Re: [nafex] Early figs

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.
>
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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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