The figs that mean the most to you are the best figs to grow.
Which fig might mean the most?
The one with a favorite flavor.
The most prolific fig.
The brightest most cheerful.
The sweetest fig.
The darkest, most intense.
The fig that ripens after the harshest winters.
The fig a loved one looks forward to the most.
A fig with a history: one from your home country, or hometown, or one that has been in family for years.
The fig your guests prefer.
A fig that children like.
A fig the community plants in the parks.
Or the figs that ripen main crops the earliest, the most productively, and with the most reliable flavors:
Mt Etna
Brooklyn White
Ronde de Bordeaux
LSU Improved Celeste
LSU Tiger
Nordland
Florea
You could visit this good Louisiana nursery:
https://www.almostedenplants.com/shopping/products/c71-all-fig-varieties/
And/or ask online of the other Louisiana fig growers at Ourfigs:
https://www.ourfigs.com/forum/figs-home
Also look up the LSU bred fig cultivars:
LSU Gold, LSU Purple, LSU Tiger, LSU O’Rourke, LSU Champagne, etc, good fig varieties all from and for the state…
Very many fig varieties grow well in Louisiana…
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I am in zone 9 west south west of New Orleans La , How do I find out what varieties grow best here and where to get them
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