Blanche de Deux Saisons

[Evdurtschi]

Ross had mentioned this among his top performers a couple of years ago and I was fortunate to get one from him. He was definitely correct about this variety. It’s a stunner and a tasty little gem that you will NOT want to share!!

Intense berry flavor, pooled with honey, thick and jammy, small/medium size figs that can dry on the tree, none have split, shockingly gorgeous.... this fig has tremendous potential.

[Fig-Doctor]

Dang!

[Fig Gazer]

FUNNY after i looked at erics phots ,but before i scrolled down to your post ,i had a one word comment to myself ,"DAM "

[It Could use another day]

It's not better than WM#1 RIGHT???

[GuyA]

What a beauty.
GuyA Zone 9B St Augustine Fl

[Bellefleurs]

Oh no….

[swethakyadav]

Why 😂

[Bellefleurs]

Oh no….because I REALLY AM trying to be good and not add any more trees…..

[zone5figger]

I have a mature plant around 5’ tall
of this variety that I plan to cull(too late here) this fall if anyone want to add it

[Realtorbyday]

Thanks so much! I'd love to try rooting a cutting of this beauty.

[SeattleFigs]

im interested in trading for cuttings or bareroot. thank you

[CCinNC]

I would like to root a cutting of it also!

[Realtorbyday]

"shockingly beautiful" I completely agree! Looks great.

[Rewton]

I've been growing BdDS in ground for about 5 years. It has some interesting differences compared to other adriatic types like Adriatic JH, Rockaway Green, Battaglia Green, U. Proscuitto, Green Michurinska and a few others. First, it is definitely less cold hardy than those others. I suspect this has something to do with why zone5figger is culling his. So it always dies back for me, even with protection. Then it takes a while to get going in the Spring. However, once it gets growing again it very quickly sets a main crop. So that partially makes up for the die-back problem. In the end, it does ripen fruit a bit later than the other adriatics but not by a lot. I always get a few ripe fruits in October. I can see the potential but should probably cull mine too or move it to a container. In zone 8 or warmer with a long season it should do well.

[Rewton]

Evdurtschi that's great that it ripens relatively early in your climate. I think if you can keep it from dying back then it will set fruit quickly when it gets growing in the Spring. This motivates me even more to move it to a container.

[Rewton]

Sod do adriatics have issues setting fruit in your climate? Here, that isn't a problem. Rather it is more about whether there is die-back and the length of time from fruit set to ripening which is rather long.

[Sod]

No Steve. They seem to set fine but I haven’t had good luck yet with getting them to ripen before fall. This year should be different, but we’ll see. I have some that set really late not getting a headstart.

[Niagarafigs]

Wow...

[ZomVee]

More like, Blanche de DAYUUM Saisons.

[American Infigdel]

Will you ever stop LARPing?

[ZomVee]

American Infigdel Jamais!

[American Infigdel]

beaucoup de cuir!

[Ktrain]

Is it legal to show pictures of that in public?

[Drfig]

another good one

[Californiacuban]

Rewton and Eric, What about the breba set? I normally don't care about brebas...but I mean it IS called "two seasons" so I have always wondered if the breba was good and the reason for the name. (Recongnizing that @Rewton's die back would lead to no breba, but maybe you've have one year with die back?)

[Evdurtschi]

My tree was prunes heavily, for shape, so I didn’t have any breba but I will not prune much this coming winter.

[Bellefleurs]

Has anybody ripened figs this year?
I am about to up pot my baby rooted cutting.

[swethakyadav]

Had a couple

[Bellefleurs]

How were they?

[swethakyadav]

Bellefleurs decent.. my season has been horrible.. some decent figs but so far not close to last season. The summer has been harsh on my trees - especially the ones in smaller pots like 3-5 gallons. I have BDDS in a 7 gal, along with some others that are in 7 -10 gallons and those are the ones that did well this season.

BDDS still has more than 20 on the tree and I am now hoping that they would be better as the temperature comes down a bit.

[Mr.Figs]

I have had 1 fig ripen up so far this year....enjoyed immensely by a critter! There are a dozen more on my 2nd year potted tree.

[Sod]

I’ve got a few on mine but nothing ripening yet. Probably at least another month.

[TNJed]

Has anybody ripened figs this year?
I am about to up pot my baby rooted cutting.

Not nearly as pretty as Eric’s 🥺🥺
Second yr tree I planted this spring. Sweet Candy flavor but no berry yet

[TNJed]

Denise I’ll add they’ve held up pretty well to all the moisture lately

[PaulMtree]

Beautiful fig, Eric.

I grafted BdDS this spring but it’s stuck in the starting gate. (I keep telling myself that it’s husbanding strength and will takeoff any day now.)

[Bellefleurs]

Any updates on this one?
My tree is fruiting.

[TNJed]

That’s great Bellefleurs. I enjoyed mine last year but it did not have the classic Adriatic flavor, it was sweet and sticky. Last year I had several figs not show their anticipated berry taste and instead taste very sweet. Handled the weather well and ripened every fig. I planted it last spring and so far it’s not showing any signs of life.

[JMF75]

Fantastic fig. One of my favorite "adriatic" types. IMO it's up there with White Madeira.

[Sod]

On the bubble for getting culled for me. Too late here for main last year. This will be the last year I trial it as I have other “adriatic” types that do better.

[Figwasp]

Same. I told myself I'd cull it if it didn't produce Breba this spring. Well, I have about 3 Breba on it now. Not exactly prolific, but it gets a stay of execution until I can eat them. It's going to have to be some special Breba for me to keep it another year. It has a lot of competition this year.

[Sod]

Figwasp same for me. “Reliable” breba producers need to produce.

[cvarcher]

guaranteed---try Figoin!

[swethakyadav]

I sold mine to a neighbor but I can still monitor and eat fruits or get an air layer when I want

[Beans 624]

I have figlets growing on Blanche. I'm excited to taste some as the season progresses.

[JMF75]

You won't be disappointed. By year 3 it produces lots of really good figs. Good luck and keep us posted.

[Evdurtschi]

I hope it does well here in TN. The uncaprified figs were excellent and I never had one split, despite being way over watered on a regular basis

[TNJed]

Mine handled water well despite just being planted last spring. All the figs ripened very consistently and with zero splitting. I hope it comes back and brings the strong berry flavor with it.

[RedRockFig]

One of my favorite trees. Does very well in the desert. It is going to be interesting to see what does well for you in TN. Looking forward to your insights as to what does better, what does worse and what does about the same.