Raintree Nursery has a Tashkent Fig for sale.  Does anyone know if this fig is going by a different name?   Has anyone heard of this fig?

Here is the description Raintree provides.
This green fig has an excellent flavor. Raintree brought it from Uzbekistan where it was the heavy producing favorite among many cultivars in the garden of a Uzbek horticulturist. The fruit is green and flesh light colored with an excellent flavor. It thrived in the cold Tashkent winter but hasn't been tried in cold regions in the United States. It has not set well in Raintree's maritime climate and prefers areas with hot summers.                                

Thanks,
Cathy

No experience with this fig, but I do have it coming in April. Tashkent being a part of the former USSR, I figured it may be a bit colder there, being a good candidate for success in MA climate. I want to see if it could do well in a cool, humid climate.

The following link shows a  map of a possible zone 5 for Tashkent, with lows ranging from -20 to -10 F. Tashkent is in the lower left.

http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/russia/images/Fig_02.jpg

Here is a link to the whole page.

http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/russia/climatic.shtml

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Dominick
zone 6a- Southern MA

I bought that fig from that source 2-3/4? years ago. Suffers severely from FMV  to

Thread on GW about this fig and some of the growing experiences of it: 

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/fig/msg092124241517.html

Looks promising! If I was going to waste $25, it might as well have been on McDonald's!

Hi Jason and everyone.

I got one of these last fall and it's in ground now.

Doesn't sound promising though, based on multiple reports.

If just a few people had this problem I wouldn't be concerned, but looks like some people who really know their figs are having trouble with this one.

Oh well, you win some lose some.

Gives me an excuse to buy another fig!  ;-)

I will be trying the little 4" pot for $12, which will be arriving by mid-Feb.

If it's got FMV and is a slow grower, don't some people here say to keep fertilizing it in its first few years and not worry about getting figs from it right away?

Also, is this tree self-fertile?

Thanks,

noss

Or do what Ray Givian says....place the potted tree on top of a fire ant mound.  The ants will eat the microrganisms and clear up the virus.  I haven't tried it but worth a try.   cheers,

Ray Givens  states in his video he tried this several times for nematodes not FMV sitting on top of fire ant mound.
It wont work curing FMV well it could if they ate the whole plant   ; ) cause FMV resides within the plants cells .

I find it very fascinating that some trees are naturally FMV resistant and can sit right next to another tree, never getting it. Some are so FMV prone that the leaves curl and are misshapen. I have no experience with FMV yet but I have now acquired so many trees/cuttings, through people and nurseries, that I may have some experience this spring/summer, which can not get here fast enough. Yesh! I am very curious about the Tashkent and am looking forward to getting it this spring. Since so many people have had trouble with this variety, I wonder whether the stock, environment, pot culture, and/or growth rate(patience) are affecting others experiences. May be that this is just not a good variety. Experience is the one true teacher.

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Dominick
Zone 6a- MA

nypd5229

You know Gorgi I would like to try Ischia Black!  I had one cutting from UCD last year.  It rooted and died.  If I get one from UCD this year, I'm going to graft it onto another tree and see what happens.  cheers!

Nah. I'll take my chances with what I have. But Thanks for the suggestion. I was lucky last year and didn't see any in its most serious forms. But since I acquired so many trees since last August, my chances will increase. Not to say I will get it, I just think I should come to expect it in some form, most likely mild.

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Dominick
Zone 6a-MA

Here we go:

Hi Dominick.

My Tashkent has been growing in ground all summer, and it actually looks pretty good.

Maybe there is still hope.

Hope you are well my friend and having a great summer.

John

Mine Tashkent was planted in the ground in the spring.  My entire plant was about 5" tall when I got it.  Though it has not grown like my other figs (ones in the pots) I am happy with the growth so far this year.  

I have one from rain tree,when it was in a pot it looks terrible,and was near death,so I put it in the grown.The tree made it through the Brutal winter,and I got two Air layers from it ,and no signs of FMV. No figs ,and the leads could be a little darker,but a nice-looking little tree.

Victor, did you have any dieback on this one this winter?  How cold did it get there?  Thanks.

My Tashkent was about 4' tall at the end of last year.  It died completely back to the ground due to our winter but came out this spring.  I provided absolutely NO protection for it this past winter.  I believe there are several trunks but probably none more than a quarter size in diameter.  No figs yet.

Hi,

I got some Tashkent cuttings from Apache on ebay.  So far the cuttings have rooted and look good.  Will try and post pictures of young plants this week.  Still babies tho.

any pictures of the fruit yet? <:)

СССР не был разнообразие инжир "Ташкент". Это неправильное название придумал болельщик исключительно для коммерции. Кто размещены фото фруктов, листьев?  

Mine fruited to me this year--3 days ago.  I have no picture. I just ate it!  It has a yellowish brown color.

I bought cuttings from Apache on ebay, all three died on me. However, I can tell you a bit about this fruit since we I used to live in Uzbekistan. The fig in question is probably a Sari Zaybek. It is a flatish, yellow-green fig that my family loved fresh.

As for climate, Tashkent is probably something like zone 7, or 6 at the coldest. Winter lows might hit single digits (in Fahrenheit), but summers are often 100+ for days on end. I would guess this fig is fairly cold hardy, but needs quite a bit of summer heat to make the sweet fruits it is known for.