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JD

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I am on travel for the next few days and I was impatient. Nonetheless, the first Socorro Black was almost as good as I remember. A few more days and it could have been dead ripe causing epicuri-cide...or something close. Hopefully, my Fig Protection Program (FPP) is ready to perform at a high level. Wish me well.

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Nice looking fig!
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Congratulations!
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i'm so glad one of the cutting survived puppy attack. thanks jd.
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Wow, so many good looking figs.  I hope to have some of these varieties in the future.  
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A really sharp looking fig JD.  I hope your fig protection program works too.  It would be terrible not to get anymore of those.

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Very nice
You so such nice photos of the figs
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Just to be safe, add a 4-10 and a Coleman lamp to your fig protection system for this one.
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Rain was eminment so I took these a few days early. They were very good. That cavity seems larger this season.
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Mine are growing well and are now in the ground.  After looking at your photos and reading your comments I'm hoping I get lucky and get some figs this year.
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They look nice.  Hope you get to let some get fully ripe.
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JD,

Super figs, and super pictures

they seem to be delicious fruit...Is this a mexican variety ?

Francisco
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Francisco, this is a fig discovered by Jose growing in Socorro, New Mexico.  I don't believe any source information besides that is known.
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/fig/msg0900345017538.html
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Harvey,

Thank you,  believe we have a very close variety with some similarities.. will see what I may find

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This is my 3rd year growing Socorro Black.  I had it in a container the first year and then planted it in the ground during the Spring of 2014.  It has been a rather slow but steady grower.  It ripened one fig (that I think was a breba) in August and it was very, very good.  I can see the potential of this variety when grown in the right environment.  Out of the ~ 12 in-ground figs I have it was clearly the least cold-hardy.  It still hasn't formed a full leaf.  So I am wondering whether to leave it in the ground or dig it up and put it into a container.  One question I have for those who have grown it is whether it is a very late variety.  I can't recall anyone discussing getting a ripe fig with this variety in cooler areas.  If it's a really late variety then I have no hope of ripening a fig when it is grown in-ground and might be hard pressed to have success in a container.  Does this variety need to be in the southeast, southwest or California to do well?
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