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Mountain Figs

  • >Availability<
  • Basic Info & Links
    • .. Fig Ripening Order & Short Season Tips
    • … Fig Plates
    • 18 Excellent Fig Varieties
    • A Simple Way To Root Fig Cuttings
    • Basic Fig Flavors, Pulp & Skin Colors
    • Fig Basics: History, Flavor, Growth
    • Fig Breba Crop Ripening Time Examples
    • Fig Flavor by Pulp
    • Fig Flavors, Pulp & Skin Color Examples
    • Fig Flavors, Pulp & Skin Colors
    • Fig Genotypes & Other Maps
    • Fig Main Crop Ripening Time Examples
    • Fig Varieties by Flavor, Skin, and Pulp Color
    • Mountain Figs Are Robust Figs
    • Mt Etna Figs and Mountain Figs
    • O’Rourke and Improved Celeste: 2 Distinct Cultivars
    • Pons Earliest Ripening Figs
    • Pons Early Ripening Figs
    • Quality Breba Varieties
    • The Many Names of the Mt Etna Fig Variety
    • Tips to Grow Figs in Ground and in Pots
  • FIGS BY YEAR
    • 2016 Breba
    • 2016 figs
    • 2017 Breba
    • 2017 Figs
    • 2018 Breba
    • 2018 Figs
  • VARIETIES
    • VARIETIES: A-L
      • Alma
      • Atreano
      • Battaglia Green
      • Bianchetta
      • Black Madeira / Figo Preto
      • Brooklyn White
      • Brunswick
      • Calverte
      • Capelas
      • Coll de Dama Gegantina
      • Conadria
      • Cyprus
      • Dark Syrian
      • De La Gloria
      • De Tres Esplets
      • Desert King
      • Emerald Strawberry
      • Excel
      • Fico Bianca
      • Fico di Ruvo
      • Ficus Aspera / Clown Fig
      • Ficus Palmata
        • pawpaw
      • Filacciano
      • Florea
      • Galbun
      • Garnsey White Seedless
      • GM 20
      • Grantham’s Royal
      • GT-1
      • Hunt
      • Italian 215
      • Italian 253
      • Italian 358
      • Italian 376
      • Janice Kadota
      • JH Adriatic
      • Kadota
      • Lattarula
      • Lemon
      • Long Yellow
      • Longue d’Aout / Nordland
      • LSU Champagne
      • LSU Gold
      • LSU Improved Celeste
      • LSU O’Rourke
      • LSU Purple
      • LSU Scott’s Black
      • LSU Scott’s Yellow
      • LSU Tiger
      • Lyndhurst White
      • Sweet George
      • Unknown Carini
    • Varieties: M-Z
      • Marseilles
      • Martinenca Rimada
      • Mary Lane
      • Mega Celeste
      • Migueleños
      • Mt Etna
      • Negra d’Agde
      • Negretta
      • Osborn Prolific
      • Palermo Red
      • Paradiso
      • Paradiso Bronze
      • Peter’s Honey
      • Ronde de Bordeaux
      • San Miro Piro
      • Smith / TX BA-1
      • Stella / Dalmatie
      • Sultane
      • Trojano
      • Verdino del Nord
      • Violet Sepor
      • Violette de Bordeaux
      • White Triana
      • Wuhan

Author: TC

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Barberry

January 26, 2019January 26, 2019 TCLeave a comment

In the snowy frozen woods late yesterday, picked sweet ripe, bright red, somehow juicy and nutty barberries (apologizing to the birds who eat them all winter).  Barberry fruit in NJ:

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What is an unusual fig?

January 26, 2019January 26, 2019 TCLeave a comment

  Most unusual fig here may as well be also the most common fig in the northeast US: Mt Etna, for all its especially robust qualities, including ripening time, cold resistance, productivity, aesthetics, reliable fruiting after dieback, first-rate flavor. And Osborne Prolific for it’s reported genetic difference from Mediterranean figs. And maybe the agave figs… Continue reading What is an unusual fig?

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Winter Comes to West Virginia

January 14, 2019 TCLeave a comment

Winter comes. Winter is always coming to West Virginia. Winter is coming. Winter has arrived:

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Amber Autumnberry

November 13, 2018November 15, 2018 TCLeave a comment

Amber Autumnberry, or Amber Autumn Olive – sibling to its red variant – is a sweet-tart refreshing little fruit that is very easy to pick if the fruit is within reach on the tree. It grows in bunches. Apt description of it at the Walden Effect: “Autumn Olive fruits are both tart and sweet (comparable… Continue reading Amber Autumnberry

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From a Fig to Food Forest Farm

November 8, 2018 TCLeave a comment

We’ve traded a fig for a linoprint, and now a linoprint for a gift certificate from foodforestfarm.com. The gift certificate entitles the next trader to Ford Forest Farm’s top ten perennial vegetables, or $100 worth of their other available offerings. Anticipate April/May shipping depending on the weather since they ship bare root plants dug fresh. Check out… Continue reading From a Fig to Food Forest Farm

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A Fig for a Forest

October 10, 2018November 2, 2018 TCLeave a comment

To give a fig or not to give a fig?  . “If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.” -Albert Einstein Ever heard of the One Red Paperclip Project?: “From Paperclip to House in 14 Trades“ “What if you could trade a paperclip for a house?“ One Red… Continue reading A Fig for a Forest

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De La Gloria

October 6, 2018 TCLeave a comment

Berry flavored fig with a bell shape. In stronger sun, the skin color of this variety would darken beyond green.

