That's why I posted this question. Considered an excellent choice for Southern regions. I appreciate your thoughts. Item# 355. The one or two figs that didn't suddenly abort, actually did ripen into dry, insipid corky figs, with barely a hint of sweetness. This year has been not so good. I always learn more useful information after reading your comments. most of the time when I call nurseries I get employee's who don't really know shirt,"what's mosaic?" Very interesting revelation that took me by surprise. I recently bought a "TEXAS BLUE GIANT" fig, that is supposed to produce very large, dark-blue fruit. The main-crop figs are usually very large, but have been becoming a little smaller each year. It brews Australia's widest variety of schnapps, sells home-made preserves and has huge open fireplaces and a vineyard. You will never regret that expenditure. Item# 11025. Has anyone purchased the giantfig cutting that is currently on sale at Ebay named:"The biggest Fruit FIG JIN AO FEN Cutting's GROW YOUR OWN PLANT". I wouldn't do it! See more ideas about Fig, Fig tree, Fruit trees. Developed at LSU by Dr. Ed O'Rourke and company for fig production in the hot humid South, LSU Gold produces large flattened green figs that ripen to greenish yellow, yellow, or yellow blushed with red. Sweet Pea Pastel Giant is a very large flowering, multi-coloured variety of sweet pea that provides a spectacular splash of colour, accented with deep reds, soft pinks, pure whites and tops it all off with a delightful sweet pea fragrance. Do what you want, not what your family members want. Arborist Jan Allen, from the Veteran Tree Group Facebook site, says: “Our main concern has been the loss of older trees within urban areas. Now, I grow varieties that will...I hope...do well in the short seasons of the North-East. Multi-share, double, queen and twin rooms available. This is my opinion, and experiences. Very Popular, Sweet Yellow Long Neck Fig Tree. It is self-pollinating and is resistant to spoiling and splitting. Did you ever get an answer from them? Item# 9546. Thanks! The dwarf habit makes it a good choice for container culture as well. Item# 1113. Item# 10831. Now...."giant figs" from USA sources. Plumeria are our most popular patio plant, always fresh and available in a multitude of colors and sizes. There are a lot of bogus figs out there and they are NOT the real, original strains. Grow your own figs with a starter fig tree plant available from Burpee. I agree that Atreano is a keeper. Here follows, a brief update. I love "Atreano", and I went crazy looking for a "Texas Blue Giant" thinking that I was going to get a main-crop of "giant", blue/black figs, until I read that it's only the Breba crop that would/maybe be considered "giant"! Nero or Nero Caesar produces a large crop of large, purplish-red to purplish-black, pear shaped to turbinate figs with an amber flesh and dark purplish red pulp with an excellent rich sweet flavor. This is probably the most reliable and commonly grown fig in Southern regions but it is the standard bearer for hardiness tolerating the climate of zone 5. Add to Wishlist. Looking at the picture you can see the normal sized Jaboticaba fruit on the left vs The Giant Jaboticaba fruit on the right. Florea is an early ripening type said to be  a cold hardy fig,  a great choice for colder climates with short seasons. Little Ruby is so compact in fact that it is sometimes selected as a bonsai specimen. Smaller figs seem to perform better for our shorter summer season up north... Jack's Quarter-Pounder, Patrick's Super Giant and Malcom's Giant are all, in my opinion, the same fig as Brunswick, otherwise known as Magnolia. Putting dishes away made a racket like a bowling alley. I thought I read somewhere that the One Green World strain had a leaf which appeared different than the Belleclare, but I couldn't find it in the threads I thought it was in. My client took a plunge without 3-D's & worried about it every day. Good for fresh eating and drying and LSU says it is an excellent choice for preserves. Remember the looser the roots, the taller and healthier your Fig will be. Bright yellow skin colour with honey coloured flesh. A member of the Solanaceae family, it is a tall perennial shrub, three metres to four metres high, with a similar growth habit to wild tobacco. Since you confirm that certain varieties are not made for cooler climates, her is a link to a variety made for cool climates:COLD WEATHER FIGThe fig info starts at 3:22, so scroll ahead if you wish. Its common name is derived from Moreton Bay in Queensland, Australia. I ask this because I guess it is mostly a breba fig unless you