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2007_giants

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Do you recall what months the Blk Madeira would ripen main crop on the Island and was it later then the other varieties found there? Sal __________________ SAL zone 10b-9b FL PSL growing in pots

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Sal the earliest fig we have is called Bacorinhos usually the main crop usually starts in early July. The rest of the figs start in mid August to late october. Some areas like Funchal figs will ripen a little earlier and produce up until november on some years. My uncle lives in Funchal and used to bring us figs 2-3 weeks before we had any ripe figs in our town. Also temps in funchal rarely go below 60 degrees in the winter and the trees still go dormant. Oh also I forgot to mention this year was also a bad year over there for figs my cousin told me this weekend they are still picking figs from my great grand fathers tree wich is not usually common this late into the season specially in the northen part of the island where its cooler. __________________ Toronto, Ontario Zone 5B/6

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I was comparing temps in Funchal to my area so was curious.
Funchal avg temp

Month	Avg. High	Avg. Low	Avg. Precip
January	66.4° F	55.6° F	4.10 in
February	66.4° F	55.0° F	3.40 in
March	67.1° F	55.4° F	2.50 in
April	67.3° F	56.1° F	1.50 in
May	69.6° F	58.3° F	0.80 in
June	72.1° F	61.7° F	0.50 in
July	75.7° F	64.4° F	0.10 in
August	78.1° F	66.0° F	0.10 in
September	78.3° F	66.0° F	1.50 in
October	75.6° F	63.7° F	3.00 in
November	71.6° F	60.1° F	4.00 in
December	68.0° F	57.0° F	3.90 in

PSL FL Avg temp

Month	Avg. High	Avg. Low	Avg. Precip	Rec. High	Rec. Low
January	74.0° F	55.0° F	3.02 in	89.0° F(01/31/1991)	23.0° F (01/22/1985)
February	75.0° F	55.0° F	3.24 in	89.0° F(02/11/1960)	28.0° F (02/24/1989)
March	78.0° F	60.0° F	4.06 in	93.0° F(03/22/1977)	26.0° F (03/25/1984)
April	81.0° F	64.0° F	2.96 in	96.0° F(04/04/1949)	37.0° F (04/09/1971)
May	85.0° F	69.0° F	5.30 in	98.0° F(05/27/1953)	45.0° F (05/05/1971)
June	88.0° F	73.0° F	6.82 in	101.0° F(06/12/1952)	55.0° F (06/16/1980)
July	90.0° F	74.0° F	6.33 in	101.0° F(07/16/1981)	55.0° F (07/14/2005)
August	90.0° F	75.0° F	6.41 in	99.0° F(08/21/1993)	61.0° F (08/18/1976)
September	89.0° F	74.0° F	8.09 in	97.0° F(09/04/1999)	62.0° F (09/27/1956)
October	85.0° F	70.0° F	6.29 in	96.0° F(10/11/1986)	44.0° F (10/21/1989)
November	80.0° F	64.0° F	4.23 in	92.0° F(11/02/1951)	31.0° F (11/26/1950)
December	75.0° F	58.0° F	2.78 in	89.0° F(12/06/1972)	26.0° F

Big difference in Rain fall double + for Fl
Sal

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