505-H

Fig Gazer

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Just ate a couple 505-H that were ripe and full of nectar ,never could put my finger on the exact flavor except good and complex, sweet but not quite berry , but with the power of sugestion i can see a peach flavor there that i never looked for before the WHITE BACA/YELLOW NACHES thing .IMAGINE THAT ? No ripe WB/YN to compare to yet .
 
GREW "SISTERS" for some time (no longer) other than simular size and color did not see the same perpensity for mule figs or that they where that tastey .BEST i remember SISTERS had a pink ostiale more so than 505-H .I think SISTERS was a wild seedling where 505-H is a heratige fig .
 
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GREW "SISTERS" for some time (no longer) other than simular size and color did not see the same perpensity for mule figs or that they where that tastey .BEST i remember SISTERS had a pink ostiale more so than 505-H .I think SISTERS was a wild seedling where 505-H is a heratige fig .
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Yeah, My sisters has yet to produce any mule figs. They are small but the flavor reminds me of the WB description. I do think you are right that it was a seedling find where WB and 505 H are heritage figs.
 
REALY LETING 505-H shrivel and droup before eating now ,good solid (9) prety strong peach/ light berry flavor almost necktarine taste .anyway thats why i have 3 inground trees all or part 505-H almost to tall to reach . PS: FIRST UCHD(main crop) today (9) and SMITH (9 TO 10+) LAST WHITE MARSALASE (9) FIRST WM #1 (8.5) .LOVE EATING FIGS! Had first ever NATALINA yesterday (8.5) could use 2 more days . SORRY NO PICS ,NO DIGITAL CAMERA OR SKILL TO POST HERE .
 
I haven't seen any mule figs on my white baca yet. Fruit looks like it wont be very small, but on the small to medium size. Its producing uniform sized fruit
 
Figless said:
@Hmmm looks like WB might not be 505 h after all.
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I think it's too early to tell. Chances are they are closely related if not identical, especially judging by the taste descriptions. I doubt 1 year is going to settle this though. Fig Gazer might be the best person to get us the most accurate information, but I would think at minimum 2nd year White Baca with healthy fruit set would be required. I'm confident I can get a couple of my trees to set a lot of fruit next year, but I don't have a good fruiting 505h, at least not this year.
 
I think the real question that needs to be answered is this. How much more peach flavor and sweetness will white baca have than 505H?And how much earlier is White Baca. Marco, growing in Northeast says that White Baca has a 75 day ripening time. My largest tree has bark that is undergoing lignification far faster than nearly all my 1000+ trees. The medium white baca trees I have are about average hardening up. I think white baca has a good chance to be above average cold hardy. It also appears to be a productive fig because most of my trees have fruit (a couple not so much and the animals got them) but a few others have a lot of fruit and I've been pumping them full of nitrogen all year..lol.
 
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A couple videos I made sharing my observations on Yellow Neches.




@rNexus , Its interesting to hear your observation on a short ripening time. Seems to be another characteristic White Baca and Yellow Neches share. My Yellow Neches tree was stored, potted, irrigated, fertigated , and pulled out of storage the same time as my Campaniere, Iranian Candy, all three had similar ripening times for comparison. I did not have an opportunity to do a hard count on the days so consider it a passing observation.

Notice my comment on lignification with Yellow Nechs
 
White baca doesn't appear to have the thick stem/stalk 505H and Yellow Neeches have. There's about 50 fruit on multiple trees and I dont see a single mule fig. There's a couple slightly mis shapen ones, but that seems normal to me.
 

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rNexus said:
White baca doesn't appear to have the thick stem/stalk 505H and Yellow Neeches have. There's about 50 fruit on multiple trees and I dont see a single mule fig. There's a couple slightly mis shapen ones, but that seems normal to me.
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My 505H didn’t produce any mules in the first year. The neck only starts to swell once the fruit does. Have you ripened any WB
 
Topfigs said:
My 505H didn’t produce any mules in the first year. The neck only starts to swell once the fruit does. Have you ripened any WB
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Not yet. Animals got them or they dropped. Its also been very cool compared to normal. I will protect my tree with the most fruit and bring inside if it starts to get too cold.

I just looked at Marco's white baca pics. It does appear that the neck is swollen on one of his pics. That does make me think it's the same as 505h and yellow neeches.
 
Figless said:
Up until now I have been convinced that all three would wind up being the same variety. @rNexus now @Fig Gazer description of size as compared to @rNexus description has made me doubt this for the very first time, I am wondering.
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HAVE TO see another year to see what WB does in my orchard fruit wise :ALL my,WB,YN and 505-H are on in ground trees and got no added fertilizer for years ! Hence smaller richer fruit ,do not need 30 + foot tall fig trees or cuttings with 10" between nodes !
 
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