My April 7 post "Green fruit types" to the GardenWeb Fig Forum
Photo belowGreetings Fig Forum,
My first post so please excuse if I do things a bit
odd.
At our new house there are two fig trees, both with green fruit, each
different. I am puzzled to learn more as to what types they may be. Tree A
was in prolific fruit when we arrived early Feb and you needed to be quick to
get ripe fruit that was not spoiled and fermented. The interior is pretty
pale and ripens to pinky tan. The birds also gave the fruit much attention and
next year I might throw a net over it. The leaves here are broader in their
lobes than tree B.
Tree B has many fruit set but we saw nothing ripe until
say early-mid March and we get about 3 to 4 a week. At this rate I am assuming
many will not ripen as our season chills down. The unripe fruit have noticeable
ridges longtitudinal from the stalk to the aperture. These fade as ripening
progresses. There are many unripe fruit at about 1.5 inches long and each
day or two one ripens quickly to about 2.5 inches. Interior is pale pink with
pronounced browny staining of seeds near aperture. Birds are little interested
but they would have to be quick to get in ahead of me.
This slow ripening
sure has us puzzled.
I have checked the NAFEX site and the Blanche variety
sounds a chance for A I guess.
We have friends half an hour away with a
browny purple variety which to be honest are better and I am thinking of trying
some grafts, thats how I found GardenWeb and the great set of photos at http://www.vaxxine.com/ccphome/figsite/home.htm
thanks very much.
Any comments welcome.
Welkin
My two fig trees that both produce green figs, two distinct varieties
Distinctive shaped leaves of tree A and tree B.
Ridged unripe fruit (about 1.5 inches long) from Tree B
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