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I started in 2012 with 2 figs, a HC and a "BT" not, the "BT" not has yet to give me any figs. HC has always been reliable. In 2013, I added a few more figs to my small collection, hoping that I could extend the fruiting. Well in 2013, I got HC and nothing else, my new trees were too small. So I added more to my small collection (sounds familiar to anyone?) again to get a bigger selection and to extend my fruiting season in 2014.....so we come to 2015 and finally, I can say I'm tasting more than just HC. BTW, I love the taste of my HC and think of it as one of my favorites.
Tonight's selection was a bit of a surprise. I had bought a Colasanti dark and white at a grocery store. I didn't know what they were but it was during my "any fig tree is a good fig tree" buying days. Well, I got lucky because tonight I was able to taste the Dark and despite its similarity to HC in leaves, fruit ripening time, size, color inside and out....the taste was surprisingly different. HC (8.5)to me is sweet berry, rich and jammy. Colasanti Dark (8.5-9)is the same but had an almost blueberry flavor. Prior to tasting the two figs I would have bet money they were the same.
The other nice surprise was Negronne. It was very berry, sweet and rich. We gave it a 9.
Black Greek fell off when I was trying to tie a bag on it, so no taste. But the one I had a week ago was very berry, sweet and rich, another 9. Vern's BT not? Was not very good, it needed more days. Sicillian Red was jammy, sweet and rich, not much berry flavors, we gave it a 7.5-8. Atreano OR, we like it better when it's not too mushy, so we tend to pick them before the sugar spots start, we gave it a 6.5, sweet rich and figgy. Hope you enjoyed the report.
Tonight's selection was a bit of a surprise. I had bought a Colasanti dark and white at a grocery store. I didn't know what they were but it was during my "any fig tree is a good fig tree" buying days. Well, I got lucky because tonight I was able to taste the Dark and despite its similarity to HC in leaves, fruit ripening time, size, color inside and out....the taste was surprisingly different. HC (8.5)to me is sweet berry, rich and jammy. Colasanti Dark (8.5-9)is the same but had an almost blueberry flavor. Prior to tasting the two figs I would have bet money they were the same.
The other nice surprise was Negronne. It was very berry, sweet and rich. We gave it a 9.
Black Greek fell off when I was trying to tie a bag on it, so no taste. But the one I had a week ago was very berry, sweet and rich, another 9. Vern's BT not? Was not very good, it needed more days. Sicillian Red was jammy, sweet and rich, not much berry flavors, we gave it a 7.5-8. Atreano OR, we like it better when it's not too mushy, so we tend to pick them before the sugar spots start, we gave it a 6.5, sweet rich and figgy. Hope you enjoyed the report.
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