i do have LdA and NB. both young. so things might change in future, but as of now in my area, they are not the same. NB produced better fig. LdA has great potential. NB ripen in night temp around 30 with full flavor. jammy and filled with nactar.

Good job Marius! Those figs look amazing! Keep up the good work!

Pete ,

Thanks for the comparison between NB and LDA . I don't have LDA and am looking for info from those out there that do .

John

I am looking forward to trying these all these guys and comparing.

Is the Niagra Black mother tree extremely old? I wonder if it's old enough it possibly just adapted to cooler weather ripening up there even if genetically these are all similar?

Guess it makes sense NIAGRA black made good figs in niagra-esque weather for Pete :D. Looking forward to more awesome reports in coming seasons. Thanks everyone--all these got nice leaves too. Critters ate 3.75 of my 4 nordland figs in ground this year, guess what that tiny bite of a nordland fig they left me while being young and everything--was great--you couldn't guess it was from a young plant. Seems like it's going to be a good one as reported. I'd like to have a big bowl of each of these and see what's what.

i wonder about the tree adapting to the environment. giovanni's Paradiso in PA doesn't get frost damage any more i heard. first few yrs, it died down to ground, but now it's unprotected in PA winter without damage. i know older trees will take cold better. does that mean there is some genetic mutation that helps tree to survive in cold weather better? or the tree's mass and growth has reached certain point where the freezing weather just won't damage it much... if it's genetic mutation, then it will be a different tree and cutting from the tree's new growth will be better suited to colder weather. but if it's just bigger tree handling cold weather better, new cutting will have to go through the same die back year after year. 

Pete,

This guy on you tube says that the fig tree must be protected in Switzerland in the valley of the Alps Region for the first few years until the trunk is thicker than 5 cm. At that point despite some parts of the tree dying, the tree has a much better chance to survive. Small plants do not have any chance to survive unprotected during the winter.

thanks sas. i guess that means it's just physical change. older trees having better chance of surviving the winter. 

Hi

I'm looking for a Northland (Nordland) fig tree if anybdy has one to sell me.

Even cuttings in the fall would be ok if nobody has or wants to sell a plant.

Thank You
Richard 

I have this variety. I will have to go see exactly what I have. I sell trees for $25 and cuttings for $10.
There is a charge for shipping as well. Let me go see what I have.