Coll de Dama Mutante

[Figgin' A]

I have had little luck attempting to propagate this variety. I've tried a few times unsuccessfully. I finally took matters into my own hands, and purchased a tree this spring from @Bigbill of OTBP Nursery. It arrived in glowing health. and recently was up potted to a 7 gallon square. Looks like it will have some cuttings for me this winter. I highly recommend this Nursery.

Try Harvey's cuttings next time. I got 12 varieties from him this year, and all rooted successfully and quickly. Very good quality cuttings.

 

[Figless]

Try Harvey's cuttings next time. I got 12 varieties from him this year, and all rooted successfully and quickly. Very good quality cuttings.

I believe one of my two attempts was with Harvey. Sometimes a variety will give one gardener a lot of trouble, and be effortless for another. Go figure I've had a lot of success with Harvey cuttings

 

[LaFigGwr18]

I have tried CdD Mutante and Grise. I failed at both of them. Maybe next time,

 

[grasshopper]

I think there are variation to the strips as the fruits mature and the coloring depends on the light exposure of the fruit too. (And no strips before maturing unlike a regular rimada). Fully ripe ones can turn into solid brick red color.

Some people even separate them out as variation #1 and #2.

Coll de Dame Mutante

This beautiful variety was found by Carlos from Spain on October of 2016. It is a medium sized, soft skin and jammy flesh with a very defined neck as many of the CDD's signature feature. It develops phenomenal and appealing and colorful stripes un

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The reverted one would look like a CddB as Eric had shown.

 

[Figgin' A]

I think there are variation to the strips as the fruits mature and the coloring depends on the light exposure of the fruit too. (And no strips before maturing unlike a regular rimada). Fully ripe ones can turn into solid brick red color.

Some people even separate them out as variation #1 and #2.

Coll de Dame Mutante

This beautiful variety was found by Carlos from Spain on October of 2016. It is a medium sized, soft skin and jammy flesh with a very defined neck as many of the CDD's signature feature. It develops phenomenal and appealing and colorful stripes un

www.figdatabase.com

The reverted one would look like a CddB as Eric had shown.

Thanks for the info, @grasshopper All 4 figs that were on my young tree this year have ripened, so I will have to wait until next year to see, and that should give me a better picture as first-year figs, especially those formed at the bottom of the trunk, sometimes look quite different, almost like breba. Happened to me with I258 and several other varieties. That said, the fig tasted so great and ripened so well in my climate that I honestly don't care about the stripes that much at this point.

So, Mutante reverts back to Blanc? I've read some sources say Mutante is a sport of Noir, so should revert back to Noir, no?

 

[grasshopper]

Thanks for the info, @grasshopper All 4 figs that were on my young tree this year have ripened, so I will have to wait until next year to see, and that should give me a better picture as first-year figs, especially those formed at the bottom of the trunk, sometimes look quite different, almost like breba. Happened to me with I258 and several other varieties. That said, the fig tasted so great and ripened so well in my climate that I honestly don't care about the stripes that much at this point.

So, Mutante reverts back to Blanc? I've read some sources say Mutante is a sport of Noir, so should revert back to Noir, no?

That seems to the surprise from Eric as well. Because we get the dark color strips near maturity, how would that turn into blanc?

And he is not the only one. Another seasoned grower from CA told me the same thing of his reverted Mutante. Note the reversion happens on a branch level, not the whole tree.

I agree it is a tasty fig regardless of the stripes.

 

[Figgin' A]

Another one ripened today. Amazing fig and seems to be ripening very well in our cool and often humid/rainy climate. Absolutely delightful. Can't wait to have a tree-full of these figs next year.