Chris' Purple Portuguese 2011 & 2012

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Chris' Purple Portuguese. Cuttings received on 5 February 2010. There was only one possibility to sample a main crop fig and it fell off today. I was not expecting much and did not get much. Here is the little I experienced: CPP is very dark, seedy with a prominent crunch. It hints that it might be berry sweet when we taste a fully mature, ripe fig but I am not certain because it tasted like low sugar fruit-flavored water. Correction: Received on 2/5/10 not 2/5/11. Attached Images chris_portuguese006.JPG (314.15 KB, 28 views) chris_portuguese007.JPG (377.47 KB, 30 views) chris_portuguese008.JPG (377.58 KB, 14 views) chris_portuguese010.JPG (381.71 KB, 10 views) chris_portuguese011.JPG (392.89 KB, 11 views) __________________ jd \| tallahassee.fl \| zone 8b

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Posted 1320386347	Reply with quote #2

Not bad for a tree that's not even a year old. Give it time to mature, I think you will like it. It does have a sweet berry flavor when older. Sue __________________ Sue Zone 9B, 1946' Ramona, CA San Diego County

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Posted 1320408275	Reply with quote #3

Sue - Good catch. That date is a typo...I changed it. And thanks for the cuttings. This fig is the darkest that has fruited for me. Next season I trust it will be better tasting and more productive. __________________ jd \| tallahassee.fl \| zone 8b

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Posted 1320417954	Reply with quote #4

Jimmie, I continue to be amazed with your large and rare collection. We are in November and you are still pulling figs off your trees. My only superstars continues to be the petit negri and green ischia although the taste is nowhere as good as in the summer. Frank __________________ Frank Tallahassee, FL Zone 8b North Florida Figs

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Posted 1320455643	Reply with quote #5

Frank, Thanks for the encomium. I take no credit other than being a shepherd. I also say THANKS to the members of this forum for any apparent rarity or presumed size of my collection. When Sue shared cuttings of Chico Strawberry, she tossed in a few of Chris' Purple Portuguese. Who would have thought that of those cuttings she sent me almost two years ago, all seven would still be growing today? I still have more 100+ green figs on my trees. I am debating about knocking them all off before first frost or leaving them on through overwintering in the garage to see if they ripen in the spring. __________________ jd \| tallahassee.fl \| zone 8b

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Posted 1320894068	Reply with quote #6

Looks great Jimmy! Very tasty. I got one tree left with figs on it. I needed a nice long fall drive a couple of weeks back, so I took a trip down to see Brandy at Just Fruits. I got an Improved Celeste with 6 or 7 green figs on it still. I went down there for a few Pineapple Guavas for a hedge, and of course walking by the figs in any nursery is simply dangerous... I remember seeing a couple of pictures of your Improved Celeste's and couldn't resist the temptation. We are a couple of weeks past our first frost date now, I hope a couple of them make it. What do you do with your potted figs? Should I just bring them into the garage if it gets below 32? Or are they fine to leave out? (This is my first winter with potted little guys). __________________ Tallahassee, FL Zone 8b

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Posted 1320894073	Reply with quote #7

Looks great Jimmy! Very tasty. I got one tree left with figs on it. I needed a nice long fall drive a couple of weeks back, so I took a trip down to see Brandy at Just Fruits. I got an Improved Celeste with 6 or 7 green figs on it still. I went down there for a few Pineapple Guavas for a hedge, and of course walking by the figs in any nursery is simply dangerous... I remember seeing a couple of pictures of your Improved Celeste's and couldn't resist the temptation. We are a couple of weeks past our first frost date now, I hope a couple of them make it. What do you do with your potted figs? Should I just bring them into the garage if it gets below 32? Or are they fine to leave out? (This is my first winter with potted little guys). __________________ Tallahassee, FL Zone 8b

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Posted 1320896363	Reply with quote #8

Miguel, I just prepared a nice location for a pineapple guava hedge. They are quite tasty. You will not be disappointed with the LSU Imporved Celeste. It is very good. This has been an interesting year for growing but then every year is new with joys and challenges. When I was you, I brought the figs into the garage. Last winter was the first winter for my figs and I brought all of my immature potted figs into an unheated garage. It was after first frost and before the freezing temperatures were here to stay. Initially I took them in and out when the temps dropped below freezing at night got up to 50-60 during the day. I did not have the time to maintain that fig shuffle so I left them outside until the day time highs were just about 40. They stayed in the garage until early Spring and the daily highs averaged at least 45-50. Hope that helps. Cigars eh? __________________ jd \| tallahassee.fl \| zone 8b

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Posted 1320936723	Reply with quote #9

Yep, I'm the admin over at Cigar Smokers, I've been running it since 2004. Thanks for the tips. I was just looking at the weather, we might be getting our first frost this weekend. Its funny, my in ground Celeste that had the rust, lost all its leaves already. None of the potted guys have dropped many leaves. I guess it's a combination of rust and a micro climate. The mother tree for my in ground Celeste at my parents still has all it's leaves and didn't get much rust. __________________ Tallahassee, FL Zone 8b

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A quick look at the beginnings of the 2012 main crop... Attached Images chris_portuguese013.JPG (345.83 KB, 4 views) __________________ jd \| tallahassee.fl \| zone 8b

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Posted 1339305099	Reply with quote #11

Nice! Full of anticipation. __________________ Zone 6, MO Wish list: Galicia Negra, De La Reina - Pons, Genovese Nero - Rafed's, Sbayi, Souadi, Acciano, Any Rimada, Sodus Sicilian, any Bass, Pons or Axier fig, any great tasting fig.

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