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Tam

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Hi! Everyone,

I just bought a three-gallon pot Black Mission from a nursery in Northern Virginia. The tree is root bound. They had a little jammy, little crunchy, not too sweet taste. I gave it a 7 from 1-10 scale. Thanks for watching.

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A root bound tree, in a 3-gallon pot is most probably very young.   I'm sure it will improve with some age, and re-potted into a much larger container.  "Black Mission" is one of the best, and the real party will start in a few years.


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Thanks for your nice comment, Frank.

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I love the look of those figs! Thin black skin and nice amber pulp, should be a great fig in the future. I have heard that mission figs are not at all cold hardy? I have two Black Jacks (dwaft Missions) which I started from cuttings, but I think I will have to keep them in 5 gals and winter them in the shed here in zone 7b.
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It has been observed (Dan/Cajun Figs) that "Black Mission" is usually not as hardy as other varieties because it almost always shows symptoms, and is weakened by, FMV/D.  Infected trees are more susceptible to winter damages, die-back and/or death.  Therefore the variety is reputed to be "not too cold-hardy".  That makes sense to me, but who knows?  How can "hardiness" be measured, especially under our varied growing conditions and climates?

It is precisely for the FMV problems associated with this particular variety that I am trialing tissue-cultured, virus-free, "Black Misson" just to see if it will do well in NYC/Z-7b.  I am also growing it because the figs are delicious.  So far, the t-c trees I ordered from Wellspring Gdns. remain "clean", are vigorously growing, and show no visible symptoms of FMV/D.  None of the carefully selected trees in my small collection, show any signs of FMV.  No boast, but I just can't spend time and valuable, growing space, nursing under-performing, infected, trees.

I will have more information regarding the hardiness of "BM" after the winter of '14-'15.  Hopefully, my "BM"trees will survive the cold storage period in my unheated shed....although I will use a supplemental heat-source (light bulbs) to keep the roots from freezing solid.  Time will tell.


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Tam,

Nice Mission figs Tam !
Congrats.
With time and the right feeding it will produce lots of excellent figs.

Francisco
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Thank you, everyone!

Shailesh: It is raining in my area now. I will take the photos of my Black Mission tree tomorrow. Thanks for asking. 

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Tam
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Tam,

Great american figs!

Thank you for taking time to show us. They look beautiful.
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