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leon_edmond

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This year, Longue D'Aout is my most productive tree. The two photos at the bottom are just a sampling of today's pick. I want to thank the person who gave me a Fracazzano Nero two years ago. It did not turn out to be FN but you gave me one of the best tasting white figs in my collection!

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These LdA figs look great and so productive!
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I removed a number of leaves to allow better sun light on the figs.
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Those look amazing ....
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Thank you for the great photos, my LDA was the first Breba's to ripen for me and the taste and size was first class. Is your tree in ground?
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Great!  It's been a good tree for me as well.
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Wow very impressive Leon, your ld looks very productive.
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Luke: Yes my tree is in ground and I pruned it back significantly this past fall because we had work done on the out side of the house. Given the amount of figs it produced, I'm going to do the same this fall. There will be plenty of cuttings!
nelson20vt: Thank you Nelson, your EBT produced some nice figs for me this summer! 
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Wonderful pictures, Leon.  LdA has been a champ in my yard this year too.  I have one in the ground that dies back every year, but I have 30+ figs I will still get to enjoy.
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Add my plaudits to those above.
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Leon, I think I-395 is very similar to Longue d'Aout -- may very well is LdA. Will post pic's.
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I've been thinking of adding this one to my yard.
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Hi Paully:
You may be right about the I-395. Look forward to your pics.

Ryan:
I can send you some cuttings when ready.
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Great plate there.

I noticed that your LDA has very noticable white dots .
My niagara black shows the same white dots which no other of my figs show.
Also the bark looks the same- blackish and non-smooth.

Now i bet their related .

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Eli, I believe Niagara Black and LdA are the same figs.
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Thanks for the affirmation.

Leon how do you call your unknown??
Maybe FN Not?

Any leaf pics of the unknown and breba info?
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Those look amazing Leon! Thank you for the great pictures. The wall behind the tree must radiate some amazing heat and protect it in cooler weather well.

Do you find that removing leaves to allow sunlight in makes them ripen any faster or is there a different reason you do this? I've dropped immature fruit to encourage already developed fruit to ripen but had not tried removing leaves.

My LdA is still pretty young so just a few fruits for me this year but given what you've shared I'm happily looking forward to them.
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Hi leon_edmond,
This is not Christmas, so why is your lda looking like a Christmas tree ? LOL
Mine has some figs on, but I'll have to wait some weeks for them to ripen .... Patience ... Patience.
The taste of lda is really one in its own class.
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Eli: A great forum member shared a tree with me several years ago by the name of Fracazzano Nero. Until this year, it would produce a few figs but they would fall off. This year it produced an abundant yellow figs which are obviously not Fracazzano Nero. But these figs are exceptionally sweet. I think they are Dottato figs. I have some separate photos of the fig close up and will post them. I love the taste of these figs. I have no bad feelings over this gift. Obviously my friend received a mislabel from someone else. It happens!

Vince: A Greek friend of mine once told me that he would remove all of the leaves on his fig trees except for maybe 5 or 6 at the distal ends of the branches. He told me that he had a friend who worked in a Greek fig orchard where they practiced this leaf removal to allow as much sun into the tree as possible to produce bigger and more flavorful figs. Vince, there is a book you need to read. You can buy a cheap copy on Amazon.com The book is called "Chico's Organic Gardening and Natural Living". It is about a Sicilian man by the name of Frank Bucaro (Chico) who bought five acres of land in Malibu in 1959 and grew organic fruits and vegetables that he would sell to the public. From what I understand, the current Vital Zuman farm is the property once owned by Frank Bucaro.

Anyway, this little book has a chapter on growing figs which every collector should find interesting. Chico talks about growing, pruning, and de-leafing fig trees in this chapter. There are other chapters in the book that you would find interesting such as preparing soil, growing tomatoes, fruit trees, grapes, and even wine making! But the chapter on figs is exceptional. Get the book!

jds- Merry Christmas!
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Thank you Leon, I'll order it now. Many of my trees are loaded with figs so I'll try dropping the leaves on some of my duplicates and see what happens compared to the control tree.
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Hi Leon,

Very productive LdA plant! Regarding the FN- is that the one that I shared its cuttings with you 2-3 yrs ago? My FN and the air layer that you shared with me didn't make it and have lost contact with my source in Tuscany.

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Very nice Leon. Great reference photos. 
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Hi Leon, your FN unk looks a lot like my unk Italian , here are a few pictures

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Hi Navid:
Yes, that's the one. No worries. It is still a great tasting fig. At least you know now that you did not lose a a real FN. One of these days, we'll get the real thing!
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Hi Leon,

I hope that you accept my apology regarding the FN. I had trusted my source, and doubt he would send me the wrong cuttings. Hopefully he had a mixup and didn't exchange with me knowing that he was sending the wrong variant on purpose.

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Quote:
Originally Posted by leon_edmond
This year, Longue D'Aout is my most productive tree. The two photos at the bottom are just a sampling of today's pick. I want to thank the person who gave me a Fracazzano Nero two years ago. It did not turn out to be FN but you gave me one of the best tasting white figs in my collection!

Longue D'Aout 1-15.jpg    Longue D'Aout 3-15.jpg  Variety 1-15.jpg  Vatiety 2-15.jpg


Beautiful looking figs Leon. That LDA  tree looks amazing. Im still waiting on mine, will have to give a jump start in the greenhouse next year. Thanks for sharing.
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Navid: No apology. These things happen. My pleasure to have grown this one. The yellow fig is excellent! Honey sweet with an excellent fig taste- it's a keeper.
         
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Nice & looks so tempting, LDA is now in my list.
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