This is one that I've been dehydrating. Has a nice crunch and like all giant white figs it was juicy. Gave it an 8. It can't compete with the darkies.

Art: I truly believe this fig and Latarolla are one in the same.
Can you post some leaves of your Lynhurst?
My Latarolla shows absolutely no signs of FMV- how about your LW tree?

Leon, you might be correct. I have several LHW trees. Neither of my 6 trees have FMV.

I'm pretty sure that my plant is pretty clean.

Just for the record my in ground LHW has no FMV either

hey Mike, isn't it a beautiful tree? Are you still feeding your trees? I am.

Dennis, yes it is. No, I have just stopped for the season. hardening off time now

[QUOTE=kubota1]This is one that I've been dehydrating. Has a nice crunch and like all giant white figs it was juicy. Gave it an 8. It can't compete with the darkies.[/QUOTE]

In my yard LW is sweet, still the fig my Mom asks for every year. She was a little depressed when both were killed to the ground. They sprung back nicely, about 9 feet tall and will provide some figs.

Yours seem to have short necks. Of course that neck was an exception, they have long necks but usually not that long.

[QUOTE=leon_edmond]Art: Can you post some leaves of your Lynhurst?[/QUOTE]

Thats a quarter in the center

[URL=http://s39.photobucket.com/user/KKfromNJ/media/99%20LW/LW_leaves.jpg.html][IMG]http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e160/KKfromNJ/99%20LW/th_LW_leaves.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

I stumbled upon Lyndhurst White (named after Lyndhurst NJ) next to a 7/11 two blocks from my house about 12-13 years ago. The owner was a very old Italian guy with a huge garden, grapes, tomatoes, eggplants squash etc. He had a communication problem so I was unable to get much from him. His son in law told me the original tree was from Lyndhurst but was long gone. He also mentioned as he walked away, “The key to this fig was pruning”. He never explained and I never saw them again. That winter the tree was left uncovered (it was covered the previous winter) and the following spring there was no garden.  Soon the house went up for sale and the tree disappeared.

His tree was trained to the side. A single trunk about 8 inches thick, about 10 - 12 feet long. The top was cut and about 6 – 7 feet off the ground. He would trim all the branches off at about 1 – 2 feet long. The new growth would cascade down like a waterfall and then go back up. It consumed a lot of room in his yard. Some of his figs were the size of my fist. I’ve been unable to grow them that big.

I grow mine as a bush. I have a small sun challenged yard and could never train LW like he did and use so much room. I covered the first 3-4 years. This past winter both LW’s were killed to the ground. This was the first major damage in about 5 years. LW is sometimes too vigorous for its own good. It tends to shoot branches out from everywhere. First couple of years I got some splits. Can’t remember the last time it split.

Don’t laugh at the artwork but this is kinda how he trained his fig

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e160/KKfromNJ/99%20LW/LW.jpg~original

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Don’t laugh at the artwork but this is kinda how he trained his fig
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Sorry, I laughed  :)

Interesting concept - I assume the idea being to have a longer trunk bearing the renewable short fruiting branches, lower to the ground for covering it and harvesting figs. 

Here's the leaf pattern on my LW. My source was Jennifer and her cuttings came from KK.

KK and Art, thank you both for posting leaves. I will take photos of my LW leaves tomorrow and post as well to compare.

Thanks for the pics, this is a good looking fig.

Can you please describe the taste in a little more detail - is it more of a berry, melon or honey taste (or none of the above)? 

I have a few of these growing and I am anxious to see how they taste. 

Sorry KK, I laughed too. It works though.  :)

[QUOTE=m5allen]Thanks for the pics, this is a good looking fig.

Can you please describe the taste in a little more detail - is it more of a berry, melon or honey taste (or none of the above)? 

I have a few of these growing and I am anxious to see how they taste. [/QUOTE]

Mike, I'm horrible with describing flavors. I think it's more of a watery berry taste. When perfectly ripe these figs are pretty good.

[QUOTE=kubota1]Here's the leaf pattern on my LW. My source was Jennifer and her cuttings came from KK.[/QUOTE]

Been a while, but looks great. I am so happy to see yours producing.

LW was my biggest white fig produer. I've got 5 large trees in self watering pots. I really babied one and all I can say is WOW! This week I will be repotting them in large swps.

I really want a good tasting, large Fig and I'm looking at Stella, LW, Dalmatie, Galbun, and Dr. Gowaty. Can't decide which will be the best but being LW seems more readily available I may end up with it anyway but seems to be a good one from what I'm reading here.

Very nice fig and cold hardy!
Figs and leaves look identical to Atreano?

Hey Hobo,

Harvey still has Gulbun available, $5 per cutting. There are a couple others there you may like.

Wonderful cuttings, I have a Gulbun rooting myself.

               Mike

[QUOTE=snaglpus]LW was my biggest white fig produer. I've got 5 large trees in self watering pots. I really babied one and all I can say is WOW! This week I will be repotting them in large swps.[/QUOTE]~hey snag how cold hardy are the lyndhurst white ? i have one i rooted from a cutting sent to me,it is growing well ,but in zone 6,wondered how hardy it is ? thanks,~

Chuck,
It's very hardy. KK found this fig growing in New Jersey outside without protection. My trees stay out every years. I have 5 large ones in 27 gallon SWPs. They are fast growers. Might be the same tree as Lattrolla.

[QUOTE=snaglpus]Chuck, It's very hardy. KK found this fig growing in New Jersey outside without protection. My trees stay out every years. I have 5 large ones in 27 gallon SWPs. They are fast growers. Might be the same tree as Lattrolla.[/QUOTE]~thanks dennis ,that sounds good i might throw it in ground some where ,last count i had 21 in ground ~

Lynhurst White is the same as Lattarola. It is very hardy and mine never showed any obvious signs of FMV. It has beautiful leaves and grows fast and is mega productive. I had to part with Lattarola because after growing it three years, I did not see any improvement in the quality of the figs. They are large, beautiful figs, but here in Albuquerque, NM, they were bland and did not have much flavor. Perhaps it is our 5000 ft elevation and other conditions.

I have read that Lattarola and Lynhurst are exceptional figs growing in other parts of the country. I wanted this fig to be the exception but it just did not happen here.

[QUOTE=leon_edmond]Lynhurst White is the same as Lattarola. It is very hardy and mine never showed any obvious signs of FMV. It has beautiful leaves and grows fast and is mega productive. I had to part with Lattarola because after growing it three years, I did not see any improvement in the quality of the figs. They are large, beautiful figs, but here in Albuquerque, NM, they were bland and did not have much flavor. Perhaps it is our 5000 ft elevation and other conditions.

I have read that Lattarola and Lynhurst are exceptional figs growing in other parts of the country. I wanted this fig to be the exception but it just did not happen here.





[/QUOTE]~thanks what zone are you in ?  and is your tree in ground? if so what do you do to protect it in winter,?

Leon is correct. I too have Lattrola. It is the same as Lyndhurst White. This fig HAS to be super soft before picking. Otherwise they will taste watery and not much flavor. A little Epsom salt makes them taste better.

Potted in 15 gallon container, Zone 7.

[QUOTE=leon_edmond]Potted in 15 gallon container, Zone 7.[/QUOTE]~thanks~