[wellingtonbill]

Wills isn't BB 10 the one Dan (Kingfig) posted years ago on the other forum as being soooo good? Please keep me posted on this one. Glad to know it is in good hands.

[figgary]

A lot of us would like to hear your report on that one, Wills.

[WillsC]

The plant I am most curious about is BB 10 (black beauty). Want to see if it truly is the holy grail it was claimed to be.

[DBJohnson]

I'm hoping for anything at all from my own trees. The largest tree I have is a gifted Bryant Dark that woke up a month ago and has been enjoying the lights. After that, the others that I have high hopes for are RdB, Carini, UNK Ocrcoke Pound, UNK Ocracoke Blanche Howard, Smith, UNK Greek Yellow, Atreano, and what is labeled O'Rourke but I suspect is not the real O'Rourke based on dominant leaf shape.

[drew51]

Sarah you have Arctic Glo? I have that tree and it is amazing! I also love Indian Free peach and Flavor King pluot. The triple crown of great fruit! I have ton's of scion to graft this year. I have a couple trees with OK fruit not great So I want to graft over most of these trees. I will leave some of the old fruit. A scaffold or so. I'm in a cold region so I added the classics for this area Redhaven, Redskin, gonna try Winblo, Clayton, Early Crawford. Indian Blood, PF 24C. I'm fairly new to grafting and peaches are the hardest. If 1/3 takes I'll be happy and try again next year.

[danw]

Thanks for the offer Sarah, but don't really have anything suitable to graft onto. I do have several plums, but I read peach / nectarine on plum is not very productive. Next year I will be ready.

[Sarahkt]

Hahaha. Dan, do you have a peach/plum/nectarine etc. tree to graft onto? Happy to send you scion (if they leave branches on it when they ship) if you can make use of it.

[danw]

Sarah, you are totally winning. I broke down and called Urban Tree Farm today but they don't have Arctic Glo this year.

[danw]

Everything that figgary ripens Joking Gary.

Second year from my possibly reversed Panache. Really want to see if the flavor intensifies over last year which was awesome. Anything from the many awesome varieties I am rooting now, but it would be presumptuous to assume they will fruit for me. I guess I would really like to taste Adriatic JH though.

[Altadena Mara]

I'm also looking forward to all my figs.

The trees that haven't made any eatable fruit for me yet that I'm most hoping to try:
Barada
Bursa Siyahi
Col de Dame Blanche
El Molino
Emalyn's Purple
Maltese Falcon
Qalaat Al Maadiq
Smith
Tashkent
Vasilika sika
Zidi

The ones I wanted to sample more of because they were delicious last year:
Black Madeira
CdDN
I-258
Ronde de Bordeaux
Violette de Bordeaux

These are growing so slowly, if I ever get them large enough to produce any figs at all, I’ll be happy.
Black Ischia
Calimyrna
Figo Preto
Galicia Negra
Yellow Neeches

[Visceral]

Better lucky than good when it comes to how I got those varieties! I just looked at photos and read descriptions and hoped for the best. There are so many choices, so I'm glad I got some winners.

[Visceral]

Wow, you have done your research! They recently had Houston's Urban Harvest tree sale, and the Pride variety peaches are featured favorably on the tree listing.there as well. Those 3n1 trees are really neat. Time to go shopping again...

[Sarahkt]

I'm on a stone fruit kick right now, after reading up on varieties before and after the Christmas morning that was the CRFG scion exchange. Peaches and nectarines are some of my favorite fruits, figs aside, so I just made sure we'd have three trees of each.

I spent a while poring over the Dave Wilson peach and nectarine lists. Their reviews are consistent with the flavor of the varieties I've actually tasted, though just about everything they write about seems to be "consistently (one of) the best! Delicious! Amazing!" lol. But the taste test winners caught my eye.

http://www.davewilson.com/product-information/fruit-variety-list/taste-test-winners

Blue turned me on to the Pride series of peaches, and I kept an eye out for those at the Prusch Park scion exchange and found a lot of stone fruit scion but not much of those. After I knew what I had, I ordered a few more trees from GrowOrganic.com (3-in-1 low chill peach tree, Arctic Glo nectarine, Double Delight nectarine) to graft the scion exchange madness onto in a month or so.

