VeryNew2Figs
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Posted 1467903877
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Is there any way the plant in the upper left could be a Violette De Bordeaux? I got a few cuttings of Violette De Bordeaux, but only one plant, the one on the right, looks like the pictures I've seen of Violette De Bordeaux. I've been trying to be very care about labeling. I even went out and got one of those fancy paint pens. I grafted what I thought was Violette De Bordeaux onto one of my unknown fig plants.
Cheryl Brunswick, Kadota, Ischia Green, Desert King, Osborne Prolific (slow but steady), Malta Black, Violette de Bordeaux, Texas Everbearing, Beall, White Adriatic, Nolo Pink Eyed Lady.Rooting: ioletta Bayernfeing, Marseilles Black VS , Celeste.
figgary
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Posted 1467904697
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Yes, Cheryl, it very well could be. My VdB has branches with all single lobed leaves, and branches with all long, fingered leaves. It is common with this variety.
VeryNew2Figs
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Posted 1467904866
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Good to know.
Cheryl Brunswick, Kadota, Ischia Green, Desert King, Osborne Prolific (slow but steady), Malta Black, Violette de Bordeaux, Texas Everbearing, Beall, White Adriatic, Nolo Pink Eyed Lady.Rooting: ioletta Bayernfeing, Marseilles Black VS , Celeste.
SuperMario1
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Yes but the tree is too young to tell for sure. You should know that there are at least 2 different strains going around under the VDB name. One is the same as UCD Vista, the other is not. The leaves are totally different between them, but the fruit is pretty similar. One of them puts out a lot of long fingered leaves like the Nero 600 M (or sort-of like some of the leaves on the RDB) and occasionally may throw branches with single-lobe or grape-like leaves. I think that is the one figary is talking about. The other (Vista Type) has very distinct leaves.
Galicia Negra, Violetta, Violette de Sollies, Dan_la's Black Beauty 10, Craven's Craving, Most important : YOUR FAVORITE FIG . A lot of people put emphasis on popular/exotic cultivars, which is great because it highlights some of the better fig varieties; however, I am most interested in the figs our members love regardless of pedigree.
VeryNew2Figs
1441488407
Posted 1467989008
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After I had posted the question and looked through the files again I saw the picture of one plant with two different leaf types on different branches. Very interesting.
Cheryl Brunswick, Kadota, Ischia Green, Desert King, Osborne Prolific (slow but steady), Malta Black, Violette de Bordeaux, Texas Everbearing, Beall, White Adriatic, Nolo Pink Eyed Lady.Rooting: ioletta Bayernfeing, Marseilles Black VS , Celeste.
