RandyK
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My good friend Tim in Florida found this tree on a neighbor's property where he used to live. He recently moved to establish a new small farm a fair distance away. He liked the fig very much and asked his neighbor if he could take cuttings to bring with him to his new place. His neighbor graciously agreed. His neighbor has no idea what variety of fig it is and didn't know any history for it, so it is a true unknown at this point. Any suggestions would be great in helping to determine what this is. I have included a couple of leaf pictures, in case that might help.
Tim gifted me some rooted cuttings and they have grown very well. I have kept a few of them. They are all in their first leaf (first season of growth). I don't expect to get figs from first year trees, but sometimes you are lucky enough to get some. One of these trees has about 6 to 8 figs on it. This is the first one to fully ripen...I was not sure if there would be enough time this year, since it got a late start, being so young. I may get two or three more to ripen, depending on what the weather does over the next couple of weeks.
For a first year tree and also for being so late in the season, I was very pleasantly surprised. The days are getting a lot shorter and the temps are dropping, so getting good ripening and good sugar content gets tougher and tougher. The fig was 37 grams...not large, but not too small either. It will be interesting to see how big these get when they can grow on a more mature tree for a full season. These seem to have a very small eye and none of them have been prone to splitting so far. The flavor was surprisingly sweet and had a very strong pleasant berry flavor. If I had to describe it, I would say it has a hint of raspberry flavor, although I am terrible at describing flavors in detail (I could use the help of the Figtator or one of his kids, who have much finer palates than I do!). It has a slight seed crunch and thin skin. Overall, this was an excellent fig. I am very excited now to try some once this tree is more mature and can develop on a more natural schedule and over a full growing season.
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Tim gifted me some rooted cuttings and they have grown very well. I have kept a few of them. They are all in their first leaf (first season of growth). I don't expect to get figs from first year trees, but sometimes you are lucky enough to get some. One of these trees has about 6 to 8 figs on it. This is the first one to fully ripen...I was not sure if there would be enough time this year, since it got a late start, being so young. I may get two or three more to ripen, depending on what the weather does over the next couple of weeks.
For a first year tree and also for being so late in the season, I was very pleasantly surprised. The days are getting a lot shorter and the temps are dropping, so getting good ripening and good sugar content gets tougher and tougher. The fig was 37 grams...not large, but not too small either. It will be interesting to see how big these get when they can grow on a more mature tree for a full season. These seem to have a very small eye and none of them have been prone to splitting so far. The flavor was surprisingly sweet and had a very strong pleasant berry flavor. If I had to describe it, I would say it has a hint of raspberry flavor, although I am terrible at describing flavors in detail (I could use the help of the Figtator or one of his kids, who have much finer palates than I do!). It has a slight seed crunch and thin skin. Overall, this was an excellent fig. I am very excited now to try some once this tree is more mature and can develop on a more natural schedule and over a full growing season.
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