Qalaat al Madiq fig on ebay

[jmaler Fig Phenom Find all posts View Profile Close jmaler]

What is the skinny on this fig? Anybody growing it?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Qalaat-al-Ma...item1a03983a9a

[Altadena Mara Veteran Find all posts View Profile Close Altadena Mara]

I bought one recently from the seller on eBay but the tree is still small. Searches on forms turned up that it’s a sugar/honey fig tree from the city of Qalaat al Madiq in Syria. People here describe it as extremely sweet and juicy, their sweetest breba, and rated it a 9 out of 10. It will be interesting to compare it to Barada and other sugar/honey flavored figs. I tried a Latarulla/Italian Honey fig last week and it was good, but nowhere near its description of a “super soft cotton ball drenched in honey”. Perhaps QaM will be closer to that description?

[eboone Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close eboone]

I have one, a decent sized plant given to me at the end of last season, that should have a number of main crop figs in the next 5-6 weeks, I think. Will report back then. I know some others on this forum grow it. It dropped all of the tiny brebas after getting exposed to about 38 degrees overnight in the fig shuffle season.

[Tonycm Veteran Find all posts View Profile Close Tonycm]

In a few days I will be tasting my first Qalaat al Madiq breba if the mocking birds don't get to it. For some reason there is no main crop forming. I blame it on the cold rainy spring and first half of the summer.

[jmaler]

Beautiful fig and i love those leaves.

[kubota1 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close kubota1]

Yeah, I've had a few plants. I'm down to one and it's not going anywhere. It's a good sweet fig. You'd like it.

[Tonycm Veteran Find all posts View Profile Close Tonycm]

Picked both breba on the Qalaat al Madiq today. They're sweet with a melon flavor. I would give it a 7.7 out of 10.

[figwillie Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close figwillie]

That's a tree I'd love to grow. If anyone has cuttings or starts of that tree, I'd be very interested.

[Richard Fig Phenom Find all posts View Profile Close Richard]

I purchased one from JD (Southernfigs) a month ago and I'm looking forward to tasting a few fruits next year.

[Evdurtschi The Fig-Tator All your figs are belong to us! Find all posts View Profile Close Evdurtschi]

I love that purple bottom on the inside and out!! Kind of like Cul Noir

[ramv Fig Phenom Find all posts View Profile Close ramv]

There is a guy local to me and growing figs for many years who swears it is his favorite fig-- And he has Black Madeira, Smith, Col de Dame and all the other top ones.
My tree I hope bears this year.

[Evdurtschi]

Any chance he wants to set an air layer to sell me? What a glowing review. This fig went from a pretty novelty to a new MUST HAVE!!

[eboone Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close eboone]

I had it and enjoyed the figs, for me it was sweet but nothing all that special. After 2 years of all figs splitting or rotting in the wet Fall season I gave up on mine.
mine was green, no other skin color

[kubota1 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close kubota1]

Here's a few pictures from 2014. I've had good luck with mine and still have it.