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tmc2009

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I have a Desert King fig tree from RollingRiverNursery and I noticed this fig on it today.  Is this a Desert King and isn't it a breba only fig tree?

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From Jon's site. Maybe this is 'one of those years'. You had a Zidi set too if I'm remembering correctly.

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SYN: CHARLIE, DESERT KING, WHITE KING
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A medium greenish-yellow fig with strawberry pulp. Pyriform to oblique. It ripens a large breba crop between late June and August. A San Pedro type, it sometimes sets main crop figs without pollination. Sweet and rich. Well-adapted in the Northwest and cooler areas of the South. Fairly hardy.


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I just looked at the tag and I guess they didn't legally sell me a Desert King.  They sold me a Dessert King.  It's sort of like no fruit in Froot Loops cerea
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From Jon's site. Maybe this is 'one of those years'. You had a Zidi set too if I'm remembering correctly.

http://figs4fun.com/Varieties.html

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KING
SYN: CHARLIE, DESERT KING, WHITE KING
 DESCRIPTION
A medium greenish-yellow fig with strawberry pulp. Pyriform to oblique. It ripens a large breba crop between late June and August. A San Pedro type, it sometimes sets main crop figs without pollination. Sweet and rich. Well-adapted in the Northwest and cooler areas of the South. Fairly hardy.

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Too funny!
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Posted Reply with quote  #5 
Spelled the same on their website- DESSERT KING! Notes it gets a light fall crop.
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That's funny stuff right there
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That is not a Desert King period.
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Oh learned colleagues, what is it?  Good learning exercise for us newbies.
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I was telling myself I have to get around to taking off all those main crop Desert King figs so the energy could go into the plant.  Good think I tend to procrastinate.  Now I'll see if this unkown has any good figs.

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That is not a Desert King period.
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I have my suspicions.
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tmc ,
If that had been a Desert King , I think Herman had suggested in the past that you not remove the main crop , just let it drop on its own.
Something about negative effect on next season's breba if you remove main crop. 
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My Desert King will ripen some of its main crop, but the main crop figs that do ripen are inferior to the brebas.  I've never seen a purple fig on either the breba or main crop for Desert King.  The leaf looks different too.
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I am not going to guess what it is because I was wrong a few times.
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I would contact Rolling River Nursery and show them your pics. That is not a Desert King.
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