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Had my first main season PN today.  It was about 21g and picked black but unripe.  I had low expectations, but it was mostly like eating a dry raspberry (tho' that's not the flavor--I was too surprised to really taste).  Tart and sweeter than acid, for the win!  Birds have started their harvests of anything that remotely looked ripe.  These are waaaay early fruits, so I think.
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Probable desired fig: Smith, St Jean, JH Adriatic, CddB, Gulbun, Pastilliere, Sucrette

Rooting:  Smith, CDDB--this pretty much means I have my fun tries (tho' important since they are truly desirable), and only interested for this year: Gulbun, BM, 187-25, or something wildly exotic or precious that nobody has any good reason to send me.
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Shah8, you right these are very early figs. That black one shown on pics does not produce brebas and they become ripe as I said mid July. It is their average size, that one was a 59 g fruit. What I like in this fig is its pulp color which always shows marked orange traces when ripe. Apparently some members in this forum do have a problem getting this sort of fig ripe.
Francisco
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All my black figs are now ripe. Sweeter and tastier than last season...
Francisco

 
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Lampo i looked at you zip file of the fruits what type are those ?
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Posted Reply with quote  #55 
Martin they look good dont they.
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Dieseler,

Thank you for looking at my 'black figs'.My fault for not identifying the pics.

Well, nrs 12-13-14 - Smyrna Black (Euchário Preto)in pots.
Have shown before at varios stages of maturation, before and after 'wasp service'.

nrs 15-16-17 - This potted young fig tree I was given by a close friend this winter,indicating the variety as Curia. A San Pedro type fig.Have further inquired about its origins and was told that it could well be an Iberian ancestor of the Mission variety. Not sure, I have to dig further. Leaf cut is very similar to Mission but its texture is quite different, approaching the color and thickness/touch of the loquat leaves.
I am sure that this fig was caprified and have reserved one fruit to dry and test its seeds.

Thank you Nelson for your kind words

(1 euro coin in the pics is 22.3 mm approx 7/8 ")

Cheers
Francisco
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The local variety 'TRES NUM PRATO' described by early authors and
 in Nelson's list of Portuguese figs is now becoming ripe and
with the help of my neighbor I could lay my hands on a couple of them and send the attached pictures. My trees are still too young, may be
next year I shall have one or two fruits.

I am convinced that here we are talking of a COMMON type fig, although
erratically, these trees may in some years produce a few brebas.
Their size is above average, around 60+ gram, very sweet and flavored.
Variations on skin colors may be a result of the location of the fruit in the tree, getting more or less sun light, wind..etc

To my question if this variety always shows these nice and big fruit, the grower said : yes, providing they get the assistance of the 'wild fig'!
By the way, he also gave me some guidance on how to substitute the caprifig and assure me that 'IT WORKS'!! -will talk about that later.

This fig has a strong popular demand in rural markets and always fetch high prices (around $7.5 per Kg).
Cheers
Francisco

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Long expected 'branduras' in a scalding Summer are bringing softness to the still hard but ripening figs, accelerating their maturation. This is typical of this place facing the southern coast with the sea always in view. The word 'brandura' (Spanish - 'blandura') with us, means exactly the very light cool sea breezes, loaded with humidity, appearing in the early morning hours and being generally lifted late in the morning.

This time I am bringing up a fig we call 'OLHO DA VINHA' or 'FIGO DE PADERNE' (COMMON type) and I wonder if I may find through the lot that has been written, discussed and shown, its similar or close variety somewhere. I have to thank my neighbor for his offer of a plate of figs from where I took the ones for the pictures.

This variety is one of the best I have ever tasted. Very sweet and juicy, with a reddish full pulp. Size above average, with fruits presenting various shades of red/brownish skin.
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Another black fig reaching full maturation now. This variety is known by 'COLAR' and  is becoming very popular every year in both Portugal and Spain.
A San Pedro variety producing the first brebas by mid June. The main crop (shown now) does not require caprification.
A bulky fruit well in excess of 60 gr. Very sweet and tasty.

Francisco

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This is the earlier of the Bourjassote's. Called originally 'Bourjassotte noire' or 'Viollete de Solliès', - 'Figue de Solliès' or 'Parisienne' .

In Portugal, namely in the South, it is the 'Braçajote Preto'

It is a Common type fig, generally of more than average size with a special taste and flavor and sweet.

The young potted tree where this fig comes from was selected and severely attacked by an army of small ants just in mid spring and I had to use a light white wash spray all over the tree to control them.
They gave up for a couple of weeks then seemed to come back again and I was forced to use a rather strong solution of wine vinegar which finally
took good care of them.

However I am convinced that this had some influence in the ripening of the figs  which at one time I thought to be lost (in view of the treatments). They are coming up strong and earlier.

Francisco

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Figo 'CACHOPEIRO'

Coming from a small, young potted tree this fruit is necessary small. In time I should have pinched its neighboring fruits but I did not.
It is extremely sweet and flavored. In the eastern side of my district it is widely consumes fresh but most goes for drying as it makes a much appreciated dry fruit.

