zeitgeist
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Posted 1459874196
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So I've read on the forum about the discovery of this fig and seen the amazing photos. My question is this: has anyone grown it here in the states from cuttings AND tasted the fruit grown here? Is it as amazing as it seems or is a lot of the incredibleness wrapped up in the story surrounding it? I'm just wondering if the opinions would be different if a friend just handed you one of these figs to eat without the amazing background story. Would it be considered as delicious? Thanks!
California Central Coast
johnnyq627
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Posted 1459886726
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It's a green fig, how good can it really be? Just kidding, somewhat. I have heard that Frank (FMD) got a fruit to ripen in Florida, but didn't see any update on taste. If nothing else, the inside color and flavor will be different from the pollinated fig overseas.
zeitgeist
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Posted 1459888750
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Agreed. My wife and I spent a day in bodega bay, ca one time. It was foggy and cold and we were driving up the coast and stumbled on the area. We spent the day mountain biking along the cliffs and had a great time. To cap it off, we went to a little restaurant by the dock of the harbor and I had a bowl o cioppino that was to die for! I mean the best ever! I'm sure a lot of that perception was driven by the great day that I had with my wife, the fact that it was cold and foggy that day, the setting of the restaurant, etc. all those factors played into it. It was an experience that cannot be duplicated. You could have served me that EXACT bowl of cioppino to me at my kitchen table and it would not have been as impressive. I think a lot of that plays into these new found figs. They have meaning to the person who finds them but to a person who has no such reference point it's just another fig and the flavor and experience behind its discovery can never be duplicated. Do we love hearing the stories and seeing the photos? ABSOLUTELY! It's fun and exciting to share in the persons experience. And we want gnat for ourselves! (Myself included). So we want to grow the fig ourselves but it just can't be duplicated.
California Central Coast
zeitgeist
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Posted 1459888924
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So I just wonder if it's a let down once you finally bite into that special fig that you grew for yourself. Maybe it isn't. I've just been wondering about it.
California Central Coast
figpig_66
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Posted 1459889209
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Give me well ripened alma and i will give someone a blind taste test against the ponte tresa alna would win. Why because its a real fig.
rcantor
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Posted 1459898353
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FMD said the PT he grew was as good as the Swiss one.
paully22
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Posted 1459908092
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Well I was lucky to taste the real potential of a nicely ripen Hardy Chicago and VdB in PA. It was
Lewi
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Posted 1459908621
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gorgi
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Posted 1460137991
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Suddenly, them good old Brown Turkey & Celeste (the mostly figs USA grown ones) do taste as a universal fig should.
rayrose
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Posted 1460144066
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It's the present Dutch Tulip that's being hyped, so that certain people can make a lot of $$$
