Earliest green fig

[71GTO]

I have a few Green figs with the deep red interior and berry taste. In general they all seem to be later figs. Does anyone have an idea what is the earliest ripening fig of this kind?

[ross]

I started a thread here on this very subject: https://www.ourfigs.com/forum/figs-h...riatic-variety

Couldn't find anything really early other than Longue D'Aout if you consider that in this category.

[71GTO]

Nice, I should have remembered that.

[Altadena Mara]

Norman's Yellow is reported to ripen brebas very early, like in May. The pictures of it show a green fig perhaps with a hint of chartreuse. It isn't said to be the best tasting fig around but when it's the only ripe fig around.....http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox....Yellow-5251675

Rolling River Nursery says: "A heavy bearing early breba crop producing San Pedro type fig. Similar to Dessert King, but has yellow fruits with the same great flavor. A vigorous quick growing and long lived tree. Great variety for both cool short season & warm climates. From the original planting at one of the early homesteads here in Orleans, now the farm of Norman Coates and Coates Vineyards. Hardiness zones 8-10." https://www.rollingrivernursery.com/...-yellow-detail

[jrdewhirst]

If San Pedro's count, there are others. DK itself is early compared to main crop Adriatics.

[Rafaelissimmo]

8/7/16, main crop. Abundant, hardy, green. And this was a late spring, too.

[Rafaelissimmo]

Its actually an Unk. from Queens, its the only Unk. I've grown I can say I really like, its probably Greek or Italian.

[jrdewhirst]

To my untrained eye, it resembles Brooklyn White.

[Rafaelissimmo]

While my eyes are equally untrained, I can say for sure it is not Brooklyn White as I used to grow that. Also, this variety is a "mostly unifera" whereas BW is bifera I recall.

[Kelby]

Atreano is early-ish, though not quite a strong berry flavored variety.

[71GTO]

Atreano I have and it is failrly early. It's a great fig too.

[71GTO]

Thanks for the info guys. Rafael, that looks like a good one I'll have to add to the list. I have a decent amount of green figs, but the Adriatic berry types are always very late for me.

[Kelby]

Green Michurinska may also be a good one, hopefully I will have more info on it this year.

[SalNick]

How did the green michurinska work out for you? Is it early? Closed eye ? Tasty?
Thx

[Pino]

Lattarola is my earliest green fig with red pulp. Figs started end of August along with my Ciccio Nero.
Large main crop producer and very nice light berry taste (similar to Atreano not as juicy).
Haven't seen any brebas maybe because it is in ground.
A keeper especially for cool climates.

[Pino]

Understood!
Unfortunately the intense berry taste green figs ripen late up here. For me Verte (strawberry verte) ripens early October 7-10 days ahead of JH Adriatic same great taste and no splitting issues.

[71GTO]

I had a verte when I first got into figs. I managed to kill it, but it was a great fig and I have just not gotten around to getting another one.

[Pino]

The post has morphed from earliest green fig to earliest green fig with berry taste.
In that case Dalmatie is much earlier than Verte or JH Adriatic and has intense sweet berry taste and sweeter.
Have already posted many Dalmatie photos and is my favourite in this category.

[mountainfigs]

"Adriatic" means what, after all? rather dark green skin with rather dark red pulp? with a complex strawberry flavor? maybe something of a citric tang?

If so, I consider Nordland (Longue d'Aout / Cucumber / etc) to be an Adriatic, and as such easily my earliest. Followed by Calverte / Verte.

Though there may be earlier "Adriatics" out there, Nordland is not close to being a late fig like so many Adriatics are. I think it's a great fig, ripens plenty early, and I would be very happy if it were to remain my earliest Adriatic. Still I remain on the lookout.

Conadria also ripens about the same time but I don't classify it as an "Adriatic" despite being half named that. The skin can tend more to yellow, and the pulp may be sort of deep red but can also be more honey gelled, and somehow thinner, and has difficulty (here) reaching much of any intense flavor.

Latarolla / Lyndhurst White ripen later and seem more of the Conadria category than Adriatic. Battaglia Green / Paradiso as Adriatics ripen later still.

