@kybishop — yep you are just over the Mountains from me and much further from the coast than MG is… should be pretty much the same.
Appreciate your input. I am going to try Olympian next…
Think I will wait until we (eventually build) new home to add a 3rd fig (possibly Adriatic type).
That MG guy has over 100 varieties growing… I can’t imagine how you could keep that many figs under control. I think 2 or 3 good ones will do for me,.
And with 100 figs… the Olympian makes his top recommended list… because it is a dependable top producer, early, taste different, rain resistant, cold hardy, etc…
I will try it for a while and then see if I still want another.
How old is your ‘Adriatic JH’, some of the cultivars with more variable leaves will need to mature before their leaves are true. Leaves can also be different in a pot VS in the ground.
Not my harvest. This is harvest from Mr. England’s farm. Finally found time to visit the farmers market in Berea, KY and get all this fruit from Mr.England’s wife.
Che Fruit: Tastes like a melon, somewhat bland. I have so much Osage orange that I might just graft a few.
Persimmons: I had my first taste of American persimmons from my own trees earlier and after tasting these persimmons from Mr. England, Persimmons are neck to neck with figs as the tastiest fruit I can produce here. In my daughters words " Insanely sweet " . I can not do justice in words describing these persimmons. They just knocked my socks off, I had to sit down to savor the complexity, the sweetness and the trying to appreciate the different flavors like cinnamon, caramel and floral aroma. I am blessed to have the opportunity to taste these.
Korean Giant Pear: very sweet with caramel flavor, My daughter said it tastes like a caramel coated pear. I have to graft one next year.
Jujubes: all different ones with small wild ones we liked the most.
Pawpaw: I got some Pawpaws as well, not in the picture. They were unnamed but all very good.
Persimmons from England’s were tasted from fruit obtained at his farmer’s market stand and they were not named, all were American though. Off the named varieties I have tasted are Early Jewel, Prok, Elmo and yates and will rank them in this order. This is a limited sample and like others I have few more in pipeline that have yet to fruit.
One thing though, I grew up out of U.S eating Japanese persimmons which were plain one dimensional sweet and American Persimmons win the race by many lengths.
Cut fig is Violet Sepor and this was the first time I tasted one. It does live up to the hype and definitely a top tier fig with a complex berry sweet flavor. It is a very late fig for me and I do not expect to get more than a handful this year.
Met and older gentleman today in his 80s he said he was Persian. He planted these two trees where his son works because he said when he visits him he wants to visit the trees. He said that he has very big trees of these in his yard at home. First pic he said was a yellow fig. Second pic he said was a black fig. He said they do not mind the cold.
My first ever Atreano and Hardy Chicago today! Both were pretty good. I think they could have hung another day or two but I didn’t want to take any chances.
