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BB10 small to medium black fig with a closed eye.......... mild sweet taste with lingering melons overtones.It definitely lives up to it name .
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You may only view thumbnails in this gallery. This gallery has 3 photos.Brian
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good looking fig enjoy it!Wish List - -
Very nice looking fig.Comment
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Thanks for sharing the photos and info,
and its also a mid-season ripening fig...
Also may require heavier than normal fertilization due to large leaves and healthier growth.
The 1st photo shows some older very large nutrient deficient leaves with necrotic spots.
Added photo of a fig and large leaf on 10" dia. plate for scale...Pete R - Hudson Valley, NY - zone 5bComment
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Is this the cutting line?
That's cool that you were able to grow this one. Haven't seen much about it other than a few old threads. Is this the first time for it to fruit for you?Don - OH Zone 6a Wish list: Verdolino, Black CelesteComment
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Actually its an early fig........this is the second main crop this yearBrian
Chackbay LA Zone 9AComment
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The fig tree is very young and it produced a couple figs early summer,it grew a lot this summer and produced a large second crop............Brian
Chackbay LA Zone 9AComment
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A very nice fig and an early one.Tony, Toronto Canada USDA 4B now 5B apparently!!
Wishlist: Rigato Del Salento PB, San Biago.Comment
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Nice looking.... Wondering how it would do in north east... Anyone else have experience with it in NE?Tony - Zone 6A
WL- Good Health, a 60 lb Striped Bass, a Boone and Crockett Typical Buck, bushels of ripe Black Madeira figs, bushels of ripe Hachiya and other tasty Diospyros Kaki PersimmonsComment
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Tony, only about 4 or 5 people have it at all to the best of my knowledge.
But don't worry, a good thing is rarely contained and it will start getting out soon I'm sure.Scott - Colorado Springs, CO - Zone 4/5 (Depending on the year) - Elevation 6266ft
“Though the problems of the world are increasingly complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple.” – Bill MollisonComment
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While everyone's bragging! Thanks Brian!You may only view thumbnails in this gallery. This gallery has 1 photos.Nothing in the world takes the place of growing citrus till figs come along. Ray City, Ga. Zone 8 b.Comment
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Wow, this is like a unicorn sighting! I'll look forward to more reports. I think there was a time when people (based on Dan's description I think) were speculating it might be the same as Kathleen's Black but it doesn't look like it from these pics.Last edited by Rewton; 10-01-2016, 10:59 AM.Steve
D-i-c-k-e-r-s-o-n, MD; zone 7a
WL: Castillon, Fort Mill Dark, White BacaComment
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Here is mine.
Cutting sales will start Tuesday Nov 1 at 9:00 easternComment
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I don't want to sound critical, but doesn't that flavor describe 50% of the figs out there? What is so special about the taste? Is it really worth the $100+ dollars people are bidding for it? I'm trying to talk myself out of bidding for it on eBay now.Originally posted by CajunB View Post
Mara, Southern California,
Climate Zone: 1990=9b 2012= 10a 2020=?Comment
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Mara,
Flavor and looks aside as it is an amazing tree with HUGE leaves......I don't think a painting by Andy Warhol of a freaking soup can is worth 12 million, but it is. There was garlic being sold a few years back for $100 a head..........it is all supply and demand. There are not many plants and cuttings available and a LOT of people want them. Dan teased people with that tree and his description of it as the best fig ever while distributing it to nobody. I will keep my personal feelings on Dan out of this but he is knowledgeable. He tried hard to keep this variety to himself and now that it is out a lot of people are interested.Cutting sales will start Tuesday Nov 1 at 9:00 easternComment
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Hey, any of you see the full wall Jackson Pollack at the NY Museum of Modern Art? It's a white blank wall! It supposedly is worth several million dollars... I look at it and see the inside of my own mind.... The soup can might be worth $12MM if it still had the original Campbell's in it... I guess the bottom line is that ANYTHING is worth exactly what someone is willing to pay for it; no more and no less... buyers set the market price....
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What did the three most recent Ischia Black eBay auctions yield for the three cutting packages? I can't speak to the flavor of either and leave it to other more knowledgeable folks to provide that insight but the BB10's are bargain priced in comparison...Tony - Zone 6A
WL- Good Health, a 60 lb Striped Bass, a Boone and Crockett Typical Buck, bushels of ripe Black Madeira figs, bushels of ripe Hachiya and other tasty Diospyros Kaki PersimmonsComment
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Some of Dan's comments about BB10:
"It is hands down the best tastiing fig that I have ever eaten. And I have eaten a lot of figs from many different fig cultivars.