More of a puzzle to me: the earliest gold skin, gold pulp honey fig (main crop). While Nordland has first ripened here in mid August, I haven't ripened a gold/gold honey earlier than half a week after Nordland. This year LSU Gold and Kadota both ripened 3 days after Nordland (August 16 Nordland, August 19 Gold & Kadota). Kadota was the big surprise as it produced some good breba figs in July as well. (Yellow skinned Brooklyn White ripened a couple days earlier but I don't consider it to be a true honey fig, since its pulp is typically red, light red, or mixed red/gold).

[71GTO]

I had read that nordland and LDA were the same or very similar. I have an LDA also, it's not huge tree but seems to refuse to branch so I have gotten many figs from it. I don't think I got a ripe fig from it this year.

[figgary]

The earliest Green fig here, is Desert King. Not quite as tasty as Strawberry Verte, Adriatic JH, etc., but nearly 3 months earlier. These photos were taken on July 1, a couple of years ago.

[Pino]

Gary are those looked caprified?
My DK brebas are rich sweet taste but I thought more sugary versus berry? Location seems to matter quite a bit.

[figgary]

Joe, I do not believe that these are caprified. DK is probably best suited to California and the West Coast, where it originated. Taste is not strong berry, but also more than just sweet.

[jrdewhirst]

I bought both Nordland and Smith last year. Smith seems to fit in the Adriatic category -- admittedly ugly, green-brown skin and deep red flesh. From memory only, I think I started picking Smith here in early/mid Sept, which would put it a full month ahead of Paradiso.

[71GTO]

I have heard lots of people say smith is a great fig. I've never tried to get one, but maybe I need to try it.

[jrdewhirst]

It is a great fig. I'd strongly recommend it. Not cold hardy, I think. We need to grow it in a pot.

[Rafaelissimmo]

Joe what is source for your Smith?

[jrdewhirst]

I got it from a local grower. To respect privacy, I'll PM the name.

[Rafaelissimmo]

Marcus I forgot to mention (Joe jogged my memory) that the Paradiso Giovanni I have posted pics of on facebook may be the most promising Adriatic type in my collection. While I cannot give a true ripening date due to my plant having been rooted a year ago, it was both excellent tasting and it did not even come close to splitting, despite the fact that it ripened in the peak splitting season. Unlike my beloved Adriatic JH, which unfortunately splits at times (even worse was Battaglia). Strawberry Verte also split on me. The mother tree of this Paradiso ripens sometime in mid to late August, so I have high hopes for this variety. I shared cuttings with a few members this winter, so there will be some comparisons hopefully. Snagglepuss also grows this variety.

[Rafaelissimmo]

Yes Marcus, Giovanni used to sell his figs at the Reading Terminal Market, I went all the way there 3 1/2 years ago to try them and they were really very good. However, the last several winters have caused so much dieback on the mother tree that Giovanni has not had enough to sell.

[Rafaelissimmo]

Ross, my bro with the Fro, I have Giovanni's name and address if you ever want to go over there. As I said, I am 95% sure I have the real deal. And even if I don't, this appears to be a keeper!

[71GTO]

I'm sorry to hear his tree is having problems. These winters the last few years have been awful. It's making be question putting a few of my tree in ground again...

[Schroeder]

Rafael -could you post a photo of this PG fig ?thanks

[Rafaelissimmo]

Will do. Just to be clear, I am posting what was sent to me by a member, I did not get this from Giovanni himself.

[Rewton]

Here's the article on Giovanni's Paradiso growing in Philadelphia:

http://figs4fun.com/links/figlink178.pdf

I've been wanting this one for years and am really looking forward to it.

[Fygmalion]

Definitely seems to be a keeper...

[Rafaelissimmo]

Tony I will be happy to send you cuttings in autumn after the leaves fall and tree is dormant.

[Rafaelissimmo]

Paradiso Giovanni, October, 2016.

[grant441]

Beautiful fig!

[mgginva]

In 2014 my Emerald Strawberry ripened on 8-19, in 2015 it ripened on 8-21. I have a lot of the green/red varieties and they are by far my favorites, but they are certainly later ones. My favorite 2 for flavor are Battaglia Green and Col de Dame Blanch.