Smith & Cessac

[ktrain]

I was watching a video of a comparison between these two, in the video they took some leaves off of each tree.
To be honest I had never noticed these leaf shapes from either tree and wondered what was up...they have the correct trees?!

So...I went out to look at mine, and among the classic 5 long finger leaves, there was a couple with those shapes.
But it seemed like all the ones on the video were these "odd to me" shapes and no classic ones.

Here are 3 from my Cessac and 3 from one of my Smith trees.

First 3 Smith



Now 3 Cessac

 

[Georgedimi]

In ground smith with no 5 finger leaf. I left this uncovered in south NJ with partially lignified growth. My backyard has a decent micro climate . Brutal winter. Survived pretty decent. After 6 years I will finally know if I like smith or not. Don’t care for it in a pot for some reason.

 

[Georgedimi]

A few weeks before that picture which was a few weeks ago.

 

[ktrain]

A few weeks before that picture which was a few weeks ago.

Wow, a few weeks can make a ton of difference with figs...interesting about the leaves though.
Maybe different strain.
Mine is in pot...but I need to put it in ground fo sho!

 

[Figsee]

My smith from Ross raddi

 

[Figsee]

My cessac is mostly 3 lobe but has a few five fingers

 

[ktrain]

My cessac is mostly 3 lobe but has a few five fingers

Yep...those are more like mine.

 

[Figsee]

Yep...those are more like mine.

Fig leaves are all over the place, even on the same tree.

 

[ktrain]

Fig leaves are all over the place, even on the same tree.

Yep, the Smith in my pics had 4 leaf shapes.
The dominant shape is the long 5 fingers though.

 

[Fig Gazer]

Do not put much effort memorizing into leaf comparision ,but SMITH has different fruit than CASSAC although close .

 

[TorontoJoe]

Do not put much effort memorizing into leaf comparision ,but SMITH has different fruit than CASSAC although close .

I agree. For me Smith is sweet.... really sweet.... but Cessac is a total sugar bomb!

 

[Uncle Jessup]

Your pictures are worth so many words

 

[CDGfig]

... I left this uncovered in south NJ with partially lignified growth. My backyard has a decent micro climate . Brutal winter. Survived pretty decent.

Smith has a bit of a reputation for not being hardy. At least for you, that doesn't appear to be the case.

 

[Georgedimi]

Smith has a bit of a reputation for not being hardy. At least for you, that doesn't appear to be the case.

If I like it in ground and performs well enough to keep, we shall see if this is the case. I put a second one in ground close to the house early spring of this year, this one is a 5 year old that was always in a pot. I held onto it every year hoping the following year I would like it enough to keep around.

 

[TorontoJoe]

Smith has a bit of a reputation for not being hardy. At least for you, that doesn't appear to be the case.

It grows like a champ here…