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sammy

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I tried my first Bayernfeige  today off of my first year plant that I brought  inside to ripen.
It tasted sweet and jammy. It's a keeper.

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Perfect. Beautiful and looks very rich. Just wait for a sun ripend batch of these gals. Never heard of this variety. I just may hunt this one down. Richie from louisiana zone 8B
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I sure hope I get to try some from my tree next year, looks great... thank you for sharing.
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Now that looks almost too delicious to be legal! :)
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Looks great Sammy.. great job!
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pino

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Looks nice and juicy!
Wonder if it is as cold hardy as they say?
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I think that Bayernfeige Violetta, along with LaRadek and several other figs could be a strain of English Brown Turkey. I doubt that they are as hardy as they are claimed to be unless they are in a sheltered location or have some form of winter protection.
B Blomquist did a long term study in Sweden on winter hardiness for quite a few varieties, and BV was on the delete list after several years. From my understanding his location in Sweden wasn't as cold as you would expect but still cold enough to eliminate most of the figs.
The long term results if I recall had Chicago Hardy and Ronde de Bordeaux as two of his most cold tolerant.
His report can be found here:
http://www.fruitiers-rares.info/articles57a62/article59-Fig-growing-in-Sweden-Ficus-carica.html
Just for info, http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/1889891/a-warning-about-the-bayernfeige-violetta
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My sister lives in southern Germany near the Alps, and she said she doubted she could grow figs.  The name of this fig makes me think she probably could.
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Originally Posted by joann1536
My sister lives in southern Germany near the Alps, and she said she doubted she could grow figs.  The name of this fig makes me think she probably could.


Early the people have not have enougt Informations about Figs.
Just more and more People in Germany have Figs and know the hardest Varriety. I have also beginning surch new Variety from Asia and from Seedlings.
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Bayernfeige is just a marketing gimmick. A name which has been given by german nursery "plattner"... it shall pretend frost and cold hardyness, but in fact its not the best choice for german grower. the german fig-community is really sure that this one is only a brown turkey type. Its a well known problem, that some nurseries give new names to old varities and sell them for more money..unfortunatly it leads to confusion among growers and to duplication an the collection.
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