have the wasp, but the brebas are supposed to be great. Black Mission is self-pollinating and may produce a light breba crop. Anyway, I know if you can keep a healthy dormant bud for your CH to start the season with it will ripen figs for you. Good fresh or preserved. Italian Black ripens in mid-season but is also known to produce an early crop on old wood as well as a late crop on new wood in mild winter climates. Now, I'm much more selective about the varieties that I grow. Although I have had several of Condit's cultivars (and still have some), the Condit trees have produced relatively few figs and have grown slowly. Far more hassle than it was worth. Pollen from the caprifigs is carried by the fig wasps… Little Miss Figgy produces medium sized purple to purple-brown fruit with a deep purple flesh. Explore this amazing landscape of rolling green valleys, misty mountains, winding rivers and friendly wildlife. Smaller varieties grow best indoors in 10″ to 14″ diameter pots while larger varieties need enough room for growth, generally a 14″ to a 24″ diameter, 14″ deep container will suffice. Jack's Quarter-Pounder, Patrick's Super Giant and Malcom's Giant are all, in my opinion, the same fig as Brunswick, otherwise known as Magnolia. In fact, I have to control the growth of this tree, because it's so vigorous. Free Wifi for guests. It might be a great variety for warmer climes with longer seasons, but for short season growers....save your money. It is a brown to purple fig with an amber interior. Item# 9917. Lupin Florida Giant Mix is a brilliant hybrid Lupin variety producing spectacularly large flower spikes in a range of bright colours, profusely throughout the warmer months. If you are wanting to make a simple dish look special just add some halved figs. You are one of the best teachers on this forum. Even though I started this thread, I forgot all about it until just now. It produces small to medium sized, dark purplish black, pear shaped to turbinate figs with a deep red pulp and amber flesh. Each year I get dozens of delicious figs, so many in fact, that sometimes I must thin out the figs, or they will smash into each other. The flesh is strawberry red and is sweet with good flavor. I already have this variety, and have been growing it since 2007. Is the other fig, that's cut in half, also a breba, or main-crop, shown for comparison? This was a chance seedling discovered in California in the 1920's. I am amazed. In addition, we are talking about Ebay here, so what you see might not be qhat you get. Position & Soil; Hardy and frost tolerant, figs grow best in a warm dry climate. A customized, searchable database of edible fig varieties with advanced search, filtering, and ratings from and for collectors like you. The figs that they did produce were mediocre in taste. The trees grow to average size and are considered to be long lived and are highly productive producing large crops. Creative renovation turns radiator shop Into a contemporary gem, Creative thinking goes a long way in this kitchen packed with love for family and old treasures, Cat and dog hair, tracked-in mud, scratched floors ... see how one pet guardian learned to cope and to focus on the love, An interiors stylist uses her house as a 3D timeline of her tales and travels, Check out how these homeowners keep their footwear organized — tucked away or out on display, Let's get real. I answered "other". Leaves are: lobed, with 7–13 lobes per leaf; 17–30 cm long and 12–20 cm wide; hairy underneath ; alternate along stem; on stalks 3–7 cm long. I'm learning new methods each season. As the Latin species name tells you, the fruits are small for figs. Perennial Hibiscus), Chartreuse Foliage/Stems or Marked with Chartreuse, Maroon, Burgundy, or Purplish-Red Foliage/Stems or Marked with those or similar colors, Orange Foliage/Stems or Marked with Orange, Purple Foliage/Stems or Marked with Purple, Silver or Gray Foliage/Stems or Marked with Gray or Silver, Yellow Foliage/Stems or Marked with Yellow, Shopping Cart Items: 0 I learned something, again, from the Fig Forum. All trees marked with * are too small to produce figs, and are on "trial". Item# 11024, The GE Neri Fig produces exceptionally large purple skinned figs with sweet reddish flesh. I also know that there are other "giant" varieties...e.g. The flesh is white and the pulp can range from red to amber with a rich, sweet, and distinctive flavor. Produces abundant crops. Celeste is the standard by which all other figs are judged on sweetness and flavor. The figs are excellent dried or fresh. When you have success, we all benefit. Palito An outstanding large white flat fig from