Peaches
Redhaven - not a super low chill variety, but has done great in my area. A family favorite yellow peach as well.
Elberta - a large, tasty classic, still waiting for first fruits
3-in-1 low-chill peach tree from GrowOrganic.com (on its way with 3 of 4 options Eva's Pride, Mid Pride, May Pride, Flordaprince) http://www.groworganic.com/multi-gra...no-1-size.html

Nectarines
Arctic Jay - family favorite, turned me on to the Arctic series for nectarines
Double Delight - on its way, one of the top ranked fruit at Dave Wilson along with Flavor King pluot
Arctic Glo - now on its way after it became clear that I wouldn't be able to get it from a few scion exchanges

[COGardener]

Fancy is not necessary at all, you have some great varieties!

[don_sanders]

I'm just looking to try as many as I can as well. I don't have any named varieties that are a year old yet. I've only been able to sample my three unknown trees.

Some of mine in 1 gallon pots are putting on some figs. I should probably pull them but I'm curious to see what they taste and look like grown indoors.

[jkuo]

I'm looking forward to all my figs since I'm still in the grow-and-test-everything phase.

The ones that haven't set/ripened fruit for me yet (despite growing to a decent size tree) that I'm most hoping to try:

• Adriatic JH
• Kathleen's Black
• Lyndhurst White
• Scott's Black
• Violette de Bordeaux

The ones I wanted to sample more of because they were delicious their first year:

• Ronde de Bordeaux
• Takoma Violet
• Stella
• Longue d'Aout
• Owensboro Unk
• Sicilian Black JR

The cuttings I have highest hopes for (and that I started the earliest) are Izbat An Naj, Teramo Unk, and a local unknown Greek fig.

[COGardener]

I'm looking forward to all of them frankly. I was only able to have a few from 3 trees last year and I can't wait to see if another years has improved them or if they are basically the same. I am looking forward to any of the many new figs I acquired last season (here's hoping).

Yet I am especially looking forward to the Kathleen's Black!! I know they can take several years to produce in some cases so my hopes are no to high on it. Yet I keep thinking about the one I got to try at Tim Clymer's Three fold farms in PA. Thus far it is the best fig I have tasted and I truly think that everyone should have this variety in their collection!!!

[Visceral]

I don't have anything fancy like a lot of folks here, but I hope to taste Hardy Chicago, LSU Purple and Gold from mature trees I bought last year. I also have Adriatic JH, VDB, and RDB cuttings/plants that I hope will grow up this year.

[Visceral]

I'm looking to buy a low chill peach this year. I have narrowed it down to Tropic snow or Red Baron. What peach type(s) are you growing?

[cjmach1973]

Any of my new trees that should be big enough this year... Black Mission , Green Ischia, Brunswick, Atreano Gold , Vista, LSU purple, LSU gold, and JH

[smatthew]

I was pretty pleased with unk calderwood last year - fruited heavily on first year wood and was tasty to boot!

[figgary]

New ones that I will hopefully get to try this year...
Cavaliere, Violeta, Vasilika Melissi, Gypsy (Zingarella), and Type 208

second harvests...
CdD Blanc, Pastiliere, Preto, Ischia Black, and Genovese Nero

[Taverna78]

Anything I don't kill as cutting🙄

Hopefully everything... I no have one fif last season.

[Levar]

Of course I'm looking forward to seeing how all of my figs have matured but I'm really excited about:
-Italian 258
-Galicia Negra (this better be good)
-Second-year Col de Dame Grise
-Flanders
-Deanna
-and more mature JH Adriatics and Smiths

A bunch of tomatoes including Pantano Romanesco, Amish Paste, San Marzano, Green Doctor (green cherry tomatoes), and my all time favorite, Sun Gold.

Thai Lessard Sugar apple and Sweetheart Lychee. I've had these guys for a few years and nothing so far.

Good luck, everyone.

[Sarahkt]

In no particular order
- All the Col de Dames.... yum. First time getting fruit off my own trees if all goes well. Also will look forward to seeing both white AND black figs on the CdDB/N rooting now, either this year or next.
- RdB -- delicious last year, looking forward to more of them this year
- Adriatic JH were amazing last year, looking forward to more this year
- Smith - 2 trees who will probably fruit this year, want to see how they live up to the hype
- Longue d'Aout -- too many good reviews on this one to not have on the list
- Beall - really enjoyed this one at last year's fig gathering
- Genovese Nero (both kinds) - might have to wait til next year, but I want to try both
- Fico Pesco d'Oro - peach-flavored fig intrigues
- Hative d'Argenteuil - photos look amazing however you spell it
- Figo Preto - would be great to taste a premier fig...

For non-figs, I'm most looking forward to the peaches and nectarines! Also the blueberry bushes, if their early blooming doesn't preclude a fruiting season.