I call it Black Beauty because it is an absolutely beautiful black fig. Add I call it 10 because, IMO, it rates a perfect 10 on the taste scale. Also, this is an "early season" (that is a VERY important fruiting characteristic) fig and it does handle the rains in my area quite well (very important as well). This one is a perfect 10 in all reagrds. "
"This fig (BB10) puts Hardy Chicago down to shame and I absolutely love my two Hardy Chicago figs!! I would never get rid of them......nor would I get rid or my Sal's, Dark Portuguese, Gino's, JH Adriatic, White Triana, Greek Green, LSU Improved Celeste, Holllier, Smith, GM#11, Native Black, Scott's Black, St. Jerome,St. Gabriel Black Late Black, English Brown Turkey, many Celeste, etc. etc. etc. I have tasted many more and do have a well calibrated tongue and palate as wll. This one is in another fig league and out of the park good. Not just some of the figs were good......all of them had that very special flavor that is hard to describe. Eat one of these figs and your taste rating scale gets re-calibrated.
What is so important about this particular fig is that IT RIPENS EARLY. This one should do well in a short growing season. Col De Dame ripens LATE IN THE SEASON. BLACK MADEIRA ripens late in the season. From what I observed on the mother tree, it handles rain quite well too. At this time, I have no accurate data about fig drop. When I found the mother tree, there were lots of figs both on the tree and on the ground. Like I stated earlier, the owner of this tree does not like figs.
It really is hard for me to imagine a better tasting fig. "
"No matter what this variety turns out to be, I can state emphatically that this large black fig is the best tasting fig I have ever eaten. Its flavor is better even than Col De Dame White......rich and very complex is the only way I know to describe it. This is definitely a dessert quality fig. I had no camera with me when I found the mother tree.....so no pictures of mom. Mom is about 15 feet tall and at least 20 feet wide. ...This fig is rain tolerant, no bugs, can dry on the tree, fruits shortly after regular Celeste starts friuiting, some pink colored leaf stems, skin cracks but DOES NOT split, has different eye sizes......all blocked, fig stems are stout and purple, meat stain is purple, and honey from very ripe figs is purple in color."
Don - OH Zone 6a Wish list: Verdolino, Black CelesteComment
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I do not. I believe he had a final melt down and kicked everyone off. I don't think he's opened it up again. It's too bad really. -
Thanks for the info on Dan's blog closing down. I wondered what had happened when suddenly I could no longer access it, nor get replies to my emails. I thought maybe the problem was on my end, but I guess not. It's too bad. He has shared a lot of good information over the years.
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BB 10 sounds like a very nice fig to have. Maybe one day it will make its way to Canada (just dreaming!)Last edited by angelad; 12-30-2016, 11:17 AM.Angela - Southwestern Ontario - zone 6a
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I just checked and there are several cuttings offering on eBay slated for this week... It would be nice to end 2016 and start 2017 on a very positive note and win a package of this variety as well as acquire several others still on the wish list....Tony - Zone 6A
WL- Good Health, a 60 lb Striped Bass, a Boone and Crockett Typical Buck, bushels of ripe Black Madeira figs, bushels of ripe Hachiya and other tasty Diospyros Kaki PersimmonsComment
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Gregmartin Have you gotten to try yours yet Dave?
Me BB10 I can't afford such an exquisite fig I'm just helping out a buddy sell some cuttingsLast edited by Dave; 12-30-2016, 06:18 PM.Wish List -Comment
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It's interesting as always.
I'm smelling this years "IT" figLast edited by Coop; 01-01-2017, 05:37 PM.Comment
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So.. I thought this was the same fig as Maltese Beauty (GM 155). Could fig names be more confusing? Just when I thought I had it all finally figured out, lmao!Last edited by ross; 01-01-2017, 08:05 PM.Zone 7A - Philadelphia
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Early season. Handles the rain well. Love's heat. Does not split. Blocked eye. Big beautiful leaves. Good producer. Rated a 10 on taste from a respected, veteran grower.
Cheers to Dan for discovering this cultivar. It is always exciting to see another legend come out of Louisiana and the Gulf Coast. I am really looking forward to growing this in Houston Texas and possibly Mexico City.
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