Re: [nafex] Early figs

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.

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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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