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  • From a Fig to Food Forest Farm
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  • De La Gloria
  • Garnsey White Seedless
  • 4 Fig Varieties
  • Migueleños
  • 56 Figs
  • Nordland, Palermo Red, Souadi, Mt Etna, Long Yellow
  • Figs Inside and Out
  • Nordland / LdA / Cucumber
  • Early September Figs and Pawpaws
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  • Florea: First Main Crop Fig 2018
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  • A few early breba figs
  • GM-140 Double Figs at the Nodes
  • De Tres Esplets
  • Serviceberries
  • It begins: breba figs, 2018
  • Spring Snow and Fruit Trees
  • Winter Survival of Fig Bushes
  • A Look Back
  • Coll de Dama Gegantina
  • afigaday: Alma
  • Mt Etna Figs in Fall Color
  • Figs on Trial: Preto, Sultane, Paradiso
  • Mt Etna Fig Bushes
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  • Early-Mid August Figs Ripening
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  • >Availability<
  • Basic Info & Links
    • .. Fig Ripening Order & Short Season Tips
    • … Fig Plates
    • 18 Excellent Fig Varieties
    • A Simple Way To Root Fig Cuttings
    • Basic Fig Flavors, Pulp & Skin Colors
    • Fig Basics: History, Flavor, Growth
    • Fig Breba Crop Ripening Time Examples
    • Fig Flavor by Pulp
    • Fig Flavors, Pulp & Skin Color Examples
    • Fig Flavors, Pulp & Skin Colors
    • Fig Genotypes & Other Maps
    • Fig Main Crop Ripening Time Examples
    • Fig Varieties by Flavor, Skin, and Pulp Color
    • Mountain Figs Are Robust Figs
    • Mt Etna Figs and Mountain Figs
    • O’Rourke and Improved Celeste: 2 Distinct Cultivars
    • Pons Earliest Ripening Figs
    • Pons Early Ripening Figs
    • Quality Breba Varieties
    • The Many Names of the Mt Etna Fig Variety
    • Tips to Grow Figs in Ground and in Pots
  • FIGS BY YEAR
    • 2016 Breba
    • 2016 figs
    • 2017 Breba
    • 2017 Figs
    • 2018 Breba
    • 2018 Figs
  • VARIETIES
    • VARIETIES: A-L
      • Alma
      • Atreano
      • Battaglia Green
      • Bianchetta
      • Black Madeira / Figo Preto
      • Brooklyn White
      • Brunswick
      • Calverte
      • Capelas
      • Coll de Dama Gegantina
      • Conadria
      • Cyprus
      • Dark Syrian
      • De La Gloria
      • De Tres Esplets
      • Desert King
      • Emerald Strawberry
      • Excel
      • Fico Bianca
      • Fico di Ruvo
      • Ficus Aspera / Clown Fig
      • Ficus Palmata
        • pawpaw
      • Filacciano
      • Florea
      • Galbun
      • Garnsey White Seedless
      • GM 20
      • Grantham’s Royal
      • GT-1
      • Hunt
      • Italian 215
      • Italian 253
      • Italian 358
      • Italian 376
      • Janice Kadota
      • JH Adriatic
      • Kadota
      • Lattarula
      • Lemon
      • Long Yellow
      • Longue d’Aout / Nordland
      • LSU Champagne
      • LSU Gold
      • LSU Improved Celeste
      • LSU O’Rourke
      • LSU Purple
      • LSU Scott’s Black
      • LSU Scott’s Yellow
      • LSU Tiger
      • Lyndhurst White
      • Sweet George
      • Unknown Carini
    • Varieties: M-Z
      • Marseilles
      • Martinenca Rimada
      • Mary Lane
      • Mega Celeste
      • Migueleños
      • Mt Etna
      • Negra d’Agde
      • Negretta
      • Osborn Prolific
      • Palermo Red
      • Paradiso
      • Paradiso Bronze
      • Peter’s Honey
      • Ronde de Bordeaux
      • San Miro Piro
      • Smith / TX BA-1
      • Stella / Dalmatie
      • Sultane
      • Trojano
      • Verdino del Nord
      • Violet Sepor
      • Violette de Bordeaux
      • White Triana
      • Wuhan
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