Which Pastilliere do I have?

Bofig

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These trees have dropped over 250-300 figs over two years. Pollinated they held on, and to boot was the absolute best tasting fig I’ve ever had even a few days from being perfect.

Here’s a link of me live taste testing it for the first time 😂

Best tasting fig of 2025 pollinated Pastilliere

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Does it have to be pollinated to get them ripen and not drop?
Yes, however I did have one single fig ripen last year surprisingly before I had any caprifigs. 1/300+ for odds says Smyrna. There’s always a random possibility of a Smyrna fig ripening without pollen. When I did some back tracing on this no one in the line of sellers shared a photo so I was skeptical but already had it rooting lol.
 
You want the Raintree version instead.
I know this but… I’ve purchased the “raintree” twice and still am stuck with the wrong one under the premise it takes 2-3 years for it to fruit and not drop. I have one ordered direct from raintree but it’s not going to ship until spring now due to me being a cold zone. After tasting this one I definitely want this version also.
 
The Raintree version is a TC plant, which may not fruit in the first year and have a tendency to sucker. But people have managed to fruit it in the second year.

The Baud version is the real thing but that also drops fruits since it is water sensitive. Just needs consistent watering.
 
The Raintree version is a TC plant, which may not fruit in the first year and have a tendency to sucker. But people have managed to fruit it in the second year.

The Baud version is the real thing but that also drops fruits since it is water sensitive. Just needs consistent watering.
I’ve had these last year watered daily and they may have dried out a touch on the big ten gallon tree occasionally and the small two didn’t dry out at all. This year I sank both into the dirt 8-10 inches and we’ve had rain 5 days a week for most of the summer and they have not gotten dry one time. It would be strange to have only pollinated figs ripen when all others drop off if this was not unk Pastilliere.

A tissue culture tree doesn’t scare me and they will fruit easily the first year with proper care, sometimes later than expected though and the shuffle is no issue lol
 
I know this but… I’ve purchased the “raintree” twice and still am stuck with the wrong one under the premise it takes 2-3 years for it to fruit and not drop. I have one ordered direct from raintree but it’s not going to ship until spring now due to me being a cold zone. After tasting this one I definitely want this version also.
Hmm, you are saying you bought the raintree version (not from raintree) twice and still ended up with the wrong tree(UP to be specific). I think that is how the first UP was found (by greenfig long ago). Man, what a bumper!!

I am aware of the possibility to fruit a TC plant in the first year (AscPete documented that) but it is exception than the norm.
 
My Pastiliere is just turning color now. It dropped almost all last year and a few this year as well. It should be the true version that doesn't need to be pollinated.
 

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Pastiliere is such a confusing fig. There is UNK Pastiliere, which drops all figs without polination ( I have that one). Then there is the Raintree Pastiliere, which has a pretty specific look to the figs. Then there is the other Pastiliere, which is the main one I grow, which is an awesome tree, that will drop fruit if it is ever underwatered, but otherwise will ripen a whole crop of deeply colored figs. I assume that is the Baud version, because it fits the description well.
 
The Raintree version is a TC plant, which may not fruit in the first year and have a tendency to sucker. But people have managed to fruit it in the second year.

The Baud version is the real thing but that also drops fruits since it is water sensitive. Just needs consistent watering.
My mother tree which came directly from Raintree was not a tissue culture. Pasteliere will drop its fruit no matter what version you have if not watered sufficiently.
 
My mother tree which came directly from Raintree was not a tissue culture. Pasteliere will drop its fruit no matter what version you have if not watered sufficiently.

The current pastiliere offering from Rain tree is grown from tissue culture, not sure if that means they send you a TC tree or one off their TC tree cutting.

People have problem fruiting off their trees early on(first year). Some have problem fruiting it off after a few years. The earliest I have seen people respond was second year, which isn't too bad.The biggest selling point of the Rain tree version is FMV free.

I have both versions and UP, which is a totally different variety. It was named UP because it was originally ordered and delivered as pastiliere and turned out to be not and a Smyrna.

I used to live in an area with wasps so UP was a natural pick.
 

The current pastiliere offering from Rain tree is grown from tissue culture, not sure if that means they send you a TC tree or one off their TC tree cutting.

People have problem fruiting off their trees early on(first year). Some have problem fruiting it off after a few years. The earliest I have seen people respond was second year, which isn't too bad.The biggest selling point of the Rain tree version is FMV free.

I have both versions and UP, which is a totally different variety. It was named UP because it was originally ordered and delivered as pastiliere and turned out to be not and a Smyrna.

I used to live in an area with wasps so UP was a natural pick.
It dropped figs but it was from lack of water on my part. Might have to do with maturity. Either way it's worth the wait IMO.
 
Here my photos from last season of Pastilliere (Raintree) purchased directly from Raintree in Spring 2023 and fruited in Fall 2024. Mine have a characteristic long stem like a fuse on a cherry bomb! Figlets set in late July and ripened in late September.
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I also have OTBP’s Pastilliere (believe it is Baud) and Harveyc’s Unk Pastilliere because I am interested in hand pollination. I don’t have ripe fruit photos to share of these yet.
 
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