That’s my back yard sika !
Variety : black mission
I already have them 3 days in the plate ,they lost their color a little bit , it is raining all day long !
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Among my potted figs, today was the first day I picked anything ripe. First plant to start growing figs for me was Violette du Bordeau, but these are still a week or so away from ripening their first fruit.
LSU Tiger is the variety which I picked today and strangely enough it was one of the later figs to set fruit and yet still ripened first for me.
I lost Takoma Violet 2 years ago, I rooted a couple cuttings this past spring but my dog keeps eating the leaves off of this particular variety (she likes a few different varieties leaves, but this one best). Its been a challenge to keep leaves on this one and it has been without leaves for about 2 weeks not (and at its best it only had half-a-dozen leaves)
If you switch to Ronde de Bordeaux, you will be eating figs by now. It is early for me in zone 6a.
There have been years when half of my Violette de Bordeaux could not ripen in time. It is maddening.
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Green ischia, Olympian GI has a really long hangtime before it tastes like strawberry preserves. Olympian has a melon taste maybe different if I left it hang longer but that’s what one has to do that has hungry squirrels and yes I know as I’m well aware of that many of you eat the squirrels.
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Albo, Pastilliere, improved Celeste and Ronde de Bordeaux are the earliest figs for me (in that order) my trees are in ground and get no headstart or winter protection. I’ve been eating main crop figs since late August.
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Thanks! Overall it seems to me like figs are quite intuitive and really happy in pots, which make them a fun option in Z5a as long as you have the space to protect them in the winter.
I’ve found that most people here aren’t familiar with figs beyond the supermarket ones which mostly seem to be fig shaped things pretending to be figs. So I’ll have to share some ripe ones before I can convince other folks that these are a great option (given garage space).
Definitely looking forward to rooting some Ronde de Bordeaux this spring…seems possible to have a few first year fruits if I start them early and shuffle them in and out of a low tunnel in spring.
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Chicago Hardy is ripening for me. I think I prefer my Ronde de Bordeaux’s, but these are a little larger and still tasty too.
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Here’s my first Del Sen Jaume Gran of the year. It’s a big fig with nice jammy sweetness. This piece had a raisin or prune flavor. This one was dripping honey from the eye all week and withstood heavy downpours.
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Golden Riverside / Golden Rainbow.
I do not see any rainbow. But this is a very rich and powerful yellow fig. It is big, powerful and dominating. It sure can kick away some of the smaller yellow sugar figs.
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I wasn’t impressed with my Del San Jaume Gran fruit over the past three years, but I gave it a reprieve based on your positive reports and this year it’s been very good. A relatively dry summer hasn’t hurt at all - most of my figs have been excellent. I’ve lost a lot fewer than usual to splitting and souring.
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I’m glad it eventually improved in performance. I would’ve been disappointed too since it was relatively expensive a few years back from what I can recall.
Here’s my maybe Capoll Curt Negra on the left and Bordissot Blanca Negra on the right. BBN was more flavorful. Some of these Spanish figs are pretty alright. @fruitnut Any further insight on my maybe Capoll Curt Negra?
More maybe Capoll Curt Negras
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I had some good CCN this year. I’m not sure if yours are the same as mine. Mine may be more squat but that can change depending on growing conditions. If you like it then it doesn’t really matter.
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Thanks, the shape was what threw me off, and had me thinking it’s a CdD at first. I actually have a 2nd tree from another source that hasn’t ripened fruit yet. The leaves look different in form. This one at least holds up against rain and bugs.
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Dehydrated figs.
I was drying peppers and inserted a tray of figs to dry. Wish there were more figs ripened at the same time.
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Flanders. Old fig variety. Rich caramel with complex flavor some stated “tropical”. Takes about 95-100 days to ripen. But it ripens before the Adriatic figs. So it is mid-late season fig.
Photos do not do the justice due to the rain. The outside photos were taken before fully ripe. The real color is more light golden brown.
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Not many people appear to be growing Pastilliere. Here is how mine look. Quite an attractive and tasty fig.
Shown next to an under size smith that was pulled off hastily. All these trees are in ground or pot buried in ground with no headstart.
Robert’s golden rainbow aka Yellow long neck
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One of my favorite figs. I love how big they get!
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