I am still investigating what type of fig we are talking about. Old manuals say it is a Smyrna but I am not entirely convinced. If one goes and talk to the farmers, they cannot tell as the caprifig is so widespread that in every farm, big or small, it is a mandatory member of the fig family. The general claim being that it makes ALL figs better, sweeter and tastier.

Francisco

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'PINGO DE MEL' (Gota de Miel)

The attached pictures show the widespread variety of 'PINGO DE MEL'.
It is now an established cultivar throughout the country, doing well
everywhere (our zones: 8, 9 and 10).
The first ripe figs are showing up now. A foreign name for this variety
seems to be  Dotatto or Kadota.

As a dry fig, it seems to be gradually replacing the old established
variety 'Figo Côtio' or 'Malaguenho'.

Very sweet and juicy.

Francisco

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Lampo, thank you for the great pics. In particular the "Violet de Sollies" looks amazingly good.

 Pete
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Pete,

Thank you for your kind comment. This variety is known for its productivity of top quality fruits. Its sweetness is always associated to a light and tasty acid flavor.
Along the years and after visiting many farms and orchards I came to the conclusion that the best Black and White Bourjassotte's are the ones growing on sites close to the sea shores.

Francisco
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This variety called 'BEBERA PRETA' is cultivated all over Portugal.
It's a bulky fig of the Common type, sweet and flavored .

Francisco

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An old variety known by: figo de 'QUARTEIRA' or 'PONTE DE QUARTEIRA' or simply  'DA PONTE'. It is a Common fig found mostly in the Central/Eastern councils of the Algarve (South Portugal). Famous for its exquisite flavor and sweetness it's a fig of rare excellence. A dish of these figs in a dining room, as they slowly mature, develop a particular and pleasant fruit scent. It is by its own nature a rather juicy fig.

Francisco

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These are local Smyrna types - two varieties known by 'EUCHÁRIO BRANCO'  and 'EUCHÁRIO PRETO'.
The white variety matures approximately 3 weeks after the black one.
Both are delicious, very sweet, the white fig having a bit more fruity flavor. The great number of solid (fertile) seeds spread in their pulps gives these figs a very special taste.
Fresh, they are a top choice by the local communities, for preparation of their salads, entries as well as being widely used as desserts

Francisco

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Another common type fig, called 'DOIS À FOLHA'. Fruit of average size, roundish turbinate, with green skin. When fully ripe tends to crack around an open ostiole. Through the final stages of maturation, pulp changes from  pinkish to dark amber, becoming extremely sweet, compact and syrupy. Very good for the fresh market as well as for drying.

Francisco

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Lampo, I love the figs you can grow there, they look very delicious.

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Thank you Chivas for your nice comment.
I am lucky to live in the right region for this fruit and my contribution to the forum is to identify for you the local names illustraded with the corresponding pictures as these varieties become ripe.
Francisco
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This variety called 'VERDEAL' was long ago, very popular in this district. It's a Smyrna type.
Fruits are of medium size, very short neck, oblate with very light ribs and small white dots when ripe. Skin is of a mint green at full maturation and extremely thin. Pulp is of a deep red, pretty juicy, with numerous small seeds, sweet with light traces of acidity.
Regardless of its size and a generously juicy pulp this fig dries quite well.

Francisco

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Figs of the 'SOFÊNO' variety (black) as I was told.
Old and abandoned tree on a country road side in deep valley, getting direct sun light until 4 PM in Summer, then shaded by steep hill on its SW side.
All shown figs were taken today from last year's wood.
Few fruit, size bellow average, dark violet skin until gaining full ripeness, then blackish. Pulp dark red with many seeds with good flavor, thick but not as juicy as other varieties. It is not a very sweet fig. These are possibly late brebas, this being quite unusual in this type of climate (Hardiness 10+).
This tree does show a very limited following crop with fruit still green. Nearest caprifig 3 mile distant.
I invite your comments please

Francisco

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This has to be my favorite looking fig of all the ones you have posted on the forum. I can only imagine the seed crunch this figs brings which is something i enjoy when eating a fig.
I'm off to bed and hope that fig is in my dreams.
Thanks Lampo for sharing those pictures.
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They are beauties, Francisco!
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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
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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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

Francisco

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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.
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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. 

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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

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ripening now, panachee

sept 14 sicilian red almost ripe
ate last of the white italian today, and one left on both VDB and PN
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Panachee Sept 8, it split bad and needed 5 more days but it tasted like raspberry so I am hopeful for next year.
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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. 
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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

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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
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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.

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I'm in Las Vegas, NV and the first harvest of Brown Turkey figs have arrived.
June 13th.




Are all brown turkey figs this big?
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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 .
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This may or may not help anyone but I offer it as general info. I did not list those young figs unless they were ones that showed tremendous growth and produced multiple figs. I normally do not allow my plants to produce until they are 2 or 3 (usually) years old.

