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[newnandawg]

This is a three year old tree in a 10 gal pot and its my first time to taste tis
delicious fig. To me this is a good example of one of those varieties that you
don't hear a lot of talk about but it turns out to be a gem. This tree gets a
maximum of five ours of direct sun a day from about 9am to 2pm.

Its taste is a delicious honey flavor, a very jammy texture and no seed crunch.
We have tasted many light colored figs and my wife, two grand kids and myself
all rated it very high on our lists. I will give it a 9 and maybe even higher as
the season progresses.

[mountainfigs]

That's great to know, especially about how little sun it gets. Have been very much looking forward to my Excel rooted cuttings maturing.

I have some Mt Etna bushes coming along with their fruit in that limited amount of sun but no other variety, I think, though I've yet to try Improved Celeste and Ronde de Bordeaux within such limits, and hope they might also do well in the future.

[Whiterk]

Thanks for sharing, got me curious. Might have to see if I can track that one down and add it to my collection.

[Kelby]

Very nice and early! I've got a decent crop formed on mine that I'm looking forward to.

Randall, I'll probably have some cuttings available in the winter.

[Whiterk]

That's very generous of you. Thank you

[Kelby]

Just remind me!

[eboone]

newnandawg - Was your plant in a greenhouse or sunroom, or did you do the fig shuffle with it at the beginning of the season? This must be a fairly early variety for you, how does the earliness compare with other main crop varieties?

[newnandawg]

Ed, no green house just the shuffle in late March and early April. Along with RdB. Unk Afghanistan, Souadi, Abicou,
Figo Branca, Dominicks Italian these are my earliest ripening main figs.

[eboone]

Thanks for the info!!
I started my shuffle around 4/6 I think but it was cool and I'm not sure how much good it did that early. But they were waking up in the cold cellar.

[CajunB]

Looks delicious Mike........looking forward to next year when mine will bear fruit

[rusty hooks]

Something to look forward to next year....and another reason to get them into biggger pots...Thanks for the info.....really good news

[Chrisk]

Yet another nice fig Mike. I got a little one from Brett a couple of weeks ago and he did a beautiful job rooting it. Maybe I ll get some fruit in a year or two. It was up there on my wish list. Thanks again Brett!

[jerrybrother83]

Yep
Very nice. I'll have to add that to my growing wish list. Shaded spots are all that's left on my property. Does the wish list ever shrink?