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Got a couple CDDN cutting from Harvey 4/19.  This one I put in a pot after the roots circled the bottom three times.  I had a peat pot but I tore most of it away because no roots made it through.

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Healthy! What did you use for potting mix?
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Healthy! What did you use for potting mix?


I tried to make a 5:1:1, but the 5 was fir bark mulch, and is much less gritty than the traditional pine bark chunks, I think.  It doesn't drain too fast.  Also, I think my ratio was more like 4:1:1.

We'll see how it works.

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Looks awesome, good luck! Figs from Harvey are excellent. And one has to love how well those Monrovia pots drain, nice and airy on the bottoms.
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Nice job!  Glad they did well for you and hope they fruit soon.
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A generous member here gave me a CdDN cutting, but it did nothing for two to three months. I gave up on it and started two from Harvey. One rooted well and is now one of my three biggest rooted cuttings. It's the one in the back. The first cutting all of a sudden put out a green bud, then roots, and is the small one in the front. It taught me never to give up on cuttings until they're beyond hope.
Thanks to both Harvey and the generous member for making such good cuttings available.

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ummmm.... I am not in the club yet ...what does CDDN stand for? ha ha 

LOOKS REALLY GOOD !


Also I will have no idea what your talking about if you ask me did you see " The GAME "

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ummmm.... I am not in the club yet ...what does CDDN stand for? ha ha 

LOOKS REALLY GOOD !


Also I will have no idea what your talking about if you ask me did you see " The GAME "


http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/col-de-dame-noir-4891789

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cool thanks Dan
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ummmm.... I am not in the club yet ...what does CDDN stand for? ha ha 

CdDN = Col de Dame Noir (Cuello de Dama Negro) is the black variety. Col de Dame Gris (CdDG) is the “gray” variety. Col de Dame Blanche (CdDB) is the “white” or green variety. They need a long season to ripen (CdDG- the least) but produce exceptionally wonderful figs even at a young age.
Herman says of them: “All three cultivars are the same, tight eye, no souring or splitting, solid interior, very good for the south”
The three Col de Damas are know for their outstanding taste, which is described as a Bordeaux Berry flavor  -“Sweet, with a berry taste which is rich...” They are not the sweetest figs around, but are sweet enough and have a slight acid kick that accents the berry taste in a unique way similar to an awesome strawberry jam. 
Several people have posted that their CdD (G/B/N) is the most delicious fig they grow.

I'm not in the club either and am just beginning to figure out what all the initials stand for. But I've been taking extensive notes from the posts I read and am happy to share them.


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When I sell cuttings I almost always write out the full name on the tags because I know many are not in "the club".

Blanche is a Spanish word.  CdDB should be Col de Dame Blanc.

Gris is a bit more confusing to me as I see Baud spelling CdDG as Col de Dame Gris but then there is Grise de Saint-Jean also in his book.

Noire is also a Spanish word and some people mistakenly write out CdDN with Noire instead of Noir.

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I am a native Spanish speaker, am not aware of "Blanche" or "Noire" being Spanish. Blanche is a variant of Blanc, and Noire is a variant of Noir, and Grise is a variant of Gris, gender being the difference. They are all French words. Cuello de Dama is NOT the Spanish equivalent of CdD. The proper Spanish word is Coll de Dama. There is a different, inferior Spanish fig called Cuello de Dama. But In Spanish, they are Coll de Dama Blanca, Coll de Dama Negra, and Coll de Dama Gris. They are not mere translations, the CdD figs are native to both Catalunia, and Mallorca, in Spain, as well as the adjoining Southern French region of Roussillon. I have noticed that most of the French figs use the word "Grise" in fig names, eg Bourjasotte Grise.
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Okay, thanks for the correction, Rafael.

I've been using names as used by Baud.

I do have the Mallorca names memorized pretty well and haven't mixed those up.


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