Re: [nafex] Early figs

I put my figs outdoors around May 15. LSU Celeste Improved has its
first ripe figs about August 15. Other varieties of Celeste, and figs
like Hardy Chicago, Stella, Atreano, Conadria, Black Spanish,
Armenian, other LSU varieties all start producing ripe fruit in late
September. It'd be fun to track down what Celeste was crossed with to
make the LSU release.

~mIEKAL

On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 10:39 AM, Peter Chrisbacher <pxbacher@gmail.com> wrote:
> I had a potted Celeste when I lived in Royersford PA zone 6b that I gave a
> chance to bear over several seasons. I may have gotten *some* fruit, but if
> so (and I don't remember getting any) not much. If I recall correctly, it
> was fruiting modestly, but not maturing its fruit. Around the end of season
> 3 it was "accidentally" not brought in over winter which freed up its pot
> for something new.
>
> -Pete
> Kennett Square PA 6b
>
>
> Pete Chrisbacher
>
> On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 11:23 AM, Lee Reich <leeareich@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I've grown Danny's Delight fig, which was also allegedly cold hardy. Here
>> in Zone 5, it was cold hardy — the roots, that is, just like many other
>> figs. The tops died back, then grew about 10 feet high by the end of the
>> season, but never ripened a fruit.
>>
>> Celeste, in my greenhouse or in a pot, never sets hardly any fruit for me.
>>
>> Lee Reich, PhD
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>>
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>> > On Jan 5, 2017, at 11:13 AM, Elizabeth Hilborn <ehilborn@mebtel.net>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > My LSU Gold fruits earlier than Chicago Hardy here in zone 7a. Although
>> it is hardy for me here, it was marketed as less cold tolerant and better
>> for the deep south.
>> >
>> > However, I have not observed any enhanced cold tenderness for LSU Gold
>> at my site compared to my other varieties (Celeste, Bullard Celeste type,
>> Brown Turkey, Violet de Bordeaux, Chicago Hardy, Petite Negri, Lattarulla).
>> >
>> > Betsy Hilborn
>> > 7a central NC
>> >
>> > On 1/5/2017 10:24 AM, mIEKAL aND wrote:
>> >> The earliest ripening fig I was talking about was LSU Celeste
>> >> Improved. LSU Purple was not an early ripener for me, nor is Hardy
>> >> Chicago...
>> >>
>> >> ~mIEKAL
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 4:27 AM, Alan Haigh <alandhaigh@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>> There is at least a couple of varieties brought to this country via
>> Italy
>> >>> that are grown in the Bronx and ripen as early as LSU Purple. I have
>> one
>> >>> and it is somewhat larger and much more prolific for me than either LSU
>> >>> purple or Hardy Chicago. My LSU Purple ripens at the same time as
>> Hardy
>> >>> Chicago as well, so maybe you are talking about another one of their
>> >>> selections.
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