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Hi! Everyone,

I bought this Grantham's Royal tree for $200 from Al in Bethesda, Maryland about 2 months ago. I planted it in the ground a few days later after I brought it home.  The tree was rootbound; therefore, I had to removed a lot of roots before I planted it in the ground. Al got this Grantham's Royal tree from James Robin. This Grantham's Royal was the only tree that he had. He current does not have any cuttings from this tree. Al told me that Grantham's Royal was a San Pedro fig tree. I have not taste any fig from this tree yet. Thanks for watching. 

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A nice size tree and beautiful fruit. Yea I would stand in a long line for one. Way to grow Tam..
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Leon said that Grantham's Royal appears to be a synonym of Dauphine. Can someone please let me know if this tree is Dauphine? Thank you.

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A beautiful tree, congratulations! Please update this thread when the figs are ripe.
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Hershell and Greenfig: I will post more photos later when the figs are ripe. Thanks for watching. 

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I grew this variety side by side with Dauphine (not to be confused with a variety called Violette Dauphine). Grantham's Royal proved to be identical to my Dauphine. I would also be very curious to see if anyone else agrees. It is a San Pedro type meaning the first crop produce excellent tasting large figs but the tree would drop it's entire second crop. 

Tam, your tree is beautiful and appears to be very productive. You will be very pleased with the figs that it produces. Would love to see more photos as they ripen.
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Hi! Leon,

Thanks for your comments. Can you please let me know how big the figs were on your Grantham's Royal second crops before they dropped entirely? Thanks for sharing.

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Paully grows this in Canada, he seems really happy with it.  I believe he has only the breba crop and the second drops.
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Really gorgeous and healthy specimen! Nice good-sized figs, too.  Mahalo for sharing.
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This is my Granthams Royal. An excellent fig - Nice dark color. As productive as
Desert King. Actually I like its taste over DK. This is a superb compliment to DK.
My tree is just over 6ft tall and it has over a hundred figs. Its leaves does resemble
my Dauphine. My GR is an in-ground tree & it came from Jon. I would certainly
recommend fig friends in PNW to trial this variant. It ripens slightly later than DK.
This timing is perfect.
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That looks incredible Paully, huge figs too!
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Please keep us updated. I have a Dauphine and hope I get some good brebas. I also have DK, Norman's Yellow and Zidi. If they do not produce in a couple of years then I will do some grafting.
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Paully: Your figs are more healthy and they have more white specks. I removed a lot of roots from my tree before I plant it in the ground; therefore, I have to water it everyday because the figs got dried and soft very quick. Can you please post the photos of the interior of your figs?  Thanks for sharing. 

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Chivas, I am going to start a few air layers on GR today/tomorrow. I will make one for you.This
is an awesome fig. In fact, J.Rice who named this variant told me some 4 yrs back cited that it is
amongst his favourite. He told me Jon's mother tree originated from him. It is a large fig & it ripens
at a perfect time when there is little rainfall here -- around 3rd wk August.

Tam -- last year I posted pic's on GR. Will do so this season.
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I took more photos this morning. The biggest fig was a little bigger than a tennis ball. Yesterday afternoon, the skin of the biggest fig was damaged by birds , so I picked that fig this morning. I saw white sap came out at the stem. It was not ripe yet. It had a little sweet and figgy taste. Thanks for watching.

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Nice fig! How did it taste? Thank you for the photos! 
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Nice fig! How did it taste? Thank you for the photos! 


Hi! Leon,

The fig was not ripe. The taste was a little sweet. It had a lot of figgy meat. The skin was crunchy. Thanks for sharing.

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Shailesh: Thanks for your comment.


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Hi! Everyone,

My mother-in-law came by my house about 20 minutes ago, she picked 2 nearly ripe figs from this tree. She ate the figs and told me that she liked them, but they were not very sweet. These figs were a little sweeter than the first one. I will let the roots of this tree develop more for 2 to 3 years, if its figs have the same taste like today, I will dig it up. Thanks for watching.

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Hi! Everyone,

This fig had a little berry, jammy, crunchy taste and it tasted better than the previous 2 figs. Also, it was a little more sweeter than the first 2 figs, but it was still not as sweet as a Celeste figs. Thanks for watching.

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Shailesh: Thanks for your comment. The figs from this tree were getting better. I am sure in a few years, the figs from this tree will be very tasty. Thanks for sharing.

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Congratulations Tam,
This is a very nice breba !

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Francisco: Hi! How are you? Thanks.

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Hi Tam,

I tried 3 years ago a couple of Dauphine trees with poor results.

Could only ripen 3 or 4 brebas and a few main crop. There is too much sun and dryness for this cultivar here. This is a fig born for Northern, much cooler areas with a higher degree of humidity and less sun!
Being a San Pedro, I thought it could perform  better than that.

Francisco
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Hi! Everyone,

How are you all doing? Grantham's Royal pickles taste similar to olive pickles, but they do not have a strong taste like olive pickles. They taste good to me.



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Originally Posted by lampo
Hi Tam,

I tried 3 years ago a couple of Dauphine trees with poor results.

Could only ripen 3 or 4 brebas and a few main crop. There is too much sun and dryness for this cultivar here. This is a fig born for Northern, much cooler areas with a higher degree of humidity and less sun!
Being a San Pedro, I thought it could perform  better than that.

Francisco


Yes apparently the do well in Britain. Are they also called Gris de Tarrascon ?

 
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Hi kkk2210,
In France yes, they were called Dauphine or "Grise de Tarascon" .
Call it the war between regions. "Grise the Tarascon" is/was the name in the south of France ; "Dauphine" is a reference to the son of the King ( of France ), that
loved them and had them growing in Paris in some greenhouses. So "Dauphine" is the parisian name. From readings, it was Louix XIV (14) that had all those crazy setups at his castles .
Marketing has it, that "Dauphine" is more known as a name now - be proud, you're eating the fig of a king after all !.
Of course, some nurseries will use the "Grise de Tarascon" naming . Call it marketing once more as a collector would probably buy both "Dauphine" and "Grise de Tarascon" for evaluation purposes before reaching the conclusion that they are the same.
I bought one "Grise de Tarascon" somewhere in September 2014. The poor thing was as root bound as in the worst nightmare. She almost died to the ground in the winter.
I happened to bend a branch and bury it in the dirt. Now that branch seems to start a maincrop, and the original tree is sort of bouncing back.
Of the 4 I bought - the nursery had a single tree of 7 different strains-, "Grise de Tarascon" is the most unhealthy so far and still is at the moment.
Needless to say that I didn't see a single breba on that tree.
At least, if the maincrop comes and ripens, I'll know if she is a San Pedro or not, as I've read both that it is a common fig strain and a San Pedro strain, and some sources don't even consider that detail to be important .
Well, I should be fair, if I were growing figs in the Mediterranean belt, ..., that wouldn't be a concern for me either. As they  say : Why are you so complicated ? Growing figs in the cold north-est ? Grow apples !
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