Sumard is on the board

[Gladstone1969]

Sumard is on the board! Ripe, but I like them dry, and they dry very well on the tree. I picked them because I literally had to chase a squirrel from the tree and didnt trust they’d last until tomorrow. I was probably a minute from losing them. Strawberry jam and sweet. You should have seen this big 55 year old sprinting accross the yard to save a fig… laughable. I was out of breath. The organza bags and insect netting are coming out!!!

 

[TorontoJoe]

Those are mains? Very nice... and for Early August.... super impressive!

 

[Gladstone1969]

Those are mains? Very nice... and for Early August.... super impressive!

Yup. Main crop. Potted. No head start. Stored in an unheated garage and shuffled once to avoid a hard frost on April 15th.

 

[ZomVee]

Where is everyone finding these new varieties? with the funkiest names of all time??

Is there some secret level in the fig game I'm not privy to??

Ehhh, probably can't talk about it....

 

[ktrain]

Yep ...another one I've not heard of, looks good though.
Reminds me of another one....hmm

 

[Figsee]

Yep ...another one I've not heard of, looks good though.
Reminds me of another one....hmm

It’s no moonlight madiera

 

[Gladstone1969]

Where is everyone finding these new varieties? with the funkiest names of all time??

Is there some secret level in the fig game I'm not privy to??

Ehhh, probably can't talk about it....

It is one of Thierry’s & Bills figs at FDMUSA that I decided to trial. Third year tree in pot.

 

[Gladstone1969]

Yep ...another one I've not heard of, looks good though.
Reminds me of another one....hmm

I grow too many mount Etnas. It isn’t one. What are you thinking of?

 

[ktrain]

I grow too many mount Etnas. It isn’t one. What are you thinking of?

No not an Etna, maybe St. Gabriel's Black.

 

[Gladstone1969]

No not an Etna, maybe St. Gabriel's Black.

Cool. I’ll check it out. This is a great fig though. As a result I planted two copies in ground too. Later in the summer the stem turns red. Does that happen with Saint Gabriel’s?

 

[ktrain]

Cool. I’ll check it out. This is a great fig though. As a result I planted two copies in ground too. Later in the summer the stem turns red. Does that happen with Saint Gabriel’s?View attachment 11353

No, if I can find a pic when I get home I'll post one.
It in my top 10 though. Good stuff.

 

[Gladstone1969]

No not an Etna, maybe St. Gabriel's Black.

Some comparisons I did.

 

[ZomVee]

It is one of Thierry’s & Bills figs at FDMUSA that I decided to trial. Third year tree in pot.

Oh, that makes sense. I was on their verboten list from day one of that enterprise, so I didn't really ever do a deep dive on what they sell, because they refused to sell to me.

 

[Gladstone1969]

Oh, that makes sense. I was on their verboten list from day one of that enterprise, so I didn't really ever do a deep dive on what they sell, because they refused to sell to me.

That sucks! But it saves you money. There are too many figs to collect anyways and so many figs are similar to one another that you probably already have something similar enough. I’m at the point where I have to cull and refine and be very picky about buying one to replace one. I said that this year then started more than 20 cuttings. But next year it’s no joke.