Angelito - holy smokes!

Figgin' A

Figgin' A

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Found a couple of ripe VDB and Crozes yesterday. They were OK-ish. As expected. While pruning and winterizing my trees today, I found these two figs on my 1st year Angelito. Wanted to rip them off and throw away, but they felt wonderfully soft. Cut them open, and they looked quite nice. Tasted them with my wife, and we both went speechless for a few seconds. Holy smokes! They tasted divine. Very sweet with a nice acidity touch to them. Thick and jammy. My wife said they reminded her of ice wine. She loves ice wine. I can see that. Amazing figs. Superb taste. Different from what they tasted in September but fantastic in a different way. I could eat these all year. I had no idea Angelito could be this amazing this late up here in Ontario. If I give it just a little bit of a head start, and it would ripen here this late and taste this good without any nonsense.... well, I am gonna have me a whole bunch of Angelitos. Going to root a bunch more and stagger them. Amazing, just amazing. Anyone else experienced similar?

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Looks really good!

My Angelitos ripened when I had the flu this summer, so I did not get out to them to pick them. But I did go out a couple of weeks later, the birds left one on the tree and it had dried a bit. It was very good and jammy. Seems like a good variety for letting them hang on the tree if the critters stay away.
 
Figgin' A said:
Found a couple of ripe VDB and Crozes yesterday. They were OK-ish. As expected. While pruning and winterizing my trees today, I found these two figs on my 1st year Angelito. Wanted to rip them off and throw away, but they felt wonderfully soft. Cut them open, and they looked quite nice. Tasted them with my wife, and we both went speechless for a few seconds. Holy smokes! They tasted divine. Very sweet with a nice acidity touch to them. Thick and jammy. My wife said they reminded her of ice wine. She loves ice wine. I can see that. Amazing figs. Superb taste. Different from what they tasted in September but fantastic in a different way. I could eat these all year. I had no idea Angelito could be this amazing this late up here in Ontario. If I give it just a little bit of a head start, and it would ripen here this late and taste this good without any nonsense.... well, I am gonna have me a whole bunch of Angelitos. Going to root a bunch more and stagger them. Amazing, just amazing. Anyone else experienced similar?

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I have heard that Adriatics ripen well in colder fall weather better than other varieties. You can never have too many Adriatics. I'm currently turning my WM#1 into three WM#1 while I'm propagating two Unk Prosciutto cuttings.
 
Great to see your exciting results!!

Mine is working up the taste ladder. I expect that from a young tree. I'll make a few more copies next season.

How old is your tree?
 
ChesapeakeFigs said:
I do like how it isn't always obvious when the Angellito figs are ripe from a distance.... sometimes it keeps the squirrels from getting them first.
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I've been fortunate to have squirrels that live around my backyard, completely disinterested in my figs. But, yeah, I can see how these would be easy to miss.
 
ETXfigs said:
I have heard that Adriatics ripen well in colder fall weather better than other varieties. You can never have too many Adriatics. I'm currently turning my WM#1 into three WM#1 while I'm propagating two Unk Prosciutto cuttings.
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WM#1 and Unk Prosciutto are really excellent, my top varieties. Yes, they ripen well in cooler weather. But Angelito ripening in really cold weather without any assistance or protection - our average temp here over the past two weeks has been 44F! - is something else. Totally unexpected.
 
grasshopper said:
Great to see your exciting results!!

Mine is working up the taste ladder. I expect that from a young tree. I'll make a few more copies next season.

How old is your tree?
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My tree was rooted last winter, so it's a first-year tree. I noticed that when I root them early enough and up-pot sooner than later - most of my first year trees end up in 8g to 15g pots by July-August of the first year - they taste excellent in their first season. Make them grow a robust rootball, feed them well and give them plenty of sun, and there will be no reason for them not to taste great in the first year.
 
@Figgin' A - It's really nice to find those hidden treasures late in the fall. I was hustling all day to try and get the garden under control given the bad weather in the forecast. I found a few but nothing that nice since the greenhouses came down.

I hoping I can get everything sorted out before we get a freeze. I got all the peppers out to pickle them but need to pick all the tomatoes tomorrow to get them into the garage.
 
Glad to hear that it performs well. I grafted this one last year and I got figs the first year but they weren’t impressive yet. This year it focused on growths and it didn’t set a single fig.
 
TorontoJoe said:
@Figgin' A - It's really nice to find those hidden treasures late in the fall. I was hustling all day to try and get the garden under control given the bad weather in the forecast. I found a few but nothing that nice since the greenhouses came down.

I hoping I can get everything sorted out before we get a freeze. I got all the peppers out to pickle them but need to pick all the tomatoes tomorrow to get them into the garage.
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Oh man... tell me about it... I spent all day in the garden today. A t-shirt seemed fine in the beginning, then added a sweater, a jacket and a winter hat... tired, my body is sore, and frozen to the bone, but I am done! I must be some kind of a machinist:) All figs are in the garage, all remaining freeze-sensitive veg and herbs are picked. Mission accomplished.
 
Figgin' A said:
Found a couple of ripe VDB and Crozes yesterday. They were OK-ish. As expected. While pruning and winterizing my trees today, I found these two figs on my 1st year Angelito. Wanted to rip them off and throw away, but they felt wonderfully soft. Cut them open, and they looked quite nice. Tasted them with my wife, and we both went speechless for a few seconds. Holy smokes! They tasted divine. Very sweet with a nice acidity touch to them. Thick and jammy. My wife said they reminded her of ice wine. She loves ice wine. I can see that. Amazing figs. Superb taste. Different from what they tasted in September but fantastic in a different way. I could eat these all year. I had no idea Angelito could be this amazing this late up here in Ontario. If I give it just a little bit of a head start, and it would ripen here this late and taste this good without any nonsense.... well, I am gonna have me a whole bunch of Angelitos. Going to root a bunch more and stagger them. Amazing, just amazing. Anyone else experienced similar?

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I just added x2 on my Angelito wish list after seeing this post . Holy smokes is right!!!
 
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Figgin' A said:
My tree was rooted last winter, so it's a first-year tree. I noticed that when I root them early enough and up-pot sooner than later - most of my first year trees end up in 8g to 15g pots by July-August of the first year - they taste excellent in their first season. Make them grow a robust rootball, feed them well and give them plenty of sun, and there will be no reason for them not to taste great in the first year.
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I'm not that good at getting 1st year trees to produce good tasting figs. LSU Purple tasted bad, but I have heard that variety can take a couple years before it's good. My LSU Gold were 20 grams and horrible taste. I-258 was also not good. WM#1 not good. With that being said, one off the charts amazing Violeta made up for all those bad ones. Next year is going to be great when all these fig trees are bigger, more mature, and have an earlier start than they did this year. I'm going to give you some competition. I'm going to be a contender! 🤣 j/k but you are one of my favorite members here. Not just because you have great figs but because you reply to my dumb newb posts. Lol
 
Carmelo said:
I just added x2 on my Angelito wish list after see this post . Holy smokes is right!!!
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The two figs were completely unripe and felt very hard on October 23. I had no expectation of them ripening. The tree was not in my makeshift greenhouse. I covered the pot with a skirt to keep rain water away from the soil. What a pleasant surprise.

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