Portugal. Swine food! Mostly bigger figs are brebas with main crop smaller in fig size but crop is larger. The second crop figs are medium sized with an amber to strawberry flesh and are of good quality. With that price,I would rather buy a 5-6 feet fig tree readyto give me fruits soon!Also, please comment on the"The Fertility Fruit FIG Cutting's GROW YOUR OWN PLANT"shown as the 5th image on that page.There is a lot of fig fruit on the branch,but I wonder how many fig actually get riped sincethere is not much leaves to nuture the fruits. When captured and held in the fingers, this beetle emits a strong odour resembling that of carbolic acid. You will still have many varieties to chose from, you'll be far more successful, and, you'll eat tasty, figs instead of wishing that your figs will ripen. Basically then, it's the brebas that will be very large, with just a ho-hum, boring, main-crop. It bears a large fruit with a pinkish skin and a juicy, sweet lus-cious flesh with a unique flavor and texture. The small eye is filled with honeydew and is highly resistant to spoiling making this a good choice for the South and Southeastern US. Caveat emptor. If I knew "Atreano" makes a Brebs-fig this size, I would have saved my money! Now i realize this is probably why a relative stopped visiting me- I couldn't handle the noises LOL. If I let some Breba grow this season, will I still be able to ripen a main-crop by September? I'm in the wrong climate for these kind of figs. I checked out Dan's blog, interesting, I'll have to keep an eye on certain aspects of that. Little Ruby produces a breba crop of medium sized sweet red figs with strawberry colored flesh. Mid to late season ripening. Done....and, some cuttings even went back to a Texas grower, where this variety started. (This last sentence was confirmed by a famous NJ grower/collector). Item# 920. Frank, there is more info over at Figs4Fun forum. You're right, slightly larger than Atreano but yellow in color, flatter shape and larger eye.My Atreano grows fast and produces more figs than my Deanna ever did. All of these devil plants have been used around the world to graft eggplants and tomatoes onto, so use these varieties, they are tried and tested. he hired event lighting hire for audio and lighting services and to be honest they made the whole fun, I always used to bring so many snacks with me cause my friend always eats them LOL !! Magnolia is considered a good choice for the drier portions of the South and Southwestern US. The open eye of LSU Gold is typically filled with honeydew making it fairly resistant to souring and it is also split resistant. Help me revive (and bush-ify) our leggy fiddle & rubber plant. Location, location, location. Very interesting background facts, especially about the "Brunswick" variety. LOL. If they were any good, I'm sure there would be plenty of members singing their praises! Conadria produces large green, thin-skinned figs that ripen to light greenish yellow and droop when ripe. Also they do well in my hot and humid climate. I grow Atreano and Deanna and they are similar in many ways but Deanna seems to get a little larger.I have potted some of my trees in 25gal pots. admin@figdatabase.com; My Account. You'll waste your valuable time waiting for nothing. I don't think I want to buy these cuttings, they aretoo expensive for cuttings. Description. A good choice for the South as well. The brebas seem to be larger on the average than the main crop. The "Red Italian" made some very sweet little red-black figs, and this year it was my winner. Very few posters on this forum have even mentioned, or written about these fig varieties, and that should've tipped me off as to the merit of growing one of these super-figs. View all of the figs that we offer here at Almost Eden or find figs by fruit color, growing region, or figs for container culture. It is well suited to container culture. It has prickly stems and leaves, which are very hairy when young. Good information, thanks for the update Frank. Ficus carica Croatian Yellow Giant Fig, Fig variety from Botanical Garden - Plovdiv, Bulgaria A good and tasty fig. I will give them some fresh, granular limestone also. Now, Frank is a master fig grower, so if he struggles with giant figs, perhaps it's not such a good idea. Have fun with pushing the envelope. Your expererience will probably help many others in cold climates and will save people years of hoping and praying only to face certain disappointment. New Built: Getting a 2 story foyer means smaller room, is it worth it. Other articles where Caprifig is discussed: fig: Physical description: …of tree, known as a caprifig, produces