Martin,

Thank you for your nice comments about my post on the so called SOFÊNO black fig. Hope you had a restful sleep.

What I would like to stress in that post is the fact that this particular tree is now producing what seems to be 'off season' brebas. This is quite unusual here. The other consideration is that the variety name I was given does not seem to be correct. I believe this is an imported fig accidentally planted there long ago.Never saw anything similar.

Ruben,
Thank you for your nice words
You encouraging me to post more pics..here they go !

All the best
Francisco

These are COMMON local figs of the variety 'PRINCESA'
Very light flavor, fruity and sweet.
Good for salads and light meals, going very well with fresh goat cheese on slices of yellow corn bread.
Cheers
Francisco

Fig called 'VINDIMO', the main crop of 'LAMPEIRA PRETA', a San Pedro type fig. Brebas matured in May/June.

These 'VINDIMO' figs can only mature with the help of the wasp which pollinate this fruit, still as small figs from the mid June up to the first week of July.
Skin and pulp look very similar to what we have seen on the Brebas
It is by far sweeter and more flavored than the Spring crop.

Although being a delicious fruit, with a very syrupy and sweet pulp, it does not attract much consumers, used to bigger figs.
Growers in many cases do not push for pollination. The odd wasp flying around will bring the pollen to a small quantity of fruit.
They say that this will not stress the tree which they wish to be vigorous and ready for the coming Breba crop next spring.

Francisco

Variety: PÉROLA  or  MARTINETE

This a COMMON fig native of this district which on some years displays Brebas in small quantities (June). Average size, occasionally displaying quite big figs.

Thick skin, showing a variety of colors from brownish chocolate to light bronze/green.  Reddish pulp, sweet, very juicy, flavored and very delicious.

Typically eaten fresh picked straight from the tree in early morning, and in salads and desserts.
As a dessert, traditionally, it goes very well in a family lunch of grilled sardines, 'al fresco', under the shade of an old carob tree.

Best wishes
Francisco

Variety: BRAÇAJOTE BRANCO or OLHO DE PASSARINHO or REGALO

Common fig, highly productive tree. Average size, round with light ribs
green skin, changing to yellowish when over ripe, closed ostiole, short or almost no stalk, pulp blood red, sweet and with a particular perfume.
This fig is one of the best for jellies.


Francisco

Fig of the common type - VIOLETA variety, also erroneously called San Luiz.

One of the sweetest and most flavored figs, grown extensively in the distant past all over the district. On some years it displays a few early Brebas. Size is medium/average, the figs being accidentally caprified, are distinctly bigger and with deep red pulp.
Extremely sweet and flavored, drying very well.
Farmers still keep a few old trees. Market pressures drive growers to replace these old varieties by new highly productive San Pedro varieties.

Francisco

Great pictures Francisco the são luiz figs look allot like figo preto and black Madeira do you have any pictures of the leaves?

Obrigado

Hi Nelson,
Hope everything all right with you.
Thank you for your appreciation. Some people call this fig San Luiz but it is not correct. San Luiz is shaped differently, more turbinate and its pulp is yellowish (straw colored). If you look at the paper written by Manuel Bivar Weinholtz in 1883, he describes the San Luiz fig precisely as it is.
Will try and get leaf shapes for you.

The Violeta fig pictures sent, relate to caprified figs. These figs do not need the wasp, as they are common type, but once they have caprifigs nearby, they get wasp visits which make them firmer, bigger and change the pulp colour to almost blood red. It also make the fruit sweeter and syrupy.
Non caprified Violeta has light red almost orange pulp.

If I may say so, Violeta figs, in many respects are almost similar to Pastillière.

Take care
Francisco

One more of the heavy weights, variety CASTANHAL.
This is a San Pedro type, flavored and juicy, very sweet.

Francisco

08/26/2012 Colisanti #3

09/01/2012 DiRedo.  It has a great seed crunch and if no rain, syrupy sweet, but with even a big of rain it seems to go watery over night.  I will have a few more before I decide to kill it or try another year.

I didn't like the flavour of any more figs so I killed it, I felt bad for about 5 minutes.

I planted a Desert King and a Violetta in August 2011 and to date have harvested 3 DKs and a single V brebas.  Got about 2 more DS and 2 more V brebas coming on.  Each tree has about a dozen main crop which are not likely to ripen. 

Seattle

Colosanti White (aug 10)

Colosanti dark ,

Grimo BT(not)(probably a celeste)

Melanzanna Merdescola (MM) not mm, now an unknown

English Brown turkey (looks like another celeste not EBT)

Violette de Bordeaux : breba which formed after the main ripened during main ripening period and tasted the same, only the breba were smaller than the main
and Oregon prolific/marseilles

the unknown red, leafs make it to be a mount etna type

Grimo's Natalina. 

a white italian

petite negri EL, taste improved when nights turned cooler.

unknown green/yellow.... looks like a kadota, but maybe not since it tastes no where near as bad as glue and a brillo pad, and is the best tasting light coloured fig I have this year.

hardy Chicago sept1

lattarulla

ripening now, panachee

sept 14 sicilian red almost ripe
ate last of the white italian today, and one left on both VDB and PN

Panachee Sept 8, it split bad and needed 5 more days but it tasted like raspberry so I am hopeful for next year.

September 22  Black Maderia, first fig off the tree, tough skin, rich flavour no picture because we ate it too quickly.  If it ripened sooner I imagine it would be much more tasty. 

Hi

Not sure if anyone can advise me but i have a mature fig tree I want to move,just wondering if anyone could give me some advice on how to do this

Thanks

Hello MTJ1968,

Please give a bit more detail
How big is it ?..potted or in ground ? Age ? Can you provide pictures ?
Is new location too far from present position ?
This will help to get a clearer picture of your problem and to provide help.
In theory all fig trees, big, small, potted or in ground can be transplanted.
Yours should not be an exception
Size/age will dictate feasibility and best method, steps to achieve it. Some costs may also have to be considered.
Francisco

Two months ago I had shown my first Bourjassotte Noire (VDS) taken from an isolated small tree in a 4 gal pot (see post #61 on this same subject), following a drastic treatment against an invasion of ants.

Now I am sending these pictures from a much older grounded tree.
This variety, may still be ripening figs well through the month of November and beyond.
From last year season I picked up the last ripe fig (from the potted tree) on January 12th/2012.

Francisco


http://www.flickr.com/photos/lampo2012/8067457834
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lampo2012/8067459795
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lampo2012/8067460285
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lampo2012/8067460075

Hi everybody! Just want to remind you that I will be selling cuttings this winter  as well as potted Fig trees and even bare root ones. My varieties are Italian, Portuguese and Russian origin and grow in Connecticut and give me delicious fruit  !! Email me with your any questions .

2014

Week of 08.24.14

English Brown Turkey - in pot


Week of 08.31.14

Sweet Diana (Unknown) (Most likely Celeste) - in ground


Week of 09.14.14

Maltese Falcon - in pot

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Thanks!! I found your list very helpful 😀

2017  Warm March and April with no freeze has many things very early, although some are just leafing out in mid June.

June 4 - 10  Italian Honey Breba