictures I have seen 
for a ripen M.Calabrese interior is less intense redness and the outer skin is not as dark.

Fig Melanzana Merdoscola is Longue d'Aout. I got this variant directly from Adriano.
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Beautiful fig. Nice clear photos.
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Looks nothing like my Melanzana.  Melanzana is an enlongated shaped fig.  Your looks like Marseilles Black to me.  IMHO.  Be blessed!

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paully22

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some of the figs are pyriform especially the brebas. I have MVSB.
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Looks very nice and productive variety. :)
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