inedible figs that house the fig wasp young. / 591 ml. Chicago Hardy produces large crops of medium to small nearly black to brown or violet, pear shaped to turbinate figs with amber to strawberry flesh with a rich sweet flavor. US$0.00, Ficus carica 'Ischia Black', F. carica 'Black Ischia', Pot Size: 4.5 inch Pot / 20 fl.oz. This tree is commonly used as a street tree in tropical areas, and it is also a common specimen in bonsai gardening. Fewer figs on branch can also lead to bigger size figs. Seemed....suspicious, like nobody was really working today, but it could have just been coincidence. Thanks for the information. Kadota ripens in mid season and is considered to be the most widely grown commercial cultivar in California. And on the up-side, we all know that you have many other trees with other varieties. You did not fail, Frank. Browse our massive selection of fig plant types including: Black Mission, Panache Tiger Stripe, Texas Blue Giant, Olympian, White Marseilles, Chicago Hardy, Letizia, Violette de Bordeaux, and Lattarula Italian Honey fig … An excellent choice for the South as well as California. The content and images of this website are the copyright © 2020 of Almost Eden, LLC, Camellias - Variegated and Multi-Colored Japonicas. Fabulous Figs A fresh fig is one of the most beautiful fruits of the Mediterranean. The fruit looks so gigantic, it is hard to believe!I wonder if the fruit actually tastes good, (I mean sweet tasting), and just how tall the tree will grow to. Good to see postings from you again. At my age, you would think I would know this! I tried to contact OGW by phone many times today in hopes of getting someone on the phone who knows something about their figs( yeah right! Filter — The Best Tropical Fruit. You will need plenty of heat, dryish climate, and, over a long time, to ripen these giants properly. Satisfying historic requirements and family needs, a second-story addition blends styles with ease, Mein Benutzererlebnis mit Cookies anpassen, Houzz Tour: Cinderella Story in Pittsburgh, A Quirky Country Kitchen With a Story to Tell, Dealing With Pet Messes: An Animal Lover's Story, Personal Spaces: 12 Real-Life Savvy Shoe Storage Ideas, Houzz Tour: New Love and a Fresh Start in a Midcentury Ranch House, Houzz Tour: Craning Toward the View in Seattle, Houzz Call: Show Us the House You Grew Up In, Houzz Tour: Antique Meets Industrial in a Colorado Cottage. LSU Tiger produces a large crop of large brown figs, with darker brown stripes, with good quality yellow to gold flesh and a partially closed eye. The open eye is filled with honeydew which prevents souring. Item# 11508, This compact growing dwarf fig tree is perfect for container culture or in gardens with limited space. The Ischia Black fig produces a good crop of medium to small, pear shaped to turbinate, black figs with a noticeable blue bloom and ribs. I have been concentrating on some local, unknown varieties that have been grown for many decades by families in Brooklyn, and The Bronx. I have NEVER seen any evidence of FMV on any of these locally-grown, backyard trees, and few, if any, are protected. It may help others to avoid a disappointing mistake. What's the WORST home advice you've ever been given? At the bottom I place mulch, then some dry caw droppings and then place my fig tree and fill up the rest with mulch and compost.This gives me organic juicy figs!Sal. My mom.She was a wonderful person and a domestic goddess, but I never shared her taste for “modern”, which to me looks institutional. I see a few intrepid growers wanting to try these imported strains of "giant figs"...if you want to give it a shot....go for it. I sent an email to Dalton at Durio today, we'll see what the news is there. Item# 9501. Think, Arizona...California weather. I saw your reply on a different thread, I live in Littleton.This will be my first winter with figs, I am putting them in the connected garage, they should be fine, it's pretty much a big refrigerator all winter long. I usually pinch them all off the trees, so main-crop figs form, and ripen quicker. Some resources tout this as the world's largest fig. There is a You-Tube video showing a leaf-stripping method for ripening figs: "How To Get the Figs On Your Trees To Ripen Faster". Go tribal in the teepee or bring your own tent and camp in the tranquil grounds. It has short-styled female flowers that are adapted to the egg-laying habits of the fig wasp (Blastophaga) and also contains male flowers near the apex. If the rendering cost is not included in your contract, then pay the additional fee to have it done. 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