Anyone growing Madeleine des deua saisons

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

I saw it on Rain Trees web site and it caught my eye, just wonder what you all can tell me about it and does anyone knows if the Rain Tree variant is true to form.

http://www.raintreenursery.com/Madel...asons_fig.html

Thank you

[figgary Veteran Find all posts View Profile Close figgary]

Scott, I have Raintree's and one that I got from R. Watts. They are different. I'm leaning towards Richard's being correct, but won't know for sure until next season.

[EllieE]

I just bought Raintree's Madeleine des Deua Saisons Fig. I'm curious to know how yours turned out? Do you think it's the real deal?

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

I do , but the picture on the raintree site is wrong (and the name). It's actually Madeleine des deux saisons (madeleine of the two seasons) Which is an old and classic french fig tree cultivated at Versailles for Louis XIV and very resistant to cold. The tree is medium size, has two crops and the fruits are big, red, very sweet and very juicy. A must have in a collection!

Marc

Picture 1 :main crop
Picture 2: Breba

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

Thank you both for your responses, it certainly sounds like a variety to pursue. I'll order the Rain Tree version for this spring, Gary if you have cuttings of Richards in the future, perhaps I can buy or trade for some.

[bigfig Member Find all posts View Profile Close bigfig]

mine was large and very sweet ,, came from france

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

Some great pics bigfig. Thank you!

[Brian M Fig Phenom Find all posts View Profile Close Brian M]

Scott Mine is from Richard too. I believe his is the real deal however it is heavily infected with fmv. I am going to bud graft this one.

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

The FMV doesn't bother me too much, I quarantine all new fig trees and give them a good spray. Several that I got cuttings of last year have and within a couple months the symptoms started to disappear. Don't have a clue why.

[EllieE Find all posts View Profile Close EllieE]

I bought one from Raintree this year. It just arrived a couple of weeks ago and already has baby fruit on it. I'll let you all know how it goes as I see how it does.

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

I live in Europe, so my climate is very different from yours but FWIW my Madeleine is a great fig that produces rather big and juicy figs. At first I had it in my green house but it actually does better in cooler conditions so I moved it outside last year.
The fig I bought comes from Baud in France and is very healthy. On top of that it is actually a good looking tree, surely a good acquisition to my collection.

[Shawnee Prophet]

Very nice looking tree you have there.

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

Raintree definitely has the real deal: directly from France. I spoke to their chief horticulturist a couple of days ago.
It is possible that they may have switched tags and sent the wrong fig. They've been known to do that.

Also the photos on their website aren't to be relied on. They are often wrong.

[davlast Member Find all posts View Profile Close davlast]

Typical leaf