Obviously this info is going to be different for those in other areas. I offer this as a rough guide to my fig's performance only.

This list represents the first ripe fig off the first plant -- I have certain varieties like Negronne (VdB), Cavaliere, the Col de Dames, JH Adriatic, etc. where I have numerous plants.

Also there is an age difference as some of these plants are as old as 9 or 10 years and their figs have that advantage.

It was also an odd year as the spring was very dark and rainy here in Northern Virginia, zone 7.




All my figs are in pots.

Ripening Order:

August 6th
         Pananas Purple - ripened only one fig until 9/5 and then produced another 15
8/9
          Marseilles Black VS
8/11
          Ronde de Bordeaux
           Celeste
           Brown Turkey
8/12
          Alma
           LSU Purple
8/16
          Hollier
          Florea
          LSU Tiger
8/17
         Texas Everbearing
8/18
         St. Rita
8/19
          Scott's Black
          Gino's Black
8/21
          Texas Blue Giant
          Negronne
8/22
          Atreano RR
          Hardy Chicago
8/26
           
          Monticello Marseilles
           Vista
8/29
           Peter's Honey
            Blanche de Deux Saisons
            Petite Abique
8/30
            White Paradiso
             Longue D'Aout
8/31
              Lemon
              Emerald Strawberry
9/1
             Cavaliere
             Bourjasotte Gris
             LSU Gold
9/2
             Binello
              Zingarella
9/3
             Capelas
              Mahvra Sika
              Conadria
9/4
              Baskinta Purple
              Sal's Corleone
9/7
              St Jerome
9/8
              Skardu Black
              Mary Lane Seedless
              Battaglia Green
              Conadria #2
9/9
              Green Ischia
9/11
             Vicenzo
             Brunswick
9/12
             Brooklyn White
9/14
             JH Adriatic
9/15
             Col de Dame Blanc
              Archipel
9/24
              Red Lebanese
9/29
             Black Greek
10/1
             Col de Dame Noir
10/18
              Vernino
10/19
               Dauphine
10/22
              Bissiri Dark

The 10 fig's I thought were the best:
    The order here is random - it just represents the 10 figs that I thought were excellent.       
                                                   Rhonde de Bordeaux
                                                    Col de Dame B
                                                    Col de Dame Noir
                                                    Battaglia Green
                                                    Longue D'Aout
                                                    Cavaliere
                                                    Baskinta Purple
                                                    Vista
                                                     White Paradiso
                                                     Monticello Marseilles
                                                     Vicenzo


Fig Ripening List 2014

103 varieties

8-3

Florea

Brown Turkey

8-5

Lemon

8-6

Ronde de Bordeaux

8-12

LSU Gold

Hardy Chicago

Hollier

8-13

Saint Rita

Celeste

Gino’s

Alma

8-14

Peter’s Honey

8-15

Black Greek

Nero

Dotatto

8-16

Red Sicilian

Zingarella

Smith

Petite Negri

8-17

LSU Tiger

Black Marseilles VS

8-18

Israeli Red UNK

Scott’s Black

8-19

Emerald Strawberry

Texas Blue Giant

Brogiotto Nero

8-20

Capelas

Longue D’Aout

8-21

Lebanese Red

Marseilles Monticello

Fracazzano Bianco

Dauphine UNK

8-23

Salce

Bourjasotte Gris

8-24

Makedonian Dark

Atreano RR

Baskinta Purple

8-25

Takoma Violet

8-26

Egyptian

Improved Celeste

Negronne

Sorbello Red

8-27

Valle Negra

Latarolla

Petite Abique

8-29

Cavaliere

Stella

Conadria

8-30

Fico Branco

Adriatic JH

Blanch de Deux Saisons

8-31

Black Jack

LSU Purple

9-1

Col de Dame Noir

Brooklyn White

St. Jerome

Monticello Mystery Purple

Pananas Purple

Vista

9-2

Paradiso “Gene”

Vicenza

9-3

Camuna Small

9-4

Col de Dame Blanc

Sal’s Corleone

Brooklyn Dark

Abebereira

Battaglia Green

Lange

9-5

UNK #1

Monstueuse

Bisirri Dark

9-6

Mary Lane Seedless

9-8

Nordand

Beale

Enrico

9-11

King

Maltese Beauty

9-13

Archipel  aka Osborn Prolific

Maryland Berry

9-21

Green Ischia

9-23

Binello

9-24

Angelique

9-26

Genovese Nero

Marseilles White

9-28

Calvert

10-4

Morena

10-5

Royal Vineyard

10-6

Bremo

Filacciano Bianco

10-7

Macool

10-11

Black Madeira

10-16

Sucrette

10-17

Macool

10-27

Carini

Verdal Longue

10-28

Melanzana

10-29

Preto

10-31

Vernino

11-1

Panachee

11-2

Qalaat al Madiq

Jolly Tiger

11-13

Skardu Black

11-15

LSU Thibidaux

 

I hope this has some value.
mgg
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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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